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This paper addresses the differences between the Modigliani-Miller [M&M] model (1958, 1963) and the Miles-Ezzell [M&E] model (1980, 1985). The main difference between these two models concerns the stochasticity of the free cash flows. While M&M assumes a strictly stationary process, M&E's...
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This thesis analyses the impact of tax policy on firms' leverage ratios in a balanced panel of 129 medium-sized listed … companies from II European countries from 1993 to 2005. A general model of company leverage is applied within which King's tax … finance. Various leverage measures are studied to check for the robustness of the estimated model. Total debt is then …
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results. Study carried out by two of three set in the hypotheses. First, the amount of leverage and maturity there is a …
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recapitalization. The model reproduces known relations between firm size, leverage and growth opportunities. The model predicts that … firms time capital structure adjustments to their target leverage ratios with the exercise of their growth options. Compared … profitable firms have higher leverage. Firms facing low corporate tax rates choose not to issue any debt. Increases in volatility …
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study is aimed at empirical testing of hypotheses on how the level of financial leverage of corporations depends on … leverage and plays a prominent role in making financial decisions after the financial crisis. …
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Design/methodology/approach The study uses three models to examine the impact of credit rating on capital structure decisions within the framework of credit rating-capital structure hypotheses (broad rating, notch rating and investment or speculative grade). These hypotheses are tested by...
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the impact of government ownership on leverage is dependent on whether the government is the largest shareholder in a firm … non-government shareholder positively influences leverage. Overall, our results reveal that the largest controlling …
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