Existing studies disagree over the basic determinants of capital structure in Chinese firms. We identify profitability, industry leverage, asset growth, tangibility, firm size, state control, and the largest shareholding as reliable core factors explaining book leverage. Compared with evidence...

This study proposes a new approach that bridges the asset pricing implications of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and the dynamic debt-financing decisions of Chinese firms. The approach introduces a new variable, firm-level policy risk (FLPR), in empirical tests. FLPR embraces two elements,...

This study investigates the effects of economic policy uncertainty on capital structure decisions for US firms. We use all the five EPU indexes available, conduct both static and dynamic panel regression analyses, control for firm characteristics, take into account global financial episodes, and...