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How Does Owners' Exposure to Idiosyncratic Risk Influence the Capital Structure of Private Companies?
Müller, Elisabeth - 2005
This paper identifies the entrepreneur's exposure to idiosyncratic risk as an important determinant of the capital structure of private companies. The exposure to idiosyncratic risk is approximated by the share of personal net worth invested in one company (SNWI). Exposure to idiosyncratic risk...
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How Does Owners' Exposure to Idiosyncratic Risk Influence the Capital Structure of Private Companies?
Müller, Elisabeth - 2006
This paper identifies the entrepreneur's exposure to idiosyncratic risk as an important determinant of the demand for loans and the capital structure. The analysis is based on a sample of small and medium-sized private companies from the United States. The exposure to idiosyncratic risk is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298013
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How does owners' exposure to idiosyncratic risk influence the capital structure of private companies?
Müller, Elisabeth - 2007
This paper identifies the entrepreneur's exposure to idiosyncratic risk as an important determinant of the demand for loans and the capital structure. The analysis is based on a sample of small and medium-sized private companies from the United States. The exposure to idiosyncratic risk is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299469
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Financial signalling by innovative nascent entrepreneurs
Audretsch, David B.; Bönte, Werner; Mahagaonkar, Prashanth - 2009
External finance is central for nascent entrepreneurs, people in the process of starting new ventures. We argue that … increase the likelihood of obtaining equity finance. Thus, if signals are credible, innovation positively impacts external … that the relation between finance and innovation depends on the stage of a start-up lifecycle. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266651
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Financial signaling by innovative nascent entrepreneurs
Audretsch, David B.; Bönte, Werner; Mahagaonkar, Prashanth - 2009
External finance is central for nascent entrepreneurs, people in the process of starting new ventures. We argue that … increase the likelihood of obtaining equity finance. Thus, if signals are credible, innovation positively impacts external … that the relation between finance and innovation depends on the stage of a start-up lifecycle. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291111
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Firms' financial choices and thin capitalization rules under corporate tax competition
Haufler, Andreas; Runkel, Marco - 2008
Thin capitalization rules have become an important element in the corporate tax systems of developed countries. This paper sets up a model where national and multinational firms choose tax-efficient financial structures and countries compete for multinational firms through statutory tax rates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264461
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Regional financial system and the financial structure of small firms
Mahagaonkar, Prashanth; Chaudhuri, Swayan - 2009
heavily reliant on internal finance and the quantity and price channels are expected to drive usage of debt. Our findings on …. Firms tend to prefer internal finance when semi-local or national institutions show higher commercial operational distance …
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Finanzierungsstrukturen und -strategien kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen: Eine Bestandsaufnahme
Pahnke, André; Schröder, Christian; Leonhardt, Fabian; … - 2015
Das Finanzierungsumfeld für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) befindet sich im Wandel. Die Veränderungen des konjunkturellen Umfelds und der damit verbundenen Niedrigzinspolitik sowie die Basel-Regulierungen zeigen einen deutlichen Einfluss auf die Finanzierungsstrukturen der KMU. So...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420347
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Excess leverage and productivity growth in emerging economies: Is there a threshold effect?
Coricelli, Fabrizio; Driffield, Nigel; Pal, Sarmistha; … - 2010
The paper examines the relationship between leverage and growth in a group of emerging central and eastern European countries, who are at different levels of financial market development. We hypothesize a non-linear relationship in that moderate leverage could boost growth while very high...
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How do banks adjust their capital ratios? Evidence from Germany
Memmel, Christoph; Raupach, Peter - 2007
We analyze the dynamics of banks' regulatory capital ratios. Using monthly data of regulatory capital ratios for a subset of large German banks, we estimate the target level and the adjustment speed of the capital ratio for each bank separately. We find evidence that, first, there exists a...
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