Firm- and country-level determinants of corporate leverage: Some new international evidence |
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Authors: | Ali Gungoraydinoglu Özde Öztekin |
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Institution: | aEconomics Department, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, United States;bSchool of Business, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7585, United States |
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Abstract: | This research analyzes the determinants of capital structure across 37 countries. Institutional arrangements matter for capital structure decisions; however, firm-level covariates drive two-thirds of the variation in capital structure across countries, while the country-level covariates explain the remaining one-third. The observed relationships between the country-level determinants and leverage provide strong support to the predictions of both the trade-off and the pecking-order theories. Country-level determinants serve as substitute mechanisms for the firm-level, industry-level, and macroeconomic determinants by moderating their marginal impact on leverage. |
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Keywords: | JEL classification: G20 G32 |
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