scholarly journals Testing the pecking order theory of capital structure: Evidence from Turkey using panel quantile regression approach

Author(s):  
Durmuş Yıldırım ◽  
Ali Kemal Çelik
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-71
Author(s):  
Umut Uyar

In finance, capital structure decisions are crucial due to their impact on the value of a firm. Some theories assert that the value of a firm is irrelevant to those decisions. However, there is a growing literature that criticizes this idea. Those studies are constructed on some modern theories which called trade-off theory, agency cost theory, signaling theory, and pecking order theory. This paper investigates the relationship between optimal capital structure and capital structure components. The annual data gathered from 195 firms traded in Borsa Istanbul for the period 2011-2020 is used. The fast calibrated additive quantile regression approach is chosen because of its superior properties. In that method, there is not a strong assumption about the functional form of the relationships between the dependent variable and the explanatory variables. The results indicate that the relationships between the debt ratios and the capital structure components differ for each quantile and these relations are nonlinear. Furthermore, evidence is found that the relationships might be explained with the modern theories of capital structure.


2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Syazwan Ab Talib ◽  
Lim Rubin ◽  
Vincent Khor Zhengyi

This is a preliminary study developed to explore the determinants of capital structure of Shariah-compliant firms listed in Bursa Malaysia. This study is primarily motivated by the issue of the determinants still being inconclusive in the area of capital structure. The study is performed using the static models namely Pool Ordinary Least Square, Fixed Effect and Random Effect Model. Empirical analysis on the determinants reveals that country specific factor which is GDP and sector specific factor which is industry concentration are also significant in influencing the corporate financing decisions in this country along with firm specific factors such as efficiency, bankruptcy risk, profitability, tangibility, liquidity and size of the firm. The findings revealed that results are sensitive to models employed in the study. Nevertheless, the applicability of capital structure theories such as the trade-off theory, agency theory and pecking order theory diverge across sectors in Malaysia. The pecking order theory and agency theory are found to be the dominant theories governing the corporate financing decision in the country as well. It indicates strong evidence of hierarchy practised in firms’ financing decision. The finding on agency theory being dominant justifies the function of short-term debt as a controlling mechanism to mitigate the agency problem arises within firms across sectors. 


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moncef Guizani

AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to examine whether or not the basic premises according to the pecking order theory provide an explanation for the capital structure mix of firms operating under Islamic principles. Pooled OLS and random effect regressions were performed to test the pecking order theory applying data from a sample of 66 Islamic firms listed on Kingdom of Saudi Arabia stock market over the period 2006–2016. The results show that sale-based instruments (Murabahah, Ijara) track the financial deficit quite closely followed by equity financing and as the last alternative to finance deficit, Islamic firms issue Sukuk. In the crisis period, these firms seem more reliant on equity, then on sale-based instrument and on Sukuk as last option. The study findings also indicate that the cumulative financing deficit does not wipe out the effects of conventional variables, although it is empirically significant. This provides no support for the pecking order theory attempted by Saudi Islamic firms. This research highlights the capital structure choice of firms operating under Islamic principles. It explores the implication of the relevant Islamic principles on corporate financing preferences. It can serve firm executive managers in their financing decisions to add value to the companies.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Marcelo Rabelo Henrique ◽  
Sandro Braz Silva ◽  
Antônio Saporito ◽  
Sérgio Roberto da Silva

The present investigation refers to the determinants of the capital structure, using the technique of multiple regression through Panel Data of open capital companies in the stock exchanges of Argentina, Brazil and Chile, in order to know the behavior of determinants of the capital structure in relation to Trade-Off Theory (TOT) and Pecking Order Theory (POT). The POT offers the existence of a hierarchy in the use of sources of resources, while the TOT considers the existence of a target capital structure that would be pursued by the company. Sixteen accounting variables were used, in which five are dependent (related to indebtedness) and eleven are independent variables (explaining the determinants of the capital structure). It is observed that, with the use of the Panel Data, the determinants that seem to influence in a more accentuated way the levels of debt of the companies are: current liquidity, tangibility, return to shareholders, return of assets, sales growth, asset growth, market-to-book and business risk measured by the volatility of benefits. Suggestions for future research include the use of Panel Data to analyze other factors that may influence indebtedness, mainly taxes and dividends, as well as a deeper analysis of factors that may influence the speed of adjustment towards the supposed objective level.


Author(s):  
Hakan Bal

This study examines the effects of asset tangibility, profitability, size and liquidity on capital structure (debt leverage) across the construction companies operating in in Europe and Central Asia region using the data between 1993 and 2019. The study documents that the capital structure and other financial ratios under study differ across countries, even in the same industry. Book leverage is found to be significantly negatively related to asset tangibility, profitability and liquidity in accordance with pecking order theory. In particular, fixed ratio has a negative effect on debt ratio in Russia and Romania, but no effect in other countries under study. The effect of size disappears when time dummy variables are introduced.


2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 82-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradeepta Sethi ◽  
Ranjit Tiwari

In the backdrop of Make in India push by Indian government the purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of capital structure towards a better understanding of financing decisions to be undertaken by the Indian manufacturing firms. The data for the analysis is drawn from COSPI manufacturing index of Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). Our sample is an unbalanced panel of 1077 firms over the period 2000-01 to 2012-13. We apply system-GMM to study different factors that affect the leverage decision of firms in India. The findings of the study reveals that the choice of optimal capital structure can be influenced by factors such as profitability, size, growth, tangibility, non-debt tax shields, uniqueness and signal. We also find the existence of both pecking order theory and static trade-off theory in the case of Indian manufacturing firms. The results thus obtained are robust across the different proxies of leverage


2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Nera Marinda Machdar

<p><em>This study addresses the role of the company's financial performance on the company's stock performance, and investigates the role of capital structure as a moderating variable to weaken the effect of the company's financial performance on the company's stock performance. This research uses agency theory and pecking order theory. Panel regression analysis method is used for the data analysis. The data used as the sample of the company is the properti and real estat firms listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange, and the observation period is the year 2011-2016. The number of samples by using purposive samping criteria is available 234 firms-year. The findings of this study is that the company's financial performance has no effect on the company's stock performance, and capital structure can not moderate the effect of the company's financial performance on the company's stock performance.</em></p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuxi (Lance) Cheng ◽  
Ani L. Katchova

This study investigates adjustments in capital structures for agricultural cooperatives and differences before and during the agricultural downturn which started in 2013. We estimate a simultaneous equation model to test for cooperatives’ capital structure strategies based on two main theories from the corporate finance literature: the trade-off theory and the pecking order theory. Estimation results reveal that agricultural cooperatives in the U.S. generally adjust to short-term financial targets for equity and debt, supporting the trade-off theory while there is little support for the pecking order theory within the agricultural cooperatives sector.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-261
Author(s):  
Vandana Bhama ◽  
Pramod Kumar Jain ◽  
Surendra Singh Yadav

The present study tests the pecking order of firms at varying debt levels. The findings indicate that deficit firms at low debt levels raise significant amounts of debt, thus indicating the adherence to the pecking order theory. Deficit firms (from both countries) at exceptionally high debt levels do not adjust their capital structure by issuing less debt. In a surplus situation, Chinese firms at very high level redeem the substantial debt because of the dominance of short-term debt in their capital structure. In contrast, Indian surplus firms hesitate to redeem more debt if their existing debt levels are extremely high. JEL Classification: Q14, G32


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