Impact of Firm-specific Variables on Capital Structure Decisions. Evidence from the Indian Hospitality Sector

2021 ◽  
pp. 231971452110525
Author(s):  
Hardeep Singh Mundi ◽  
Jayant Gautam
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Order Theory ◽  
Debt Ratio ◽  
Pecking Order Theory ◽  
Tax Shield ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
Hospitality Firms ◽  
Fixed Effects Regression

This study investigates the determinants of capital structure for hospitality firms listed in India. The study validates the contradiction in the determinants of capital structure by using the data for firms listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange. Using fixed-effects regression models, the findings indicate that firm size and return on assets are significantly associated with total debt ratio (TDR), long-term debt ratio (LTDR) and short-term debt ratio. The variables such as growth rate, tangibility and volatility are found to be significantly associated with TDR and LTDR. Non-debt tax shield is found to be significantly associated with only TDR. Each of the stated determinants has a unique impact on capital structure decisions. The study partially confirms the applicability of the pecking order theory for hospitality sector firms. With the findings on hospitality firms, we hope to provide useful insights to lending institutions and corporate executives.

scholarly journals Factors determining capital structure: Evidence from Companies listed on the Hanoi Stock Exchange

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. first
Author(s):  
Hồ Xuân Thủy ◽  
Nguyễn Thị Huyền Trang
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Order Theory ◽  
Pecking Order ◽  
Pecking Order Theory ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Tax Shield ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Fixed Assets ◽  
Debt Tax Shield

This paper investigates the factors influencing capital structure of the companies listed on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) during 2011-2018. Factors tested included non-debt tax shield, firm size, tangible fixed assets structure, and profitability based on previous studies and the two prominent capital structure theories namely the trade-off theory and the pecking-order theory. We used the variable financial leverage (LEV) to measure capital structure. The analysis employs multiple linear panel regression models in examining factors influencing capital structure, the random effect model (REM) obtained by table data processing was found to be consistent with the study data. Our results revealed that profitability and non-debt tax shield had a negative impact on capital structure. On the other hand, firm size exhibited a positive impact whilst the effect of tangible fixed assets was statistically insignificant. Amongst all tested factors, non-debt tax shield was shown to exert the greatest influence on capital structure of companies. We conclude that the factors influencing capital structure of the companies listed on the Hanoi Stock Exchange are mostly consistent with the hypothesis of trade-off theory rather than pecking-order theory. Our results support the trade-off theory because large firms are more likely to borrow to greater benefits from the tax shield. The study greatly contributes towards the enrichment of empirical evidence on the factors influencing capital structure and helps the management with planning, making properly informed decisions to improve the firm performance.

scholarly journals The choice of the capital structure of the company according to the framework of theories of capital structure

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 22-27
Author(s):  
Mitenkova E.N.
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Credit Rating ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Order Theory ◽  
Share Price ◽  
Actual Problem ◽  
Pecking Order Theory ◽  
Tax Shield ◽  
The Capital Structure

This article deals with the actual problem of choosing capital structure of a company, because debt ratio has an influence on making strategic decisions of the long-term company’s development, its investment risks, potential interest conflicts between management, owners and lenders. The article analyzes the principles of the construction of capital structure in terms of classical and modern theories of capital structure using methods of scientific knowledge: system analysis, synthesis, logical analysis, empirical researches. According to the first theory of the capital structure, developed by M. Miller and F. Modigliani through a number of strict preconditions, capital structure does not affect the company’s value. By adding a tax factor authors showed that in this case the choice of capital structure affects the company’s value, because debt capital increases it by the value of the tax shield. According to trade-off theory the main determinants of capital structure are the size of the tax shield, the probability of bankruptcy and the credit rating. According to the theory of the signal the capital structure depends on such factors as the information asymmetry and the credit rating. According to the pecking order theory capital structure the choice of it is determined by the hierarchy of sources of financing: firstly companies prefer to use internal sources of financing, then - debt financing. According to the market timing theory the key factors of capital structure are share price fluctuations. Analysis of various theories of the capital structure has showed that most theories have been developed by economists represented countries with developed markets. But developed countries and emerging countries have a lot of differences, which have an impact on choosing capital structure by companies.

scholarly journals KINERJA KEUANGAN, KINERJA SAHAM DAN STRUKTUR MODAL DI INDONESIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Nera Marinda Machdar
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Order Theory ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Pecking Order ◽  
Pecking Order Theory ◽  
Stock Performance ◽  
Observation Period

<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>

Hierarchical financing and reality of the financial structure of Moroccan listed companies

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Firano Zakaria ◽  
Doughmi Salawa
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Financial Structure ◽  
Order Theory ◽  
Debt Ratio ◽  
Growth Opportunities ◽  
Pecking Order ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Pecking Order Theory ◽  
Content Type

Purpose There is a wealth of literature on the financing structure of a company. For this reason, the authors considered it useful to present a theoretical and empirical literature review of classical and new theories of the financial structure. The purpose of this study is to realize on a panel of 15 nonfinancial Moroccan companies listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange, over a period of 11 years. Design/methodology/approach The results obtained indicate that only a few variables from financial theory have an important role in the financing policy of Moroccan companies. The authors have presented the positive role of size and self-financing on the debt ratio. The analysis of the effects of profitability shows in this study that it is negative related on the debt ratio which asserts the predictions of the pecking order theory. Also, the age of the company and the growth opportunities explain the level of indebtedness. Findings Econometric analysis is used to ascertain the nature of the financial structure of listed companies. For this purpose, a large number of companies listed on the Casablanca stock exchange were used. Originality/value The authors have presented the positive role of size and self-financing on the debt ratio. Regarding the influence of profitability, this analysis shows that it is negative related on the debt ratio which asserts the predictions of the pecking order theory. Also, the age of the company and the growth opportunities explain the level of indebtedness.

scholarly journals An Empirical Test of Capital Structure Theories for the Vietnamese Listed Firms

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen ◽  
Ho ◽  
Vo
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Order Theory ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Method Of Moment ◽  
Pecking Order Theory ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Listed Firms

Raising capital efficiently for the operations is considered a fundamental decision for any firms. Since the 1960s, various theories on capital structure have been developed. Various empirical studies had also been conducted to examine the appropriateness of these theories in different markets. Unfortunately, evidence is mixed. In the context of Vietnam, a rising powerful economy in the Asia Pacific region, this important issue has been largely ignored. This paper is conducted to provide additional evidence on this important issue. In addition, different factors affecting the capital structure decisions from the Vietnamese listed firms are examined. The Generalized Method of Moment approach is employed on the sample of 227 listed firms in Ho Chi Minh City stock exchange over the period from 2008 to 2017. Findings from this study suggest that the Vietnamese listed firms follow the trade-off theory to determine their capital structure (i.e., to determine the optimal debt level). In contrast, no evidence has been found to confirm that the pecking order theory can explain the financing decisions of the Vietnamese listed firms, as previously expected. In addition, findings from this study also indicate that ‘Fund flow deficit’ and ‘Change in sales’ are the most two important factors that affect the amount of debt issued for the Vietnamese listed firms. Implications for academics, practitioners, and the Vietnamese government have also been emerged from the findings of this paper.

scholarly journals Determining the Factors Affecting Capital Structure Decisions of Real Sector Companies Operating in ISE

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bengü Vuran ◽  
Nihat Tas ◽  
Burcu Adiloglu
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Order Theory ◽  
Service Firms ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Tax Shield ◽  
The Capital Structure

Corporate capital structure remains a controversial issue in modern corporate finance. Since the seminal work by Modigliani and Miller (1958), a plethora of research has been undertaken in attempting to identify the determinants of capital structure. This paper analyzes the capital structure determinants of manufacturing, merchandising and service firms operating in Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) during the period from 2010 to 2013 comprising of 218 companies. This study addresses the following questions: Are the capital structure determinants of three types of firms in ISE driven by different factors? To answer this question, panel data methodology is applied to the sample of firms for the period from 2010 to 2013. The results show that the manufacturing and merchandising firms exhibit similarities in their capital structure choices. For those firms, size and firm growth are positively related to leverage, whereas profitability have a negative relationship with their debt to assets ratio. For service firms, size and non-debt tax shield have significant positive impact on leverage but profitability negatively related to leverage. These findings provide evidence in favour of trade off theory and pecking order theory.

scholarly journals Capital structure determinants of hospitality sector SMEs

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luís Pacheco ◽  
Fernando Tavares
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Order Theory ◽  
Pecking Order ◽  
Pecking Order Theory ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Portuguese Economy ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
The Capital Structure

The main objective of this article is to study the capital structure determinants of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the hospitality sector and how this can influence their level of indebtedness. Using panel data methodology and considering a sample of 43 Portuguese hotels, the authors study the capital structure determinants between 2004 and 2013. The study examines the indebtedness level in light of the two main theories – the Trade-off theory and the Pecking Order theory. The hospitality sector was chosen because of its importance in the Portuguese economy and because this particular sector has hardly been studied. In addition to total indebtedness, the authors extend the literature by analysing the differences between short-term and long-term indebtedness. The results obtained suggest that profitability, assets tangibility, firm dimension, total liquidity and risk are key factors affecting the capital structure of hospitality sector SMEs, while growth, other tax benefits and age were not deemed relevant. These results allow us to conclude that Trade-off and Pecking Order theories should not be considered in isolation to explain the capital structure of hospitality sector SMEs.

scholarly journals DETERMINENTS OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE: EVIDENCE FROM PAKISTAN SUGAR INDUSTRY.

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 2694-2701
Author(s):  
Prof. Dr. Abdul Ghafoor Awan ◽  
Prof. Dr ZahirFaridi ◽  
Abdullahi ShahbazAnwer Ghaz
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Cost Of Capital ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Sugar Industry ◽  
Order Theory ◽  
Pecking Order ◽  
Pecking Order Theory ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Financial Decision

Capital structure is one of the most complex areas of financial decision making because of its inter-relationship with other financial decision variables. Poor capital structure decisions can result in a high cost of capital which decreases the value of a firm. Effective capital structure decisions decrease the cost of capital and hence the value of a firm increases.  The objective of this empirical study is to analyze the factors affecting capital structure of sugar industry in Pakistan and to check whether the results confirm or not pecking order theory and trade-off theory. Different theories of capital structure have been reviewed like Modigliani and miller theory, trade-off theory, pecking order theory and market timing theory to make assumptions regarding capital structure of sugar firms. The findings are based on empirical results using panel data techniques for a sample of 30 firms listed on Karachi Stock Exchange from 2008-2011. The results show that tangibility is positively associated with leverage whereas size of the firm and liquidity are negatively associated with leverage. The results of profitability and growth opportunities are insignificant.

scholarly journals Pecking order, earnings management and capital structure

Accounting ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1389-1394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Novi Swandari Budiarso ◽  
Winston Pontoh
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Agency Problem ◽  
Agency Problems ◽  
Order Theory ◽  
Pecking Order ◽  
Pecking Order Theory ◽  
Corporate Capital Structure ◽  
Debt Capacity

Most of studies imply that firms decrease or increase their debt capacity in context of pecking order theory or agency problems. On this point, the setting of this study is based on two main problems related to capital structure: the first is determining the source of funds for financing investments, and the second is solving the conflict between shareholders and managers, or the agency problem. The objective of this study is to provide evidence about how firms establish their capital structure in relation to pecking order theory and the agency problem by controlling earnings management in the context of Indonesian firms. This study conducts logistic regression on 28 firms in the consumer goods industry listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2010 to 2017.This study finds that pecking order theory determines the capital structure of most Indonesian firms with high debt. The results imply that agency problems are unable to explain corporate capital structure and earnings management is not effective for motivating Indonesian firms to establish corporate governance.

scholarly journals PENGARUH PROFITABILITAS, SIZE DAN GROWTH TERHADAP STRUKTUR MODAL PADA INDUSTRI BARANG KONSUMSI YANG DIDASARI OLEH PECKING ORDER THEORY DAN TRADE-OFF THEORY

Media Ekonomi ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Ika Yustina Rahmawati
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Consumer Goods ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Order Theory ◽  
Pecking Order ◽  
Pecking Order Theory ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Industry Sector ◽  
Size Growth ◽  
Consumer Goods Industry

This study aims to determine the effect of profitability, size and growth of the company's capital structure in the consumer goods industry sector based on the pecking order theory and trade-off theory. This research was conducted using the procedure panel data for a sample of 26 consumer goods industry sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during 2009- 2013. The findings of this study is to support H1a, H2b and H3b. based on the results of the analysis of the profitability variable (measured ROE) there is a negative correlation significant at α = 5%, which means supporting the pecking order theory. The size variable (as measured by total assets) and growth (which was measured by the Market to Book Value) positively associated significant at α = 5% and 10%, which means supporting the trade-off theory. For the selection method of FEM and REM, researchers used a test in which the capital REM Test Hausmant be an option for the measurement of capital structure (DER, DAR and Working capital) while FEM selected for the measurement of capital structure (Leverage). Keyword: profitability, size, growth, capital struktur, pecking order theory and trade-off theory

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