Deviation from target capital structure as a factor of acquisition decisions in European developed markets

Nikita Konstantinovich Pirogov - HSE. E-mail: [email protected] Artem Eduardovich Anilov - HSE. E-mail: [email protected] Financing and payout decisions generally affect company’s economic performance: they have impact (both directly and indirectly) on the free cash flow and, thus, on company’s and shareholders’ value. Search for optimal capital structure and optimal payout policy strategy that are likely to maximize shareholders’ utility resulted in the papers, dedicated to determinants of capital structure and payout policy. In such papers, one of the policies is usually treated as a determinant for another one. This bound does not let researchers to make some conclusions about existence or absence of interrelation between payout and financing choices. To capture this interrelation, simultaneous regression analysis should be performed. Researchers, though, cannot come up with unified conclusion about the existence and direction of such interrelation.The absence of certain results as well as low level of research done on emerging markets make this topic rather relevant.The results of recent research on the interrelation between payout and financing decisions are discussed in this paper. We also develop an econometric model that allows us to check the existence of interrelation in emerging markets and to compare the results to those obtained from developed markets.The article contributes to the existed literature in the following directions: first, two debt variables are taken into account (total and long-term debt) as well as two payout policy variables (total payout and dividend payout). Second, macroeconomic variables are controlled. Third, the results obtained from the companies from emerging countries are compared to those obtained from developed markets.

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The Puzzle of Zero Debt Capital Structure in Emerging Capital Markets

Journal of Corporate Finance Research / Корпоративные Финансы | ISSN 2073-0438 ◽

10.17323/j.jcfr.2073-0438.10.4.2016.9-27 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 9-27

Author(s):

Maria Kokoreva ◽

Maria Ivanova

Keyword(s):

Capital Structure ◽

Corporate Finance ◽

Educational Program ◽

Credit Rationing ◽

Assistant Professor ◽

Financial Flexibility ◽

Developed Markets ◽

Debt Capital ◽

Emerging Capital Markets ◽

E Mail

Kokoreva Maria Sergeevna - assistant professor, lecturer, HSE Higher School of Economics, deputy head of the school of finance, researcher of the scientific and educational laboratory of corporate finance, director of the joint educational program for the preparation of bachelors in the direction of "Economics" USU and HSE. E-mail: [email protected] This study investigates the puzzle of zero-debt on in developing markets using a sample of firms from Eastern Europe during 2000-2013. The results of this paper are in line with the previous research of firms from developed markets. Firms that are financially constrained do not use debt as a result of credit rationing w. While financially unconstrained firms intentionally eschew debt to maintain financial flexibility and avoid underinvestment incentives. Furthermore, this study provides new insights on into unconstrained firms’ performance during different economic situations. Firms that strategically avoid debt show better financial results than levered firms.

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Capital Structure and Political Risk in an Emerging Market: Evidence from Companies Listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius

Business and Economic Research ◽

10.5296/ber.v8i3.13367 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 104 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lydie Myriam Marcelle Amelot ◽

Subadar Agathee Ushad ◽

Mattew Lamport

Keyword(s):

Capital Structure ◽

World Bank ◽

Stock Exchange ◽

Emerging Market ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Political Risk ◽

Time Frame ◽

Financial Leverage ◽

Developed Markets ◽

Political Risks

Cashman, Harrison and Scheiler (2014) stated that companies with less political risk will use more debts than other organisations in other countries with more exposure to political risk. In particular, when there are low political risks, there will be more leverage and when there is high political uncertainty, there will be low debts indicating a negative relationship between financial leverage and political risk (Cashman, 2015). To this effect, this study will investigate the link between capital structure and political risk in an emerging market such as Mauritius. The data sample includes 30 financial and non- financial companies listed on the Stock exchange of Mauritius over a time frame ranging from 2011 to 2015 with a total number of 135 observations. The political risk was based on two World Bank indicators, namely political change index and corruption perceptions index. Based on a panel regression model, the empirical results show an insignificant relationship between financial leverage and political risk. In particular, it is implied that there is little evidence on the importance of political risk on firms’ decision in Mauritius due to the fact that Mauritian companies consider other types of risks to be more relevant when taking on more debts. The study adds to the existing literature on emerging markets and highlights the specificity of the Mauritian equity market relative to other developed markets.

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Earnings Management and Corporate Governance Evidence from Jordanian Banks

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering - 2 ◽

10.35940/ijrte.e4941.018520 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 1724-1731

Keyword(s):

Corporate Governance ◽

Capital Structure ◽

Earnings Management ◽

Board Of Directors ◽

Discretionary Accruals ◽

Governance Structure ◽

Corporate Governance Structure ◽

Developed Markets ◽

Governance Practices ◽

The Board Of Directors

The board of directors typically selects and removes officers, initiates fundamental changes, determines capital structure, adds, amends, or repeals bylaws (such as mergers and divestitures), declares dividends and sets the compensation for officers and management. The segregation of duties involves assigning different employees to perform functions so that an employee acting alone is prevented from committing an error or concealing a fraud in the normal course of their duties. Four types of functional responsibilities should be segregated: the authority to execute transactions, the recording of transactions, custody of the assets affected by the transactions and periodic reconciliation of existing assets to recorded amounts. There are several studies on the influence of corporate governance in developed markets relating to a variety of aspects. However, in the context of the Jordan market, such researches are rare. The paper analyses the governance practices of 13 Jordanian listed banks listed. The main findings of the study are that there is a positive relationship between board sizes and earnings management (EM) through discretionary accruals, that there is no relationship between independence and segregation of duties, and that EM through discretionary accruals and board size mediates the association between corporate governance structure and (EM) through discretionary accruals.

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Analysis of Factors Affecting Capital Structure in Food and Beverage Manufacturing Company

International Journal on Advanced Science Education and Religion ◽

10.33648/ijoaser.v1i2.7 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Nur Hajja Aini ◽

St Habibah

Keyword(s):

Capital Structure ◽

Firm Size ◽

Significant Influence ◽

Fixed Effects ◽

Random Effect Model ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Business Risk ◽

Growth Opportunities ◽

Food And Beverage ◽

The Capital Structure

The purpose of this research to analyze the influence of firm size, liquidity, growth opportunities, tangibility asset, and business risk to the capital structure of listed food and beverage manufacturing companies in Indonesia and Vietnam Stock Exchange from 2010 to 2016. The result shows that the fixed effects model should be appropriate for this study as compared to the random effect model. Capital structure significantly differences between the two countries. Firm size has a positive but insignificant influence on the capital structure in Indonesia, whereas it has a positive and a significant influence on the capital structure in Vietnam. Liquidity has a negative and significant influence on the capital structure both in Indonesia and Vietnam. Growth opportunities have a negative but insignificant influence on the capital structure both in Indonesia and Vietnam. Asset tangibility has a positive but insignificant influence on the capital structure in Indonesia, but it has the negative but insignificant influence on the capital structure in Vietnam. Ultimately, the business risk has a negative and significant influence on the capital structure in Indonesia but has a positive and insignificant influence on the capital structure in Vietnam.

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