Debt Covenants and the Speed of Capital Structure Adjustment

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Devos ◽  
Shofiqur Rahman ◽  
Desmond Tsang

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Devos ◽  
Shofiqur Rahman ◽  
Desmond Tsang


2012 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Özde Öztekin ◽  
Mark J. Flannery


Author(s):  
Wolfgang Drobetz ◽  
Pascal Pensa ◽  
Gabrielle Wanzenried


2021 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 101482
Author(s):  
Xiaochen Jiang ◽  
Jim Huangnan Shen ◽  
Chien-Chiang Lee ◽  
Chong Chen


2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 1265-1280
Author(s):  
Tanveer Ahsan ◽  
Sultan Sikandar Mirza ◽  
Bakr Al-Gamrh ◽  
Muhammad Zubair Tauni

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explain the adjustment rate toward the target capital structure of Chinese nonfinancial listed firms and to investigate the impacts of the split-share reforms (2005–2006) on the capital structure adjustment rate.Design/methodology/approachThe authors control for the unobserved heterogeneity and the fractional nature of the adjustment rate by applying an unbiased dynamic panel fractional estimator on the unbalanced panel data of 27,545 firm-year observations of Chinese nonfinancial firms listed during 1998–2015.FindingsThe authors find that Chinese firms adjust at an annual rate of 19–27% to reach their capital structure targets. The authors also find a positive impact of the split-share reforms on the adjustment rates of Chinese nonfinancial firms toward their target capital structure. Split-share reforms also helped Chinese firms to increase the use of equity financing in their capital structure.Practical implicationsThe authors argue that the government should strengthen capital markets to enable easy access to more financing options so that Chinese firms can acquire cheaper external financing.Originality/valueTo the best of authors' knowledge, this is the first study that applies an unbiased dynamic panel fractional estimator on an extended data set of 27,545 firm-year observations of Chinese nonfinancial firms listed during 1998–2015.



2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Drobetz ◽  
Dirk Schilling ◽  
Henning Schrrder




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