Capital Structure Stewart C. Myers The Journal of Economic Perspectives‚ Vol. 15‚ No. 2. (Spring‚ 2001)‚ pp. 81-102. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0895-3309%28200121%2915%3A2%3C81%3ACS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D The Journal of Economic Perspectives is currently published by American Economic Association. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/about/terms.html. JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use
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credit ratings affect the capital structure of a firm Credit ratings is the assessment of the credit worthiness of a firm based on historyof borrowing and repayment. Credit rating is the credit worthiness of a debtor. The debtors ability to pay back the debt. Companies with high rating (AAA) have a good market reputation and logically would avoid not being in favor of more debt in capital structure to save them from any adverse circumstances. High credit ratings expose a firm to obtain higher external
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Journal of Finance and Investment Analysis‚ vol.1‚ no.2‚ 2012‚ 61-81 ISSN: 2241-0988 (print version)‚ 2241-0996 (online) International Scientific Press‚ 2012 Topic: capital structure determinants of quoted firms in Nigeria and lessons for corporate financing decisions Michael Nwidobie Barine1 Abstract Financial arrangements determine how and the amount of financing that can be obtained from fund providers. An optimal allocation between equity and debt is determined by the trade-off between
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Determinants of capital structure In finance‚ capital structure refers to the way a corporation finances its assets through some combination of equity‚ debt‚ or hybrid securities. A firm ’s capital structure is then the composition or ’structure ’ of its liabilities. Simply‚ capital structure refers to the mix of debt and equity used by a firm in financing its assets. The capital structure decision is one of the most important decisions made by financial management. The capital structure decision is
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Theory of Capital Structure - A Review Stein Frydenberg£ April 29‚ 2004 ABSTRACT This paper is a review of the central theoretical literature. The most important arguments for what could determine capital structure is the pecking order theory and the static trade off theory. These two theories are reviewed‚ but neither of them provides a complete description of the situation and why some firms prefer equity and others debt under different circumstances. The paper is ended by a summary where the
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Influence of Capital Structure on Leverage of Cement Sector in Pakistan CONTACT NUMBERS: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First of all we would like to thank Allah Almighty for granting us the capability and courage to work on this report with my best efforts‚ and for the patience and perseverance endowed by Him. We would also like to thank Mr. H. JAMAL ZUBAIRI for giving us the chance to work on this report and for his guidance‚ advice and examples during regular sessions which
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1. Determine the drivers of capital Structure. The primary factors that influence a company’s capital-structure decision are: Company size Big firms are likely to be more leveraged than small firms. This is due to the huge capital assets that they posses Management style Management style ranges from aggressive to conservative. Conservative management is less inclined to use debts to increase profits while an aggressive management may try to grow the firm quickly using significant amount
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Capital Structure Theories Capital Structure Capital Structure is the proportion of debt‚ preference and equity capitals in the total financing of the firm’s assets. The main objective of financial management is to maximize the value of the equity shares of the firm. Given this objective‚ the firm has to choose that financing mix/capital structure that results in maximizing the wealth of the equity shareholders. Such a capital structure is called as the optimum capital structure. At the optimum
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CAPITAL STRUCTURE MANAGEMENT IN NEPAL (A CASE STUDY ON NABIL‚ NIBL‚ NEA‚ NTC & HGICL) Table of Contents: Recommendation I Viva- Voce Sheet II Declaration III Acknowledgement IV List of Figures V List of Tables VI Abbreviation VII CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION Pg No. 1. Background of the study
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the topic theories of capital structure. Here‚ I have made these theories simplified. I hope‚ you can study these theories here and use these theories as reference. We all know that capital structure is combination of sources of funds in which we can include two main sources’ proportion. One is share capital and other is Debt. All four theories are just explaining the effect of changing the proportion of these sources on the overall cost of capital and total value of firm. If I have to write theories
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