UDC: 658.14 Keywords: determinants of capital structure – extent of leverage – listed companies in the Czech Republic Determinants of Capital Structure Empirical Evidence from the Czech Republic Patrik BAUER* The modern theory of capital structure was established by Modigliani and Miller (1958). Thirty-seven years later‚ Rajan and Zingales (1995‚ p. 1421) stated: “Theory has clearly made some progress on the subject. We now understand the most important departures from the Modigliani and
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PHILIPPINE CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKET-is any domestic or international market in which governments‚banks‚multilateral organizations and companies can borrow or invest large amounts of money for medium to longterm periods. Capital market is different from the money market primarily because most money market instruments have maturities not exceeding 12months. The types of instruments issued in the local capital market are debt and equity‚hybrid. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CAPITAL MARKETS In the PRIMARY
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focuses on the growth of Bangladesh stock market over time. The market trends in terms of market capitalization‚ market liquidity‚ market concentration‚ number of listings‚ volatility in the market index and foreign portfolio investment were considered. The study finds that key indicators are significantly correlated. Stock market growth index is constructed considering market capitalization ratio; turn over ratio‚ value traded to GDP ratio and volatility in market index. The findings of the study suggest
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FNCE 126 Money and Capital Markets Fall 2013 Instructor: Donald Davis Office: Lucas Hall – 316Z E-mail: ddavis@scu.edu Course Web Page: On the Camino System Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays‚ 11:00-12:00 am‚ or by appointment after 3:45 Class Meetings: Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00–3:40pm in Lucas 307 Course Objectives Money and Capital Markets is an overview of the broad structure of the money markets (short term) and capital markets (long term financing)‚ covering both corporate and
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[pic] [pic] • CAPITAL MARKET AND ITS TYPES • PUBLIC ISSUE • PRIVILEGED SUBSCRIPTION • REGULATION OF SECURITY OFFERINGS • PRIVATE PLACEMENT • INITIAL FINANCING • SIGNALING EFFECTS • THE SECONDARY MARKET • PRACTICAL STUDY (MARI Gas Company Ltd) o History and Background o MARI Gas Field o Regional Offices o Management
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annualized interest rate of 14 percent. What is the one-year forward rate two years from now? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: a. 12.67 percent e. none of the above • Question 3 0 out of 1 points If markets are ____‚ investors could use available information ignored by the market to earn abnormally high returns. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: a. in equilibrium b. inefficient • Question 4 1 out of 1 points If a security is undervalued‚ some investors would capitalize from this
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An efficient capital market is one in which stock prices fully reflect available information. Professor Andrei Shleifer has suggested three conditions lead to market efficiency. (1)rationality‚ (2)independent deviations from rationality‚ and (3)arbitrage. This essay will examine investors’ behavioral biases and then discuss the behavioral and empirical challenges to market efficiency. In the attached article‚ James Montier suggested three behavioral biases that investors had. (1) illusion of control
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Weak-Form Efficiency of The GCC Markets Applying Selected Statistical Tests Rengasamy Elango‚ Mohammed Ibrahim Hussein This paper tests for market efficiency across the seven stock markets in the GCC (Gulf Co-operation Council) countries. The GCC countries‚ of late‚ have been striving to strengthen their capital markets by introducing various innovative changes in relation to listing‚ regulatory‚ trading and settlement norms in order to improve transparency and informational efficiency. Using daily
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I. Introduction: The development of a modern society depends to a large extent on the nature and standard of higher education. Thus the role of higher education is to prepare competent‚ knowledgeable and far-sighted people for assuming various higher responsibilities. The growing importance of knowledge in the modern world can hardly be overemphasized‚ especially in the era of globalization and in a global environment which is fiercely competitive. Particularly‚ higher education has enormous
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which has more solid empirical evidence supporting it than the Efficient Market Hypothesis.” The term ‘Efficient Market Hypothesis’ (EMH) is concerned with the behavior of prices in asset markets. It was initially applied to the stock market‚ but the concept was soon generalized to other asset markets. EMH has also been a subject of debate since its inception in the 1960s. INTRODUCTION This essay critically discusses’ A market is efficient with respect to a particular set of information if it is
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