Prepared for The Journal of Applied Corporate Finance Vol. 15‚ No. 1‚ 2002 How do CFOs make capital budgeting and capital structure decisions?1 John R. Graham Associate Professor of Finance‚ Fuqua School of Business‚ Duke University‚ Durham‚ NC 27708 USA Campbell R. Harvey Professor of Finance‚ Fuqua School of Business‚ Duke University‚ Durham‚ NC 27708 USA National Bureau of Economic Research‚ Cambridge‚ MA 02912 USA March 8‚ 2002 1A longer and more detailed version of this paper is published
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decisions‚ the optimization of capital structure has a great influence on the performance of the companies‚ for a reasonable capital structure can decrease the financing cost‚ take advantage of the financial leverage and play an important role in corporation governance. Given the importance of capital structure‚ this essay will firstly discuss the ways that capital structure affects corporation value‚ then it will introduce the influencing factors of capital structure and how to effectively manage
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Capital Structure: The most important function of Financial Management is to make decisions about the capital structure of firm. Capital structure refers to the make up a firm’s capitalization. It represents the mix of different sources of long term funds in the total capitalization of the company like equity shares‚ preference shares‚ retained earnings‚ long-term loans etc. In other words it can be precisely told as financing plan of the company. Capital is required to finance investments in plant
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Now that we have applied all the tools necessary for hypothesis testing‚ the final results can be discussed in detail. All variables with respect to their relation to the capital structure will be discussed separately. Not only the figures have been interpreted as per the mathematical rules‚ but they have also been analyzed according to the prevalent conditions in the cement industry during the period of analysis. Therefore‚ it is necessary to give the industry scenario
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Caleb Johnson Capital Structure Theory Working Capital Management Dr. Woodward 10/14/14 Capital Structure Theory Part a. (Capital Structure) Capital structure is very important. Not only does it influence the return a company earns for its shareholders but can also be a determining factor on whether or not a firm survives a recession. A company’s capital structure is a mix of their short-term debt‚ long-term debt‚ and equity. A firm’s capital structure is the way the firm finances all of its
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background The main theme of capital structure is the reasoning that it is the blend of two main financial variables which are liabilities that includes debt and the second one is also a kind of liability retained earnings or equity. These are the main variables that are involved in the asset financing of an organization. The major decision that is made in finance is about the capital structure. There are many theories about capital structure. Except of those theories there is the major
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Siemens AG Financial Analysis Capital Structure and current financial situation 12/5/2012 Andon Pavlov‚ 296181 Company Review Siemens AG is a German multinational engineering and electronics conglomerate company headquartered in Munich‚ Germany. It is the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company. Siemens’ principal activities are in the fields of industry‚ energy‚ transportation and healthcare. It is organized into five main divisions: Industry‚ Energy‚ Healthcare
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American Finance Association Market Timing and Capital Structure Author(s): Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler Source: The Journal of Finance‚ Vol. 57‚ No. 1 (Feb.‚ 2002)‚ pp. 1-32 Published by: Wiley for the American Finance Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2697832 . Accessed: 08/09/2013 22:22 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a
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no costs of financial distress or bankruptcy‚ what percentage of the firm’s capital structure would be financed by debt? 3 Exercise 3 The Holland Company expects perpetual EBIT of $4 mil. per year; the firm’s after-tax‚ all-equity discount rate (r0) is 15%; company is subject to the tax rate of 35%; the pre-tax cost of the firm’s debt capital is 10% p.a.‚ and the firm has $10 mil. of debt in its capital structure. What is Holland’s value? What is Holland’s cost of equity (re)? What
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Birmingham Business School BSc Accounting and Finance Capital structure and shareholder return in Chinese banking industry Your Name Your Registration Number (07 14856) Extended Essay 2011-2012 Supervisor’s Name The length of the main body of the essay: 5‚770 words Index Abstract In June 2004‚ Basel II was published and it required banks to set up risk and capital management requirements so as to ensure adequate capital for the risks‚ to which the banks are exposed through
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