Al-Najjar, Basil and Hussainey, K. (2011) Revisiting the capital-structure puzzle: UK evidence. Journal of Risk Finance 12 (4), pp. 329-338. ISSN 1526-5943.
Abstract
Purpose This paper seeks to explore the potential drivers of corporate capital structure. Design/Methodology/Approach The paper applies both fixed effects panel models and random effects tobit models to examine this issue. A sample of 379 firms is used across the period from 1991 to 2002. Findings It is found that corporate characteristics (firm size, firm risk, firm growth rate, firm profitability and asset tangibility) and corporate governance characteristics (board size and outside directorships) are the main drivers of capital structure of UK firms. In addition, the results show that changing the definition of capital structure may result in changing the sign and the significance of these potential drivers. Originality/value The paper argues that another dimension of the capital structure puzzle can be introduced which is related to the definition of capital structure used in prior studies. It is worth noting that the aim of this paper is not to provide an optimal set of factors that may affect the decision of capital structure, but to highlight the effect of the different definitions of capital structure that can be used by different studies, which makes the comparison between such studies difficult or even erroneous.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | capital structure, corporate governance, United Kingdom |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School |
| Depositing User: | Basil Al-Najjar |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2012 16:38 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 16:59 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/5379 |
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