The works related to the capital structure of banks consider the requirements for minimum regulatory capital, established by the Basel agreements, as their key determinant. However, recent studies suggest that standard determinants of non-financial institutions -size, profitability, growth opportunity, tangible assets and payment of dividends, also have the power of explaining the leveraging level of banks. Thus, this work was aimed at checking whether, for those banks that hold own capital above the minimum regulatory value, the predictive capacity of standard determinants also applies to American banks that have business portfolio. As an original contribution, the work evaluated the role of the compensation program for executive managers in order to determine the capital structure of banks. The final sample was comprised by 30 banks, which observations refer to the period before (2003 to 2006) and during (2007 to 2010) the systemic crisis. The dynamic regression model with panel data confirmed the key assumption mentioned by means of the significance of the independent variables profitability and growth opportunity. At last, the variable of compensation program for executive managers has been evidenced as significant in the definition of bank leveraging, but with sign opposite to the expected one by the finance theory.
The literature indicates that, mainly in countries with high stock concentration, the ownership structure is an important internal mechanism of control of the corporate governance, with effects in the companies’ value and performance. In Brazil, the existing relationship among corporate governance - ownership structure - performance is still not conclusive. The present study investigates if there is any relationship among ownership structure, financial performance and value in the Brazilian nonfinancial public companies with stocks negotiated in the São Paulo Stock Exchange, between the period of 1997 to 2001, as well as the determinant of the level of concentration of the ownership in these companies. In the empiric investigation it was used a multiple regression analysis through the estimators of the Ordinary Least Squares with heteroscedasticity in accordance with White (1980). Concerning the used methodology, the results indicate that the variables of ownership structure as defined do not have influence on the financial performance and value of the companies. Remaining to the determinant of the ownership structure of the Brazilian non-financial public companies, the results indicate that the ownership structure can be explained by the size of the firm, market instability and regulation, being the latter the main determinant of the ownership structure.
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