1995
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/8.4.1185
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The Capital Structure Puzzle Revisited

Abstract: Corporate finance researchers have long been puzzled by low corporate debt ratiosgiven debt's corporate tax advantage. This article recognizes that firm value typically reflects a growing stream of earnings, while current debt reflects a nongrowing stream of interestpayments. Debt to value is therefore a distorted measure of corporate tax shielding. Even with very small debt-related costs, this may explain the observed magnitude and cross-sectional variation of debt ratios. Since this variation may be independ… Show more

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“…However, some authors have argued that interest coverage is an alternative measure of leverage (Berens and Cuny, 1995;and Andrade and Kaplan, 1997). For a mature firm with low expected growth, measuring leverage by debt ratios or interest coverage ratios will lead to similar conclusions.…”
Section: D) Interest Coveragementioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, some authors have argued that interest coverage is an alternative measure of leverage (Berens and Cuny, 1995;and Andrade and Kaplan, 1997). For a mature firm with low expected growth, measuring leverage by debt ratios or interest coverage ratios will lead to similar conclusions.…”
Section: D) Interest Coveragementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The decision to determine the funding of the capital structure will determine the company in performing its operating activities that will affect the value of the company. There are two views to determine the policy of capital structure, pecking order theory and trade off theory (Berens and Cuny, 1995). The policy of capital structure is influenced by various factors both inside and outside the company.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, the research of Berens and Cuny (1995) discusses the level of corporate debt as a way of identifying the trade-off theory. Jensen and Meckling (1976) describe the context in which agency theory begins.…”
Section: Awareness Of the Complexities Involved Capital Structure Decmentioning
confidence: 99%