The Dynamics of Capital Structure

Banerjee, Saugata; Heshmati, Almas; Wihlborg, Clas

doi:10.1016/s1567-7915(04)04011-x

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“…Finally, the results for the impact of firm size (SIZE) on the adjustment speed are mixed and do not allow further interpretation. Specifically, we cannot confirm the finding in Lööf (2003) and Bane rjee, Heshmati, and Wihlborg (2000) that large firms are more concerned about capital structure decisions than small firms.…”

Section: Determinants Of Target Leveragecontrasting

confidence: 64%

“…Using panel data, Banjeree, Heshmati, and Wihlborg (2000) and Lööf (2002) apply nonlinear least square to estimate the parameters in equation (5). However, this will generally lead to biased and inconsistent estimators because the error term may be cor-6 According to Lööf (2002), overadjustment may reflect unanticipated changes in economic conditions.…”

Section: A Dynamic Capital Structure Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We therefore expect a positive relationship between SIZE and the speed of adjustment. Banjeree, Heshmati, and Wihlborg (2000) and Lööf (2003) argue that in addition to firm-specific fa ctors some economy-wide factors should have an impact on the speed of adjustment. They include time-dummy variables to capture these effects in a simplistic way.…”

Section: Firm Size (Size)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Banerjee, Heshmati, and Wihlborg (2000) were the first to simultaneously endogenize the adjustment factor and the target leverage ratio. In addi-4 tion to identifying the determinants of optimal capital structure, their setup allows them to estimate the speed of adjustment towards the target capital structure and to identify the determinants of the speed of adjustment.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, these firms adjust faster towards the optimal capital structure compared to the debt dependent Swedish companies. Using similar variables to model the speed of adjustment as Banerjee, Heshmati, and Wihlborg (2000), he finds that the estimate for the distance variable is significantly negative for UK firms, indicating that it is less costly to adjust by relatively small amounts.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Section: Determinants Of Target Leveragecontrasting

confidence: 64%

Section: A Dynamic Capital Structure Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%