The Impact of Financial Crisis on the Determinants of Capital Structure of Listed Firms in India

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-121
Author(s):  
Naliniprava Tripathy ◽  
Aman Asija

This study investigates the impact of 2007 financial crisis on the performance of capital structure of 88 non-financial companies listed on National Stock Exchange of India during the period between January 2003 to May 2014 by using Fixed Effect (FE) and Random Effect (RE) Models. The study has divided the data period into two distinct time intervals: (2003 -2007) as “pre-crisis” periods and (2008 – 2014) as “post-crisis” periods. The determinants of capital structure such as size, liquidity, profitability, and tangibility are used in the analysis. The findings show that tangibility and size have a greater influence on capital structure decision before crisis period. The findings also show that the coefficient of profitability is negative, displaying an inverse relationship with leverage. The study concludes that pecking order theory has more explanatory power in comparison to other theories in explaining the factors that determine the capital structure decision of listed firms of India.

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Mohamad Helmi bin Hidthiir ◽  
Muhammad Farhan Basheer ◽  
Saira Ghulam Hassan

Purpose- The prime objective of the current study is to investigate the interdepended of financial decision. In addition to that the impact of different level of managerial ownership on the interdepended of financial decisions is also examined agency theory, pecking order theory and the signaling theory are used as the theoretical lenses to draw the theocratical framework.Design/methodology/approach- The balance panel of 161 nonfinancial firm over the period of five years from 2013 to 2017 is used to achieve the research objectives. Polled OLS, Fixed effect and Random effect estimates are employed to answer the reach questions Findings- The managerial ownership with an average mean ownership of 39 is appeared at the top. Interestingly more than 75 percent firms are being controlled by mangers and in more than 60 percent firms of our sample the controlling managers hold more than 40 percent of shares. The Wu Hausman test is performed to determine the existence of the endogeneity problem.  The results indicates that the financial decisions namely cash holding decisions, financing decisions and investment decisions has significant impact on each other. Where the managerial ownership is in nonlinear relationship with financial decisions. The results of the study are also providing support to agency theory, pecking order theory and the signaling theoryResearch implications- The study will be helpful for policymakers, researchers, corporate personals and financial institutions in understanding the interrelationship between financing decisions and the role of managerial ownership in there interdepended.Originality/value- The study is among the pioneering studies on the issue and will provide policy guideline on the said issues.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Felix Babatunde Dada ◽  
Ben Ukaegbu

Pecking order theory of capital structure demonstrates how managers could reduce inefficiency in the presence of information asymmetry in the source of finance. This study aims at a critical evaluation of the relevance of pecking order theory to firms, using the panel data of the listed firms on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The study adopt the fixed effect model for the determination of the target capital structure and the decision is based on the result of the Hausman test. The study applies the Vector error correction model to establish causality between the variables. The outcome indicates that the capital structure of Nigerian firms is positively related to asset structure while it is negatively related to profitability and liquidity. The study also shows that there is a causal relationship ranging from profitability and liquidity to the capital structure.


2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Winston Pontoh

Insufficient working capital for investment activities is a condition which make shareholders and other firm insiders commonly consider to determine additional source of funds. The decision of shareholders and other firm insiders in determining the source of funds for investment activities shall determine the form of firm capital structure. This study uses 236 listed firms in Indonesia Stock Exchange as the sample and take their financial information in period of 2010 to 2015 as data. In term of hypothesis testing, this study conducts path analysis at significance rate of 5%. Result of analysis shows that capital structures for public firms in Indonesia are tend to apply the model of pecking order theory. Empirically, public firms in Indonesia tend to decrease their usage for long term debt in circumstance if they are facing certain business risk. The study also shows that, profitability is not the main factor in determining firm capital structure in Indonesia.Keywords : pecking order, capital structure, business risk, profitability, fixed assets


2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 624-636
Author(s):  
Jason Kasozi ◽  
Sam Ngwenya

This study investigates whether financial theory is aligned with financial practice by testing two conventionally recognised theories of capital structure choice, the trade-off theory and the pecking-order theory against the financing practices of listed firms on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) during the period 1995-2005. Data were obtained from the McGregor database. The results indicated a unique, but significantly positive, correlation between debt financing and financial distress, and a significant negative correlation between debt financing and the collateral value of assets. These findings suggest that financial theory is not aligned with practice on firms listed on the JSE. This study attempts to contribute to efforts to align financial theory with practice, and to help future researchers advance or modify current theories.


2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Syazwan Ab Talib ◽  
Lim Rubin ◽  
Vincent Khor Zhengyi

This is a preliminary study developed to explore the determinants of capital structure of Shariah-compliant firms listed in Bursa Malaysia. This study is primarily motivated by the issue of the determinants still being inconclusive in the area of capital structure. The study is performed using the static models namely Pool Ordinary Least Square, Fixed Effect and Random Effect Model. Empirical analysis on the determinants reveals that country specific factor which is GDP and sector specific factor which is industry concentration are also significant in influencing the corporate financing decisions in this country along with firm specific factors such as efficiency, bankruptcy risk, profitability, tangibility, liquidity and size of the firm. The findings revealed that results are sensitive to models employed in the study. Nevertheless, the applicability of capital structure theories such as the trade-off theory, agency theory and pecking order theory diverge across sectors in Malaysia. The pecking order theory and agency theory are found to be the dominant theories governing the corporate financing decision in the country as well. It indicates strong evidence of hierarchy practised in firms’ financing decision. The finding on agency theory being dominant justifies the function of short-term debt as a controlling mechanism to mitigate the agency problem arises within firms across sectors. 


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moncef Guizani

AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to examine whether or not the basic premises according to the pecking order theory provide an explanation for the capital structure mix of firms operating under Islamic principles. Pooled OLS and random effect regressions were performed to test the pecking order theory applying data from a sample of 66 Islamic firms listed on Kingdom of Saudi Arabia stock market over the period 2006–2016. The results show that sale-based instruments (Murabahah, Ijara) track the financial deficit quite closely followed by equity financing and as the last alternative to finance deficit, Islamic firms issue Sukuk. In the crisis period, these firms seem more reliant on equity, then on sale-based instrument and on Sukuk as last option. The study findings also indicate that the cumulative financing deficit does not wipe out the effects of conventional variables, although it is empirically significant. This provides no support for the pecking order theory attempted by Saudi Islamic firms. This research highlights the capital structure choice of firms operating under Islamic principles. It explores the implication of the relevant Islamic principles on corporate financing preferences. It can serve firm executive managers in their financing decisions to add value to the companies.


2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Nera Marinda Machdar

<p><em>This study addresses the role of the company's financial performance on the company's stock performance, and investigates the role of capital structure as a moderating variable to weaken the effect of the company's financial performance on the company's stock performance. This research uses agency theory and pecking order theory. Panel regression analysis method is used for the data analysis. The data used as the sample of the company is the properti and real estat firms listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange, and the observation period is the year 2011-2016. The number of samples by using purposive samping criteria is available 234 firms-year. The findings of this study is that the company's financial performance has no effect on the company's stock performance, and capital structure can not moderate the effect of the company's financial performance on the company's stock performance.</em></p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen ◽  
Ho ◽  
Vo

Raising capital efficiently for the operations is considered a fundamental decision for any firms. Since the 1960s, various theories on capital structure have been developed. Various empirical studies had also been conducted to examine the appropriateness of these theories in different markets. Unfortunately, evidence is mixed. In the context of Vietnam, a rising powerful economy in the Asia Pacific region, this important issue has been largely ignored. This paper is conducted to provide additional evidence on this important issue. In addition, different factors affecting the capital structure decisions from the Vietnamese listed firms are examined. The Generalized Method of Moment approach is employed on the sample of 227 listed firms in Ho Chi Minh City stock exchange over the period from 2008 to 2017. Findings from this study suggest that the Vietnamese listed firms follow the trade-off theory to determine their capital structure (i.e., to determine the optimal debt level). In contrast, no evidence has been found to confirm that the pecking order theory can explain the financing decisions of the Vietnamese listed firms, as previously expected. In addition, findings from this study also indicate that ‘Fund flow deficit’ and ‘Change in sales’ are the most two important factors that affect the amount of debt issued for the Vietnamese listed firms. Implications for academics, practitioners, and the Vietnamese government have also been emerged from the findings of this paper.


2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 2694-2701
Author(s):  
Prof. Dr. Abdul Ghafoor Awan ◽  
Prof. Dr ZahirFaridi ◽  
Abdullahi ShahbazAnwer Ghaz

Capital structure is one of the most complex areas of financial decision making because of its inter-relationship with other financial decision variables. Poor capital structure decisions can result in a high cost of capital which decreases the value of a firm. Effective capital structure decisions decrease the cost of capital and hence the value of a firm increases.  The objective of this empirical study is to analyze the factors affecting capital structure of sugar industry in Pakistan and to check whether the results confirm or not pecking order theory and trade-off theory. Different theories of capital structure have been reviewed like Modigliani and miller theory, trade-off theory, pecking order theory and market timing theory to make assumptions regarding capital structure of sugar firms. The findings are based on empirical results using panel data techniques for a sample of 30 firms listed on Karachi Stock Exchange from 2008-2011. The results show that tangibility is positively associated with leverage whereas size of the firm and liquidity are negatively associated with leverage. The results of profitability and growth opportunities are insignificant.


Accounting ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1389-1394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Novi Swandari Budiarso ◽  
Winston Pontoh

Most of studies imply that firms decrease or increase their debt capacity in context of pecking order theory or agency problems. On this point, the setting of this study is based on two main problems related to capital structure: the first is determining the source of funds for financing investments, and the second is solving the conflict between shareholders and managers, or the agency problem. The objective of this study is to provide evidence about how firms establish their capital structure in relation to pecking order theory and the agency problem by controlling earnings management in the context of Indonesian firms. This study conducts logistic regression on 28 firms in the consumer goods industry listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2010 to 2017.This study finds that pecking order theory determines the capital structure of most Indonesian firms with high debt. The results imply that agency problems are unable to explain corporate capital structure and earnings management is not effective for motivating Indonesian firms to establish corporate governance.


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