Capital structure choice of foreign subsidiaries: evidence from multinationals in Brazil
Is the capital structure choice of a foreign subsidiary different from the choice of a comparable company controlled by nationals? If so, what are the differences? In this paper we shed some light on these questions by looking at a sample of foreign subsidiaries in Brazil over the period 1985 to 1994. We find that the foreign subsidiaries in our sample are more levered than their Brazilian counterparts. This difference, however, has declined over time. The evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that foreign subsidiaries increase leverage as a hedge against an expropriation of assets in a nationalization process.
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1998
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Authors: | Werlang, Sérgio Ribeiro da Costa ; Novaes Filho, Walter |
Institutions: | FGV/EPGE Escola Brasileira de Economia e Finanças, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) |
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freely available
Extent: | application/pdf |
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Series: | Economics Working Papers (Ensaios Economicos da EPGE). - ISSN 0104-8910. |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Notes: | Number 340 |
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009132
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