Efficient Market Hypothesis has dominated the field of research on capital markettheory. It states that asset prices are rationally connected to economic realities and alwaysincorporate all the information available to the market. In this way, securities markets are seen asefficient in...

The stakeholder theory is a new approach linked with the capital structure ofthe company. According to this theory, the companies must assume their financial decisionsnot only in front of the equity holders, but also in front of the other stakeholders (suppliers,customers, competition, managers...