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Disagreement and flexibility : a theory of optimal security issuance and capital structure

Boot, Arnoud W. A.; Thakor, Anjan V. - 2002

ofthis theory of capital structure evolution is that optimal capital structure is essentiallydynamic, and depends on the firm …’s stock price, implying that firms issue equity when stockprices are high and debt when stock prices are low. The theory … testablepredictions. Moreover, the theory can rationalize the use of debt in the absence of taxes,agency costs or signaling considerations. …

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Capital structure under financing and investment externalities

Cools, Kees; Zou, Liang - 1992

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The (self-)funding of intangibles

Döttling, Robin; Ladika, Tomislav; Perotti, Enrico C. - 2016

In response to technological change, U.S. corporations have been investing more in intangible capital. This transformation is empirically associated with lower leverage and greater cash holdings, and commonly explained as a precautionary response to reduced debt capacity. We model how firms'...

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Capital structure arbitrage revisited

Wojtowicz, Marcin - 2014

We study risk and return properties of capital structure arbitrage strategies aiming to profit from temporal mispricing between equity and credit default swaps (CDSs) of companies. We find that capital structure arbitrage provides an attractive annualized return of 24.35% on invested capital....

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Disagreement and flexibility : a theory of optimal security issuance and capital structure

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Capital structure and product market behavior : an examination of plant exit and investment decisions

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Will Islamic banking make the world less risky? : an empirical analysis of capital structure, risk shifting and financial stability

Farooq, Moazzam; Wijnbergen, Sweder van; Zaheer, Sajjad - 2015

We use a classic Merton credit risk framework to argue that Islamic Banking Institutions (IBIs) face less incentive to take on risks than Conventional Banking Institutions (CBI). IBIs have less incentive for risk shifting both in and outside of distress situations. We test and confirm this...

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Regulating the financial cycle : an integrated approach with a leverage ratio

Schoenmaker, Dirk; Wierts, Peter - 2015

We propose a regulatory approach for restricting debt financing as an amplification mechanism across the financial system. A small stylised model illustrates the trade-off between static and time varying limits on leverage in dampening the financial cycle. The policy section proposes its...

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Corporate governance and leverage : evidence from a natural experiment

Arping, Stefan; Sautner, Zacharias - 2009

We argue that the recent corporate governance reform in the Netherlands provides a natural experiment to explore the impact of changes in corporate governance on financing policy. We find that, relative to a control sample of comparable firms outside the Netherlands, Dutch firms significantly...

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