as firm level factors. Industry factors are not very important. In terms of the total debt levels, Brazilian firms have … increasing their total debt levels, in Asia there is a decreasing debt trend. The Brazilian economic tability is recent and the … instrumental for the increase of debt levels. Firms in countries with more credit restrictions take on more debt when the economy …

leverage in the Brazilian agribusiness sector using the model of Rajanand Zingales (1995). In the definition of the sample … determinant factors of the debt structure of Brazilianagribusiness companies. It is also possible to conclude that the model …