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In contrast to the theory based propositions in Modigliani and Miller (1958; 1963) of a positive relationship between the cost of equity capital and financial leverage, claims of a negative empirical relationship between stock returns and leverage have been made in the article 'The Book-to-Price...

In contrast to the capital structure propositions in Modigliani and Miller (1958, 1963), most empirical research has not been able to find a positive association between stock returns and financial leverage. Several reasons have been proposed for this, including suggestions about omitted risk...