Showing 1 - 10 of 4,499
The purpose of this research is to determine the effect of capital structure on the profitability of Vietnamese … commercial banks. Specifically, it investigates the relationship between capital structure and profitability using an imbalanced … Vietnamese commercial banks, indicate that customer deposits have a negative effect on bank profitability, whereas non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014432222
' capital structure, investment and profitability. The identification of the causal effects is based on the escape clauses in … stripping rule ; debt ratio ; profitability ; investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579254
We build a dynamic capital structure model to study the link between systematic risk exposure and debt maturity, as well as their joint impact on the term structure of credit spreads. Our model allows for time variation and lumpiness in the maturity structure. Relative to short-term debt,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009583690
The frequency with which firms adjust output prices helps explain persistent differences in capital structure across firms. Unconditionally, the most exible-price firms have a 19% higher long-term leverage ratio than the most sticky-price firms, controlling for known determinants of capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962123
This paper provides a compact summary of the evidence on capital structure instability and a case-based exploratory investigation of sources of such instability. Substantial instability in capital structure is the norm at publicly held nonfinancial firms. Firm-specific episodes of leverage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962774
I examine how the labor market in which firms operate affects their capital structure decisions. Based on US Census Bureau data and information on companies' decisions to locate their new operations, I use a large plant opening as an abrupt increase in the size of a local labor market. I find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012905528
This paper shows that the optimal leverage decreases with asset volatility risk in a trade-off framework. Thus, the paper relates the asset volatility risk premium to the underleverage puzzle. In models without volatility risk, the paper empirically documents that underleverage increases with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938616
The frequency with which firms adjust output prices is an important determinant of persistent differences in capital structure across firms. The most flexible-price firms have a 19% higher long-term financial leverage ratio than the most sticky-price firms, controlling for known determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970598
The goal of this study is to identify empirically how country-level development, taking into account the financial and macroeconomic environment, affect the risk profiles of the banking sector in Europe. Through a dataset that covers 3,399 European banks spanning the period 1996-2011, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011760927
The frequency with which firms adjust output prices helps explain persistent differences in capital structure across firms. Unconditionally, the most flexible-price firms have a 19% higher long-term leverage ratio than the most sticky-price firms, controlling for known determinants of capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965286