In this paper, we evaluate firm-, industry- and country-specific factors determining a firm's capital structure. The empirical validity of several capital structure theories has been ambiguous so far. We shed light on the main drivers of leverage and depict differences in industry and country...

The aim of this paper is to find which of two theories of capital structure - trade-off theory or pecking order theory - best explains the capital structure decision of non-state firms during the post-transition process in Viet Nam. We also investigate the effect of human capital, institutional...

The purpose of this study is to analyze capital structure decisions of Macedonian companies by using firm level data for the period 2000-2014. More specifically the study is focused on two specific questions. First, by using dynamic panel methodology we try to identify the financial leverage...

This paper investigates how the asset-return variance risk premium changes leverage. I find that the premium lowers leverage by increasing risk-neutral bankruptcy probability and costs in a model where asset returns have stochastic variance with risk premium. Empirically, the model calibrations...