The main objective of this paper is to analyze whether deviations from the target capital structure affect firms' decisions to become acquirers. The analysis is conducted in two stages. In the first stage we estimate the target leverage ratio considering the main determinants of capital...

The purpose of this paper is to show that different methodologies may lead to different implications about the validity of the pecking order theory. Using data from Greek firms as a starting-point, the paper first investigates whether they follow the financing pattern implied by the pecking...

In this paper, we investigate the possible presence of the behavioural phenomenon in the stock markets of some members of the European Union who are historically known as PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain). We used technical analyses methods and rules to explain behavioural phenomenon in...