Purpose – To investigate relative differences in debt financing between international and domestic industrial firms operating in Turkey, Germany and the UK. Design/methodology/approach – Analysis depends on multivariate regression analysis, while controlling the effects of firm-specific...

Purpose – This paper aims to test the irrelevance proposition whereby changes in capital structure do not affect firm value. Design/methodology/approach – The long-run effect of changes in capital structure on firm value is examined, using a sample of 243 French firms over the period...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that different methodologies may lead to different implications about the validity of the pecking order theory. Design/methodology/approach – Using data from Greek firms as a starting-point, the paper first investigates whether they follow the...

This paper examines the cost structure and cost efficiency for an unbalanced sample of 42 animal feed and 115 farm petroleum co-operatives in Canada over the period 1984-2001 using heterogeneous technology stochastic frontier models. The parameter estimates of the cost frontier and the resulting...

Purpose – This study seeks to examine the effect of industry classification on the capital structure of SMEs in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach – The analytical technique employed is regression framework with various capital structure measures as dependent variables, and with industry as...

Purpose – Aims to consider the empirical works on Islamic financial design in the light of room for improvements. Design/methodology/approach – Looks at the many aspects of the Islamic financial system and suggests some prudent and sound regulatory frameworks which are deemed necessary....

This paper introduces a discrete-time intertemporal investment model in which the flow of profits affects the risk premium on the cost of finance, and, as a consequence, the rate of discount of future profits. While public investments, according to a consolidated literature, constitute the main...

The early years are seen as a crucial period for the survival of ventures and yet only a limited number of studies have focused on successful new ventures when studying capital structure. Furthermore, only a few studies have included longitudinal data, tracking ventures over time, or have...