Firm level, ownership concentration and industry level determinants of capital structure in an emerging market: Indonesia evidence

This study evaluates the impact of firm and industry level determinants plus ownership concentration on the capital structure decisions in Indonesia. This study finds that growing firms seem to employ high level of debt, taking advantage of the tax shield as explained by the trade-off theory. Howeve...

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Main Author: Haron, Razali
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spelling iium-660212019-01-24T04:08:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/66021/ Firm level, ownership concentration and industry level determinants of capital structure in an emerging market: Indonesia evidence Haron, Razali HG Finance HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance. This study evaluates the impact of firm and industry level determinants plus ownership concentration on the capital structure decisions in Indonesia. This study finds that growing firms seem to employ high level of debt, taking advantage of the tax shield as explained by the trade-off theory. However, if the firms are operating in a highly dynamic environment they tend to take on less debt as to avoid bankruptcy risk. Known to be in a highly concentrated ownership structure, firms in Indonesia opt to debt financing perhaps to act as a controlling mechanism to mitigate agency conflicts that may exist between the large controlling shareholders and the minority. Aged and highly profitable firms with high tangible and intangible assets and liquidity level operating in a high munificence environment follow the pecking order theory. The insights on the impact of industry characteristics are novel especially on emerging market thus fill the gap in the literature. USM Press 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66021/7/66021%20Firm%20level%2C%20ownership%20concentration%20and%20industry%20level%20determinants.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66021/8/66021%20Firm%20level%2C%20ownership%20concentration%20and%20industry%20level%20determinants%20SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66021/19/66021%20Firm%20level%2C%20ownership%20concentration%20and%20industry%20level%20determinants%20of%20capital%20structure_wos.pdf Haron, Razali (2018) Firm level, ownership concentration and industry level determinants of capital structure in an emerging market: Indonesia evidence. Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and Finance, 14 (1). pp. 127-151. ISSN 1823-4992 E-ISSN 2180-4192 http://web.usm.my/journal/aamjaf/aamjaf14012018/aamjaf14012018_6.pdf
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HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance.
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HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance.
Haron, Razali
Firm level, ownership concentration and industry level determinants of capital structure in an emerging market: Indonesia evidence
description This study evaluates the impact of firm and industry level determinants plus ownership concentration on the capital structure decisions in Indonesia. This study finds that growing firms seem to employ high level of debt, taking advantage of the tax shield as explained by the trade-off theory. However, if the firms are operating in a highly dynamic environment they tend to take on less debt as to avoid bankruptcy risk. Known to be in a highly concentrated ownership structure, firms in Indonesia opt to debt financing perhaps to act as a controlling mechanism to mitigate agency conflicts that may exist between the large controlling shareholders and the minority. Aged and highly profitable firms with high tangible and intangible assets and liquidity level operating in a high munificence environment follow the pecking order theory. The insights on the impact of industry characteristics are novel especially on emerging market thus fill the gap in the literature.
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author Haron, Razali
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title Firm level, ownership concentration and industry level determinants of capital structure in an emerging market: Indonesia evidence
title_short Firm level, ownership concentration and industry level determinants of capital structure in an emerging market: Indonesia evidence
title_full Firm level, ownership concentration and industry level determinants of capital structure in an emerging market: Indonesia evidence
title_fullStr Firm level, ownership concentration and industry level determinants of capital structure in an emerging market: Indonesia evidence
title_full_unstemmed Firm level, ownership concentration and industry level determinants of capital structure in an emerging market: Indonesia evidence
title_sort firm level, ownership concentration and industry level determinants of capital structure in an emerging market: indonesia evidence
publisher USM Press
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/66021/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/66021/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/66021/7/66021%20Firm%20level%2C%20ownership%20concentration%20and%20industry%20level%20determinants.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/66021/8/66021%20Firm%20level%2C%20ownership%20concentration%20and%20industry%20level%20determinants%20SCOPUS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/66021/19/66021%20Firm%20level%2C%20ownership%20concentration%20and%20industry%20level%20determinants%20of%20capital%20structure_wos.pdf
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