The existance of target capital structure on Indonesian firms. A dynamic approach

Very limited studies have been done on the capital structure of Indonesian firms emphasizing on the existence of target capital structure and the affecting determinants and also the speed of adjustment to target leverage. Thus, this study aims to investigate these issues among the firms in Indonesia...

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Main Author: Haron, Razali
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Language:English
English
Published: 2014
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spelling iium-367932017-09-19T07:39:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/36793/ The existance of target capital structure on Indonesian firms. A dynamic approach Haron, Razali HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance. Very limited studies have been done on the capital structure of Indonesian firms emphasizing on the existence of target capital structure and the affecting determinants and also the speed of adjustment to target leverage. Thus, this study aims to investigate these issues among the firms in Indonesia by using a dynamic model. This study finds that Indonesian firms do employ target capital structure which is influenced by certain firm characteristics like profitability, business risk, firm size and liquidity in their capital structure and they also time their security issuance. Being deviated from target from time to time these firms partially adjust indicating a support for the dynamic trade-off theory. There are also influences of the pecking order and the market timing theories in the capital structure decisions of these firms. This study contributes to the literature by offering insights of the capital structure practice and the adjustment speed to target capital structure of firms in Indonesia and fill the gap in the literature. 2014-05-27 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/36793/1/2014_ISTMET.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/36793/3/36793_target%20capital%20structure_scopus.pdf Haron, Razali (2014) The existance of target capital structure on Indonesian firms. A dynamic approach. In: 2014 International Symposium on Technology Management And Emerging Technologies (ISTMET 2014), 27-29 May 2014, Bandung, Indonesia. http://istmet.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/program-schedule-istmet.pdf
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topic HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance.
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Haron, Razali
The existance of target capital structure on Indonesian firms. A dynamic approach
description Very limited studies have been done on the capital structure of Indonesian firms emphasizing on the existence of target capital structure and the affecting determinants and also the speed of adjustment to target leverage. Thus, this study aims to investigate these issues among the firms in Indonesia by using a dynamic model. This study finds that Indonesian firms do employ target capital structure which is influenced by certain firm characteristics like profitability, business risk, firm size and liquidity in their capital structure and they also time their security issuance. Being deviated from target from time to time these firms partially adjust indicating a support for the dynamic trade-off theory. There are also influences of the pecking order and the market timing theories in the capital structure decisions of these firms. This study contributes to the literature by offering insights of the capital structure practice and the adjustment speed to target capital structure of firms in Indonesia and fill the gap in the literature.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Haron, Razali
author_facet Haron, Razali
author_sort Haron, Razali
title The existance of target capital structure on Indonesian firms. A dynamic approach
title_short The existance of target capital structure on Indonesian firms. A dynamic approach
title_full The existance of target capital structure on Indonesian firms. A dynamic approach
title_fullStr The existance of target capital structure on Indonesian firms. A dynamic approach
title_full_unstemmed The existance of target capital structure on Indonesian firms. A dynamic approach
title_sort existance of target capital structure on indonesian firms. a dynamic approach
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/36793/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36793/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36793/1/2014_ISTMET.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36793/3/36793_target%20capital%20structure_scopus.pdf
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