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Copyright Journal of Business Studies Quarterly (JBSQ) Sep 2012

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to revisit the capital structure theory and compares the explanatory power of the Pecking Order Theory (POT) and the Static Trade-offtheory (STT). Using a sample of French firms introduced on the stock exchange and belonging to SBF 250 index over a period from 1999 to 2005. We use in the paper a panel data. It provides the researcher a large number of data points, increasing the degrees of freedom and reducing the colinearity among explanatory variables, hence improving the efficiency of econometric estimates. Basing on the studies made by Shyam-Sunder and Myers (1999); Frank and Goyal (2003), our result shows that the estimation of both empirical models explaining the financial structure favors the pecking order theory on the French companies. These results can be explained by the existence of asymmetric information involving adverse selection problems. While static trade-off-model is not fit to explain the issuance of new debt issue in French firms. The evidence from pecking order model suggests that the internal fund deficit is the most important determinant that possibly explains the issuance of new debt. The simple form of the target adjustment model states that changes in the debt ratio are explained by deviations of the current ratio from the target. This paper compares the explanatory power of the Pecking Order Theory (POT) and the Static Trade-offtheory (STT) on French firm. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

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Title
The Pecking Order Theory and the Static Trade Off Theory: Comparison of the Alternative Explanatory Power in French Firms
Author
Atiyet, Ben Amor
Pages
1-14
Publication year
2012
Publication date
Sep 2012
Publisher
Journal of Business Studies Quarterly (JBSQ)
ISSN
21521034
e-ISSN
21568626
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1284540464
Copyright
Copyright Journal of Business Studies Quarterly (JBSQ) Sep 2012