Analysis of the conceptual model of indicators affecting financing in crisis conditions: Insights from Covid-19 Pandemic and sanction

AbstractOne of the key factors for the development and stability of countries' economies is the creation of a suitable financing system for companies. The financing system of the companies should be updated and optimized should provide an appropriate response in face of various opportunities and threats. In the last decade, companies in the country faced two major crises, the intensification of sanctions and Covid-19, which seems to have had a profound effect on their financing. In this regard, the present study identified the dimensions affecting the development of the financing system of companies by comprehensively studying the research literature and then experimentally tested the proposed model under the influence of sanctions and covid-19 using the structural equation method. In other words, this study sought to answer the challenge of how the effectiveness of the financing model is influenced by the sanctions and covid-19.For this purpose, the data of 159 companies during the years 2013 to 2022 (1590 companies-years) were compiled to examine 14 hypotheses and were tested using the structural equation method using SmartPLS4 software in the form of three separate models.The financing model was divided into three parts: internal, short-term external and long-term external.The results of the research showed that the sanctions and covid-19 crisis have an effect on audit characteristics, financial performance, market performance, investment efficiency, political Communication on internal financing through retained earnings, as well as the effect of financial performance, market performance, investment efficiency, political Communication and Corporate characteristics significantly reduce short-term and long-term external financing and increase the impact of economic uncertainty on internal financing through retained earnings and short-term and long-term external financing.Finally, based on the determination coefficients of all three research models, it was determined that the selected structures have more explanatory power for long-term financing than internal financing and short-term financing.