Determinants of capital structure of publiclytraded companies in Latin America: an empirical study considering macroeconomic and institutional factors/Determinantes da estrutura de capital das companhias abertas na America Latina: um estudo empirico considerando fatores macroeconomicos e institucionais
Recent researches have been evidenced that specific country factors, as legal, institutional and economical environments influence the capital structure of the companies. The present study investigates the determinants of capital structure using panel data, for a sample of 388 companies belonging to...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Revista de administração Mackenzie 2009-11, Vol.10 (6), p.47 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Recent researches have been evidenced that specific country factors, as legal, institutional and economical environments influence the capital structure of the companies. The present study investigates the determinants of capital structure using panel data, for a sample of 388 companies belonging to the seven larger economies of Latin America (Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru), in the period 2001-2006. Starting from six indicators of leverage ratio, it was evidenced that the firm-specific factors: current liquidity, profitability, market to book value and size, present the most significant results. The theory of pecking order seems to be the one that best explains the obtained results. The results for macroeconomic and institutional factors were not so robust, but for the variable GDP growth, and at a lower degree for proxies about the relevance of the stock market, fiscal load and time of opening of a new business. KEYWORDS Capital structure; Panel data; Latin America; Firm-specific factors; Macroeconomic and institutional factors. Pesquisas recentes tem evidenciado que os fatores especificos dos paises, como os ambientes legal, institucional e economico, influenciam a estrutura de capital das empresas. O presente estudo investiga os determinantes da estrutura de capital, utilizando painel de dados, para uma amostra de 388 empresas pertencentes as sete maiores economias da America Latina (Mexico, Brasil, Argentina, Chile e Peru), no periodo 2001-2006. A partir de seis indicadores do nivel de endividamento, foi evidenciado que os fatores especificos da firma--liquidez corrente, rentabilidade, market to book value e tamanho--apresentam os resultados mais significantes. A teoria do pecking order e a que melhor explica os resultados obtidos. Os resultados para os fatores macroeconomicos e institucionais nao foram tao robustos, exceto para as variaveis crescimento do PIB, e em menor grau para as proxies sobre relevancia do mercado de capitais, carga fiscal e tempo de abertura de um novo negocio. PALAVRAS-CHAVE Estrutura de capital; Dados em painel; America Latina; Fatores especificos da firma; Fatores macroeconomicos e institucionais. |
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ISSN: | 1518-6776 |