Core Predictors of Debt Specialization: A New Insight to Optimal Capital Structure

Mathematics

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JoséAntónio Filipe¹  José Chavaglia Neto²  MárioNuno Mata³  KanwalIqbal Khan⁴  Faisal Qadeer⁵  JéssicaNunes Martins⁶  Quratul An Sabir⁷ 

[1] Departamento de Matemática, Iscte—Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, ISTAR-Iscte, BRU-Iscte, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal;

[2] Fundação Getúlio Vargas (EESP-FGV), Itapeva Street, São Paulo 01332-000, Brazil;

[3] ISCAL—Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Avenida Miguel Bombarda 20, 1069-035 Lisboa, Portugal;

[4] Institute of Business & Management, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 54000, Pakistan;

[5] Lahore Business School, The University of Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan;

[6] NOVA Information Management School, (NOVA IMS), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus de Campolide, 1070-312 Lisboa, Portugal;

[7] School of Statistics, Minhaj University Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan;

关键词: debt specialization;    corporate financial strategy;    optimal debt structure;    agency conflicts;    transaction cost;    information asymmetry;   

DOI  :  10.3390/math9090975

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Debt structure composition is an essential topic of discussion for the management of capital structure decisions. Researchers made extensive efforts to understand the criteria for selecting debts, specifically, to know about the reasons for debt specialization, concealed in identifying its predictors. This question is essential not only for establishing the field of debt structure but also for the financial managers to design corporate financial strategy in a way that leads to attaining an optimal debt structure. Sophisticated financial modeling is applied to identify the core predictors of debt specialization, influencing the strategic choices of optimal debt structure to address this issue. Data were collected from 419 non-financial companies listed at the Karachi Stock Exchange from 2009 to 2015. This study has validated debt specialization by showing that short-term debts maintain their position over the years and remain the most popular type of loan among Pakistani firms. Further, it provides a comprehensive view of the cross-sectional differences among the firms involved in debt specialization by applying a holistic approach. Results show that small, growing, dividend-paying companies, having high expense and risk ratios, followed the debt specialization strategy. This strategy enables firms to reduce their agency conflicts, transaction costs, information asymmetry, risk management and building up their good market reputation. Conclusively, we have identified the gross profit margin, long-term debt to asset ratio, firm size, age, asset tangibility, and long-term industry debt to asset ratio as reliable and core predictors of debt specialization for sustainable business growth.

【 授权许可】

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