Speed of adjustment towards target capital structure: Southeast Asia evidence

This study investigates on the existence of target capital structure and speed of adjustment towards the target for firms in the selected Southeast Asia countries covering Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. Falls under the dynamic aspect of capital structure, a relatively new area in the finance lite...

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Main Authors: Haron, Razali, Ibrahim, Khairunisah
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: s.n 2012
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/35751/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/35751/1/EDW_A11-359-1150.pdf
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description This study investigates on the existence of target capital structure and speed of adjustment towards the target for firms in the selected Southeast Asia countries covering Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. Falls under the dynamic aspect of capital structure, a relatively new area in the finance literature this study found the existence of target capital structure among firms in the region and it's a function of several firm and country levels determinants. The speed of adjustment to target leverage varies between firm in the three countries and firms in the region are found to be under-adjust in the sense that they fall short of the adjustment required to attain the target leverage levels
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spelling iium-357512014-09-07T04:17:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/35751/ Speed of adjustment towards target capital structure: Southeast Asia evidence Haron, Razali Ibrahim, Khairunisah HG Finance HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance. This study investigates on the existence of target capital structure and speed of adjustment towards the target for firms in the selected Southeast Asia countries covering Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. Falls under the dynamic aspect of capital structure, a relatively new area in the finance literature this study found the existence of target capital structure among firms in the region and it's a function of several firm and country levels determinants. The speed of adjustment to target leverage varies between firm in the three countries and firms in the region are found to be under-adjust in the sense that they fall short of the adjustment required to attain the target leverage levels s.n 2012-12-31 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35751/1/EDW_A11-359-1150.pdf Haron, Razali and Ibrahim, Khairunisah (2012) Speed of adjustment towards target capital structure: Southeast Asia evidence. Research Report. s.n, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished) EDW A11-359-1150
spellingShingle HG Finance
HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance.
Haron, Razali
Ibrahim, Khairunisah
Speed of adjustment towards target capital structure: Southeast Asia evidence
title Speed of adjustment towards target capital structure: Southeast Asia evidence
title_full Speed of adjustment towards target capital structure: Southeast Asia evidence
title_fullStr Speed of adjustment towards target capital structure: Southeast Asia evidence
title_full_unstemmed Speed of adjustment towards target capital structure: Southeast Asia evidence
title_short Speed of adjustment towards target capital structure: Southeast Asia evidence
title_sort speed of adjustment towards target capital structure: southeast asia evidence
topic HG Finance
HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance.
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/35751/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/35751/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/35751/1/EDW_A11-359-1150.pdf