Debt and cash flow relationship in pecking order theory of corporate financing: dynamic panel evidence

The paper investigates relationship between cash flow and debt. The panel generalized method of moment results reveal that cash flow is negatively related to both long term debt and total debt ratios. Our results support the pecking order theory of corporate financing and imply that there is a need...

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Main Authors: Matemilola, B. T., Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin, Md Nassir, Annuar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Publisher 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36970/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36970/1/Debt%20and%20cash%20flow%20relationship%20in%20pecking%20order%20theory%20of%20corporate%20financing.pdf
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Md Nassir, Annuar
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description The paper investigates relationship between cash flow and debt. The panel generalized method of moment results reveal that cash flow is negatively related to both long term debt and total debt ratios. Our results support the pecking order theory of corporate financing and imply that there is a need for further development of the capital market to minimize the information asymmetry problem between the firms and the firms’ financiers, to provide firms with easier access to debt and equity financing.
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spelling upm-369702015-10-06T03:29:23Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36970/ Debt and cash flow relationship in pecking order theory of corporate financing: dynamic panel evidence Matemilola, B. T. Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin Md Nassir, Annuar The paper investigates relationship between cash flow and debt. The panel generalized method of moment results reveal that cash flow is negatively related to both long term debt and total debt ratios. Our results support the pecking order theory of corporate financing and imply that there is a need for further development of the capital market to minimize the information asymmetry problem between the firms and the firms’ financiers, to provide firms with easier access to debt and equity financing. The Publisher 2014-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36970/1/Debt%20and%20cash%20flow%20relationship%20in%20pecking%20order%20theory%20of%20corporate%20financing.pdf Matemilola, B. T. and Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin and Md Nassir, Annuar (2014) Debt and cash flow relationship in pecking order theory of corporate financing: dynamic panel evidence. The Empirical Economics Letters, 13 (6). pp. 617-623. ISSN 1681-8997
spellingShingle Matemilola, B. T.
Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin
Md Nassir, Annuar
Debt and cash flow relationship in pecking order theory of corporate financing: dynamic panel evidence
title Debt and cash flow relationship in pecking order theory of corporate financing: dynamic panel evidence
title_full Debt and cash flow relationship in pecking order theory of corporate financing: dynamic panel evidence
title_fullStr Debt and cash flow relationship in pecking order theory of corporate financing: dynamic panel evidence
title_full_unstemmed Debt and cash flow relationship in pecking order theory of corporate financing: dynamic panel evidence
title_short Debt and cash flow relationship in pecking order theory of corporate financing: dynamic panel evidence
title_sort debt and cash flow relationship in pecking order theory of corporate financing: dynamic panel evidence
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36970/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36970/1/Debt%20and%20cash%20flow%20relationship%20in%20pecking%20order%20theory%20of%20corporate%20financing.pdf