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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| author | Matemilola, B. T. Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin 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 |
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