This study explores the most important determinants of speed of adjustment (SOA) towards
optimum/target capital structure of listed firms in Sri Lanka and India for the period 2003/04 …

The main objective of this paper is to investigate which of the two competing capital structure
theories–the pecking order of financing choices or the traditional static trade-off model …

This study explores the significance of firm-specific, institutional, and macroeconomic factors
in explaining variation in leverage using a sample of firms from nine Eastern European …

This paperwork investigates the relative importance of five factors upon the capital structure
decisions of Romanian firms listed at the Bucharest Stock Exchange and operating in the …

This paper develops an empirical taxonomy of SME financing patterns in Europe by
performing a cluster analysis including 12,726 SMEs in 28 European countries. The results …

Abstract Recent reforms across Eastern European countries have given more flexibility and
information to parties to engage in secured debt transactions. The menu of assets legally …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how conventional and Islamic
commercial banks in Pakistan choose their capital structure and what are the most …

The choice of capital structure firms make is a fundamental issue in the financial literature.
According to a recent finding, the capital structure of firms remains almost unchanged during …

Although empirical research has shown that some capital structure differences can be
explained by modern capital structure theory in mature market economies, the forces behind …

This paper investigates the determinants of capital structure in the context of three GCC
countries and the impact of their stock markets' development on the financing choices of …