The determinants of brazilian companies capital structure / Levantamento dos fatores determinantes da estrutura de capital das empresas brasileiras

AUTOR(ES)

Carolina Macagnani dos Santos

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

One of the most contentious issues in the theory of finance has been the theory of capital structure. In recent years, a number of theories have been proposed to explain the variation in debt ratio across firms. The theories suggest that firms select their capital structure depending on attributes that determine the various costs and benefits associated with debt and equity financing. Modigliani e Miller (1958) showed that capital structure decisions do not affect firm value when capital markets are perfect and when corporate and personal taxes do not exist. However, when one or more of the M&M assumptions are relaxed, many authors demonstrate how firm value may vary with changes in the debt-equity mix. Since the discussion regarding to the capital structure of the firms is not finished in financial literature, the aim of this study was to find out what factors are more important when financial executives choose the sources of long term capital that will be used by their companies. For this proposal, a survey instrument was adeveloped and sent to a list of 356 brazilian companies. A total of 40 firms aswered the survey and for this reason, the sample analized in this study is classified as non-probabilistic, and its results can not be representative of the population. This survey showed that 50% of the firms have a target capital structure and 28% follow the Pecking Order Theory. When asked about what is the main motive the affects the debt ratio, 73% of the firms aswered that interest rates are the most important variable that has some influence on the capital structure decision of the company. Other interest results were found in this study and they can help to explain some of the decisions that are taken by financial executives regarding to the capital structure of their firms.

ASSUNTO(S)

levantamento. survey cost of capital custo de capital estrutura de capital administração financeira cost of equity endividamento capital structure

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