Non-linearity in the determinants of capital structure: evidence from UK firms

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作者：
Bassam Fattouh
Laurence Harris
Pasquale Scaramozzino
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[1] University of London,Department for Financial and Management Studies, SOAS
[2] Universita’ di Roma Tor Vergata,Department of Economics
来源：
Empirical Economics | 2008年 / 34卷
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Capital structure; Quantile regression method; UK; G32; C29;
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We demonstrate that, by exploiting more fully the distribution of leverage, conditional quantile regression methods yield new insights into the choice of leverage ratio. For UK listed companies we find that not only is the estimated effect of the explanatory variables different at different quantiles of the distribution, but also that the effect of a variable changes sign between low leveraged and high leveraged firms.
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页码：417 / 438
页数：21
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