ASSET SPECIFICITY, FIRM HETEROGENEITY AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE

被引:208
作者
BALAKRISHNAN, S [1 ]
FOX, I [1 ]
机构
[1] WASHINGTON STATE UNIV,COLL BUSINESS & ECON,PULLMAN,WA 99164
关键词
STRATEGY; FIRM SPECIFIC ASSETS; CAPITAL STRUCTURE;
D O I
10.1002/smj.4250140103
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
This paper presents an empirical investigation of the importance of specialized assets and other unique characteristics of a firm in explaining the variance in capital structure across firms. The results show that firm-specific effects contribute most to the variance in leverage, suggesting a strong link between strategy and capital structure.
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页数:14
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