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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 1 Review of capital structure factors in the framework of the main theories of capital structure

From: Correlation-and-regression analysis of the influence of macroeconomic factors on capital structure of Russian corporations under crisis conditions

Trade-off theory

Factor affecting leverage

Pecking order theory

Research

Communication value

Communication value

Research

Jensen & Meckling, 1976

Myers, 1977

Scott & Bruce, 1987

Negative

GTA

Positive

Myers & Majluf, 1984; Frank & Goyal, 2009

Hall et al., 2000

Titman & Wessels, 1988; Rajan & Zingales, 1995; Frank & Goyal, 2009

Positive

NFATA

Negative

Frank & Goyal, 2009

Grossman Sanford & Hart, 1982; Titman & Wessels, 1988

Negative

   

Fama & French, 2002

Positive

ROA

Negative

Myers & Majluf, 1984

Cassar & Holmes, 2003

Warner, 1977; Ang et al., 1982; Titman & Wessels, 1988; Chkir & Cosset, 2001; Bevan & Danbolt, 2002

Marsh (1982), Bennett and Donnelly (1993)

Positive

IPA

Negative (large companies)

Positive (small and medium companies)

Fama & Jensen, 1983; Rajan & Zingales, 1995

Cassar & Holmes, 2003; Esperanca & Mohamed, 2003; Hall et al., 2000

Harris & Raviv, 1991; Bancel & Mittoo, 2004; Brierly & Bunn, 2005; Frank & Goyal, 2009

Negative

FR

Positive

Frank & Goyal, 2009

Singhania & Seth, 2010

Negative

CL

Negative

 

Frank & Goyal, 2009; Köksal et al., 2013; Kuhnhausen & Stieber, 2014; Sett & Sarkhel, 2010; Hanousek et al., 2011

Positive

INFL

Negative

No connection

connection is in part

Gajurel, 2006

Bastos et al. (2009)

Frank & Goyal, 2009

Camara, 2012

Gajurel, 2006

Negative and positive

GDPG

Negative

Bastos et al., 2009; Bokpin, 2009; Dincergok & Yalciner, 2011; Camara, 2012

Bokpin, 2009

Sett & Sarkhel, 2010

Duan et al., 2012

No connection

Negative

SMC

Positive

Dincergok & Yalciner, 2011

Gajurel, 2006

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