What we know and what we should know about speed of capital structure adjustment: a retrospective using bibliometric and system thinking approach

Apoorva Arunachal Hegde, Venkateshwarlu Masuna, Ajaya Kumar Panda and Satish Kumar

Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, 2022, vol. 15, issue 2, 224-253

Abstract: Purpose - This paper aims to conduct bibliometric analysis on the studies dealing with capital structure’s speed of adjustment (SoA) and identify the prominent themes while suggesting future research directions in the area. The existing reviews broadly focus on the capital structure, which provides the scope for conducting a review on this sub-aspect of capital structure. Design/methodology/approach - This study uses a three-stage process to conduct this review: identification of academic journals, selection and analysis of target papers. This study uses a combination of bibliometric tools and a system thinking approach to assess the current status of publications and emerging themes within the literature. Findings - This study has found a progressive evolution of SoA in capital structure research from 1984 to 2021. Studies largely focus on implementing the dynamic models to analyse the impact of adjustment costs, dynamic economic conditions, corporate governance practices and other variables on the firms’ adjustment speed and financial decisions. The network analysis of citations, keywords and clusters gives further knowledge on the intellectual structure of the data. Research limitations/implications - This study is highly dependent on the papers available within the SCOPUS database. Studies not included herein are not part of this analysis, which may or may not bear an effect on the study’s findings. Originality/value - To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the application of systems engineering concept of “system thinking approach” to identify literature gap and suggest directions for forthcoming research is the first of its kind, thus adding a novel and multidisciplinary aspect to this study.

Keywords: Capital structure; Speed of adjustment; Bibliometric review; Co-citation analysis; System thinking; Bibiliometric analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1108/QRFM-11-2021-0188

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