How SME Uniqueness Affects Capital Structure: Evidence From A 1994–1998 Spanish Data Panel

Francisco Sogorb-Mira ()

Small Business Economics, 2005, vol. 25, issue 5, 447-457

Abstract: The principal aim of this paper is to test how firm characteristics affect Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) capital structure. We carry out an empirical analysis of panel data of 6482 non-financial Spanish SMEs during the five years period 1994–1998, modelling the leverage ratio as a function of firm specific attributes hypothesized by capital structure theory. Our results suggest that non-debt tax shields and profitability are both negatively related to SME leverage, while size, growth options and asset structure influence positively SME capital structure; they also confirm a maturity matching behaviour in this firm group. Copyright Springer 2005

Keywords: capital structure; financing; panel data; pecking order theory; SME; trade-off theory; C23; G32; G33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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