Capital structure in U.S., a quantile regression approach with macroeconomic impacts

Andreas Kaloudis () and Dimitrios Tsolis ()
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Andreas Kaloudis: University of Patras, Cultural Heritage and New Technologies Department, Patras, Greece.
Dimitrios Tsolis: University of Patras, Cultural Heritage and New Technologies Department, Patras, Greece.

Journal of Economics Bibliography, 2018, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: The major perspective of this paper is to provide more evidence into the empirical determinants of capital structure adjustment in different macroeconomics states by focusing and discussing the relative importance of firm-specific and macroeconomic characteristics from an alternative scope in U.S. This study extends the empirical research on the topic of capital structure by focusing on a quantile regression method to investigate the behavior of firm-specific characteristics and macroeconomic variables across all quantiles of distribution of leverage (total debt, long-terms debt and short-terms debt). Thus, based on a partial adjustment model, we find that long-term and short-term debt ratios varying regarding their partial adjustment speeds; the short-term debt raises up while the long-term debt ratio slows down for same periods.

Keywords: Capital structure; Quantile regression; Macroeconomy; Firm characteristics; Econometry; Total debt; U.S.; Panel data; Hausman test; Fixed effects model; Unbalanced sample. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B22 B40 E60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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