The financial structure of nonlisted firms

Suzan Hol and Nico Van der Wijst

Applied Financial Economics, 2008, vol. 18, issue 7, 559-568

Abstract: This article presents an analysis of how Norwegian nonlisted firms are financed. Using a unique database covering all limited liability firms in Norway, both the size (leverage) and composition (maturity structure) of debt are investigated. The empirical evidence provides support for the effects of taxes, asymmetric information and size suggested in the theoretical literature and rejects the effects of agency costs and the pecking order theory. It also shows that the capital structure choice in these firms is not made in a fundamentally different way than in large firms.

Date: 2008
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