Institutional development and financing decisions: evidence from a cross-regional study on Chinese listed firms

Nancy Huyghebaert and Lihong Wang

The European Journal of Finance, 2016, vol. 22, issue 4-6, 288-318

Abstract: In this paper, we empirically investigate how differences in the development of legal and financial institutions across Chinese provinces and municipalities affect the financing decisions of Chinese listed firms. Our results indicate that a stronger regional enforcement of property rights reduces firms’ reliance on bank loans. Conversely, in regions with a larger government expropriation risk, firms raise more and shorter-term bank debt. Active regional bank lending positively impacts the debt ratio and the fraction of bank loans, but shortens loan maturities. The size of the local banking sector, the market capitalization as well as the liquidity of local stocks bear no relation with the capital structure. Overall, these relations do not depend upon the identity of the firm's controlling shareholder. Nonetheless, our results do suggest that state-controlled firms benefit from easier stock market access.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/1351847X.2013.773263

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