Do Chinese publicly listed companies adjust their capital structure toward a target level?

China Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 662-676

  Qian, Yanmin ^a   Tian, Yao ^b   Wirjanto, Tony S ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Chinese companies; Dynamic panel data GMM; Dynamic panel data regression; Institutional structure; Pecking order theory; Trade off theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350068436     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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