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http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2021.vol8.no1.045

Capital Structure and Trade-Off Theory: Evidence from Vietnam  

KHOA, Bui Thanh (Faculty of Trade and Tourism, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City)
THAI, Duy Tung (Faculty of Finance and Banking, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.8, no.1, 2021 , pp. 45-52 More about this Journal
Abstract
The capital structure is one of the hot financial topics among researchers and scholars. Its importance comes from the fact that capital structure is closely related to companies' ability to meet different stakeholders' needs. A suitable capital structure will boost the business and create a competitive advantage in the context of fierce competition. Many companies choose an optimal debt level based on the trade-off between interest and debt costs. This study aimed to test the existence of trade-off theory in capital structure, the case of Vietnam's real estate companies, which are growing very fast recently. Instead of considering constant optimal leverage to test the trade-off model, we take advantage of the dynamic capital structure determined by growth opportunities, profitability, tax incentives, tangibility, liquidity, and firm size. The dynamic panel data regression was estimated by the system Generalized Method of Moment (Sys-GMM). The empirical evidence showed that real estate companies listed in the Vietnamese stock market might change their leverage toward a target capital structure determined by influential factors in a long-term perspective. In particular, the debt-to-asset ratio will change by approximately 14 percent, positively, in response to the difference between the current debt-to-asset ratio and the dynamic target debt-to-asset ratio.
Keywords
Capital Structure; Dynamic Panel Data; Sys-GMM; Trade-Off Theory;
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