The determinants of capital structure have been a widely discussed subject in the finance literature. The purpose of this paper is to determine whether firm-specific capital structure determinants in the emerging market of Turkey support the capital structure theories which were developed to explain the company structure in developed economies. Specifically, we try to answer the following questions: Firstly, are determinants of capital structure correlated with the leverage that has been declared in the developed economies setting correlated in Turkey as emerging market as well? And secondly are the modern capital structure theories (e.g. trade-off and pecking-order hypothesis) valid in explaining capital structure of the Turkish companies? In this paper, we apply econometric techniques and panel data analyses. We empirically examine the capital structure of 242 companies of different sectors that are traded in Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE). In the period of 2000-2009 depending on the findings of the panel data analysis, we can conclude that Turkish companies do not have debt ratio targets. We suggest that Turkish companies follow a hierarchical company structure. More specifically, we claim that trade-off theory is less successful than the pecking order hypothesis in explaining the capital structure of the Turkish companies. Therefore, Turkish companies are following pecking-order hypothesis in their debt behaviors.
In this study, the relationship between the pandemic and the stock market range of the dates 17-03-2020 and 14-04-2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was most intense, was examined by panel data analysis method. In this study conducted for Turkey and Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, China and Netherland countries where the COVID-19 pandemic is most common, COVID-19 data is based on the total number of cases and the total number of deaths, while stock market data is based on important stock indexes of countries. The results of the study, while a negative relationship was found between total number of cases and the stock market, a positive relationship was found between total number of death and the stock market. This is an indication that market investors are closely monitoring the number of COVID-19 cases, and that the number of cases described significantly affects stock market investments.
Sahiplik yapısının şahsi eşya sahipliği, taşınmaz sahipliği ve sermaye sahipliği gibi türlere ayrılmasının yanı sıra hissedarların niteliksel özelliklerini, yönetimle olan ilişkisini ve şirketin kontrolüne hâkim olup olmadıklarını da ifade etmektedir. Bu açıdan sahiplik yapısı, şirketlerin sermaye yapısı kararları üzerinde etkili olabilmektedir. Çalışmada, sahiplik yapısının sermaye yapısı kararları üzerindeki etkisi ortaya çıkarılmaya çalışılmıştır. Bu bağlamda Borsa İstanbul 30 Endeksi'nde 2009-2015 döneminde faaliyet gösteren şirketlerin verileri, panel regresyon analiz yöntemi ile analiz edilmiştir. Analizde sermaye yapısı, finansal kaldıraç oranı ile temsil edilirken; sahiplik yapısı ise birinci en büyük ortağın sermaye payı, ikinci en büyük ortağın sermaye payı, üçüncü en büyük ortağın sermaye payı, yabancı ortağın sermaye payı, kurumsal ortağın sermaye payı ve halka açıklık oranı ile temsil edilmiştir. Analiz sonucunda sahiplik yapısı değişkenleri ile sermaye yapısı kararları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı herhangi bir ilişki tespit edilememiştir. Dolayısıyla şirketlerin sahiplik yapısı ile sermaye yapısı kararları arasındaki ilişkinin, sermaye yoğunlaşmasına ve sermaye sahipliği türüne bağlı olmadan gerçekleştiği söylenebilmektedir.
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