2019
DOI: 10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2019.02.05
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The Factors Affecting Capital Structure of Firms: The Application of Iron and Steel Industry

Abstract: In this study, the financial tables of the iron and steel main industrial companies which are being traded in the Istanbul Stock Exchange (BİST) are used. This study covers the period 2010-2017 and 13 firms are included in the analysis. Three different models were created in this study and panel data analysis method was used for all models. Various leverage ratios were used as a dependent variable in the study. The independent variables are size, non-debt tax shield, profitability and liquidity. As a result of… Show more

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“…One possible explanation is that companies with high profits prefer to use less debt of their abilities to generate funds internally. This is in line with other empirical studies (Delcoure, 2007;Proença et al, 2014;Abdioğlu & Deniz, 2015;Dizgil, 2019;Tekin, 2019;Söylemez, 2019;Işık & Ersoy, 2021) and supports the logic of both the TOT and POT.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 91%
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“…One possible explanation is that companies with high profits prefer to use less debt of their abilities to generate funds internally. This is in line with other empirical studies (Delcoure, 2007;Proença et al, 2014;Abdioğlu & Deniz, 2015;Dizgil, 2019;Tekin, 2019;Söylemez, 2019;Işık & Ersoy, 2021) and supports the logic of both the TOT and POT.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 91%
“…However, this relationship is statistically significant in models of TL and STL. These findings, which are similar to the results of Delcoure (2007), Mirza et al (2017), Söylemez (2019) and D'Amato (2019), contrast sharply with both theoretical expectations. Hence, the positive impact might be explained by the fact that NDTS, an indicator of firms' asset security, is associated with high leverage.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 83%