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Rethinking the antecedents of capital structure of Johannesburg Securities Exchange listed firms

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  • Tesfaye T. Lemma
  • Minga Negash

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This study examines antecedents of capital structure of firms in the Johannesburg Securities Exchange. The difficulties in measuring attributes of interest are addressed on two fronts: conceptual and methodological. A broader conceptual framework is developed by introducing several new proxies for firm-specific and industry attributes. We employ a range of measures of leverage that allow us to examine definitional sensitivity of the explanatory power of capital structure theories. A two-step procedure consisting of exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression is employed. Analysis of data obtained from a sample of 152 firms, across a period of eight years (i.e., 2002 to 2008) indicates that the explanatory power of antecedents of capital structure of JSE listed firms is sensitive to how leverage is defined. We also find that capital structure is negatively influenced by such factors as profitability, liquidity, intangible-unique-growth opportunities, and business risk; it is positively affected by industry factors.

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  • Tesfaye T. Lemma & Minga Negash, 2011. "Rethinking the antecedents of capital structure of Johannesburg Securities Exchange listed firms," Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 2(4), pages 299-332.
  • Handle: RePEc:ids:afasfa:v:2:y:2011:i:4:p:299-332
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    1. Tesfaye T. Lemma & Martin Feedman & Mthokozisi Mlilo & Jin Dong Park, 2019. "Corporate carbon risk, voluntary disclosure, and cost of capital: South African evidence," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(1), pages 111-126, January.

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