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A Survey on Capital Structure Decisions of Hong Kong Firms

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  • Dennis K. K. Fan

    (Department of Finance, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

  • Raymond W. So

    (Department of Finance, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

Abstract

In this paper, the results of a survey on capital structure decisions of Hong Kong listed firms are reported. It is found that Hong Kong firms conformed more to the "pecking order" principle than a target long term debt-equity mix in their financing decisions. Financial managers' preferences over alternative capital raising instruments are also investigated. The degree of information asymmetry and firm size are found to have impacts on the ranking of some factors governing capital structure decisions. However, signaling motivation does not play a role in managers' financing decisions.

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  • Dennis K. K. Fan & Raymond W. So, 2000. "A Survey on Capital Structure Decisions of Hong Kong Firms," Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies (RPBFMP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 3(03), pages 347-365.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:rpbfmp:v:03:y:2000:i:03:n:s0219091500000194
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219091500000194
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    Cited by:

    1. Carmen Cotei & Joseph Farhat, 2011. "An application of the two-stage Bivariate Probit–Tobit model to corporate financing decisions," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 37(3), pages 363-380, October.
    2. Anchada Charoenrook & Pantisa Pavabutr, 2017. "A Window into Thai Mutual Fund Managers’ Perception and Decision-Making Process," Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies (RPBFMP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 20(03), pages 1-43, September.
    3. Fan, Dennis K. K. & So, Raymond W., 2004. "What managers think of capital structure: the evidence from Hong Kong," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 15(4), pages 817-830, August.

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    Keywords

    capital structure; survey; Hong Kong;
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    JEL classification:

    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
    • G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance

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