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'Lower leverage puzzle' in China's listed firms: an empirical study based on firm efficiency

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  • Xindong Zhang
  • Ling Ni
  • Yiping Chen

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This paper attempts to interpret 'lower leverage puzzle' in China's listed firms from the perspective of firm efficiency. It investigates the relationship between firm efficiency and capital structure based on a sample study of 1,000 firm-year panel data of public firms in Shanghai Stock Exchange from 2004-2008. The findings show that between them two there exists a significant reversal exponential relationship, and also indicate that the 'lower leverage' is practically a natural choice of higher efficiency firms. Furthermore, it is suggested that the development stage of security market should be taken into consideration of the capital structure theory.

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  • Xindong Zhang & Ling Ni & Yiping Chen, 2012. "'Lower leverage puzzle' in China's listed firms: an empirical study based on firm efficiency," International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 12(1), pages 54-72.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijmede:v:12:y:2012:i:1:p:54-72
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