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A Survey of Research of Target Debit Ratio

In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Economic Development and Business Culture (ICEDBC 2023)

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  • Yuang Zhou

    (King’s College London, Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy)

  • Sihan Qin

    (Columbia International School)

Abstract

When firms increase the amount of debt in a situation with corporate tax, the amount of the tax shield and the cost of bankruptcy increase. The tradeoff theory of capital structure states that firms choose their target debt ratio to maximize the value of firms. The problem is that the target can not be directly observed. Many scholars have hotly debated this. Some papers with empirical data test the tradeoff theory and support the target. However, some other articles show that the test of tradeoff theory has no statistical power and can not reject alternative hypotheses. In addition, some scholars test the evidence that supports the tradeoff theory and find out that the evidence has no statistical power. There are many studies on the target debt ratio, and this paper will look at some of the most important ones.

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  • Yuang Zhou & Sihan Qin, 2024. "A Survey of Research of Target Debit Ratio," Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research, in: Shehnaz Tehseen & Mohd Naseem Niaz Ahmad & Rafia Afroz (ed.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Economic Development and Business Culture (ICEDBC 2023), pages 598-606, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:advbcp:978-94-6463-246-0_72
    DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-246-0_72
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