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dc.contributor.author | Marimuthu, Ferina | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Caroline Singh, Stephanie | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-24T09:28:42Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-05-24T09:28:42Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021-05-21 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Marimuthu, F. and Caroline Singh, S. 2021. Do South African state-owned entities follow the pecking order theory of capital structure? Public and Municipal Finance. 10(1): 25-33. doi:10.21511/pmf.10(1).2021.03 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2222-1867 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2222-1875 (Online) | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10321/3555 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In corporate finance, the pecking-order theory suggests that companies adhere to a particular financing hierarchy, with internal funding taking preference over external funding, and debt financing taking preference over equity. This paper examines whether South African state-owned entities prioritize their financing sources as predicted by the pecking-order theory. A financing deficit variable comprising various cash flow-based components was used to test the theory. A panel regression model was employed using panel data estimators. Using a cross-section sample of 33 state-owned entities from 1995 to 2018, the study finds no evidence that South African state-owned entities follow a pecking order to finance investment projects. The pecking order theory proposition that costs of adverse selection are dominant for lower levels of leverage provides a reason for the financing deficit coefficient not being close to unity and hence an indication that the SOEs in South Africa do not follow the pecking order behavior in their financing decisions, an indication that South African capital market is still developing. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 10 p | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | LLC CPC Business Perspectives | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Public and Municipal Finance; Vol. 10, Issue 1 | en_US |
dc.subject | Pecking order | en_US |
dc.subject | Capital structure | en_US |
dc.subject | Financing deficit | en_US |
dc.subject | Leverage | en_US |
dc.subject | Fixed effects | en_US |
dc.subject | Random effects | en_US |
dc.subject | Ordinary least squares | en_US |
dc.title | Do South African state-owned entities follow the pecking order theory of capital structure? | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2021-05-22T21:27:53Z | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.21511/pmf.10(1).2021.03 | - |
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item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
item.openairetype | Article | - |
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