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Developing country capital structures and emerging stock markets, Volume 1

Author:	Demirguc-Kunt, Asli;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working papers ; no. WPS 933. Financial policy and systems
Date Stored:	1992/07/01	Document Date:	1992/07/31
Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper	Language:	English
Major Sector:	Finance	Report Number:	WPS933
Sub Sectors:	Capital Markets Development	SubTopics:	Environmental Economics & Policies; International Terrorism & Counterterrorism; Economic Theory & Research; Banks & Banking Reform; Financial Intermediation
Volume No:	1

Summary: In the developing world financing patterns vary greatly from what we observe in developed countries. In the poorest developing countries firms rely mostly on internal resources and informal credit markets for financing. This paper seeks to investigate the impact of emerging stock markets on the financing patterns of developing country corporations. The focus is to test whether equity markets and banking systems are complements or substituteds in providing financing to corporations. It is possible to answer this question by investigating capital structures of firms across a sample of countries with different levels of stock market development. If equity is substituted for debt financing one would expect countries with less developed stock markets to have higher leverage. However, if the opposite is true and there is complementarity between equity markets and banks, leverage would increase as stock markets become more developed. This paper discusses key properties of debt and equity contracts in financing decisions and reviews the literature on capital structure to identify relevant factors, other than stock market development, that may affect the financing pattern of corporations. It also presents preliminary empirical findings and identifies directions for further research.


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