Market timing and capital structure

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Baker, M; Wurgler, J
• 署名单位: Harvard University; New York University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF FINANCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1082
• DOI: 10.1111/1540-6261.00414
• 发表日期: 2002
• 页码: 1-32
• 关键词: Equity issues; earnings management; corporate-finance; PUBLIC OFFERINGS; AGENCY COSTS; debt; UNDERPERFORMANCE; determinants; performance; opportunity

摘要

It is well known that firms are more likely to issue equity when their market values are high, relative to book and past market values, and to repurchase equity when their market values are low. We document that the resulting effects on capital structure are very persistent. As a consequence, current capital structure is strongly related to historical market values. The results suggest the theory that capital structure is the cumulative outcome of past attempts to time the equity market.