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題名 上市公司邊際債務策略之探討
Probing the Marginal-Debt Corporate Finance Strategy
作者 孔設毅
Cyril Couplet
貢獻者 扈企平
Hu, Joseph
孔設毅
Cyril Couplet
關鍵詞 邊際債務
策略
Marginal-Debt
Strategy
日期 2013
上傳時間 14-七月-2014 14:00:47 (UTC+8)
摘要 上市公司邊際債務策略之探討
This thesis aims at understanding the corporate finance strategy of companies which have no or an extremely low debt to equity ratio. For this thesis, companies that have a debt-to-equity ratio less than 5% are defined as “marginal-debt” companies. We identify 167 U.S. public companies which could easily access to the financial market for debt. In order to find some explanations for the phenomenon of marginal-debt, we first examine the trade-off theory. According to the theory, it can be hypothesized that an extremely low corporate tax rate or a high marginal cost of bankruptcy could explain the minimal presence of debt for those marginal-debt companies. However, we find no evidence to accept this hypothesis. Marginal-debt companies have an average tax rate of 31.4%, compared to 29.8% for our sample of indebted companies. They also have a generally better financial health, even when deleveraging their financial ratios. Owing to that, neither bankruptcy cost explains the financial management strategy of marginal-debt. Hence, we expect this phenomenon to be purely behavioral. We therefore propose a survey questionnaire to better analyze the incentives for managers to adopt a marginal-debt strategy..

Keywords: Marginal-debt, Capital structure, Low leverage, Trade-off theory, Debt aversion
參考文獻 Agrawal, A., Nagarajan, N. (1990), Corporate capital structure, agency costs, and ownership control: the case of all-equity firms,. Journal of Finance, Vol. 45, 1325–1331.
Altman E. (2000), Predicting financial distress of companies: Revisiting the z-score and zeta® models
Barclay, M. and Smith, C. (2005), The Capital Structure Puzzle: The Evidence Revisited, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 17: 8-17.
Becker, G., 1981. Altruism in the family and selfishness in the market place. Economica 48, 1–15.
Bertrand, M., Schoar, A., 2006. The role of family in family firms. Journal of Economic Perspective 20, 73–96.
Cotei C., and Farhat J. (2009), The Trade-off Theory and the Pecking Order Theory: Are They Mutually Exclusive?, North American Journal of Finance and Banking Research, Vol. 3(3), 1-16
Devos E., et. Al. (2012), Why are firms unlevered?, Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 18, 664-682
Donaldson G. (1961) Corporate Debt Capacity: A study of Corporate Debt Policy and the Determination of Corporate Debt Capacity, Boston, Division of Research, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Graham, J., 2000. How big are the tax benefits of debt?, Journal of Finance, Vol. 55, 1901–1941.
Korteweg A. (2010), The net benefits to leverage, Journal of Finance, Vol. 65 (6), 2137-2170.
MacKie-Mason, Jeffrey, 1990, Do taxes affect corporate financing decisions? Journal of Finance 45, 1471–1493.
Malmendier, U., Tate, G., Yan, J., 2011. Overconfidence and early-life experiences: the effect of managerial traits on corporate financial policies. Journal of Finance 66, 1687–1733.
Modigliani F., and Miller M. (1958), The Cost of Capital, Corporation Finance and the Theory of Investment. American Economic Review, Vol. 48 (3), 261–297.
Modigliani F., and Miller M. (1963), Corporate income taxes and the cost of capital: a correction, American Economic Review, Vol. 53 (3), 433–443
Morellec E., Nikolov B., and Schurhoff N. (2012), Corporate Governance and Capital Structure Dynamics, Journal of Finance, Vol. 67 (3), 803-848
Mukherjee S., and Mahakud, J. (2012), Are Trade-off and Pecking Order Theories of Capital Structure Mutually Exclusive? Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Companies, Journal of Management Research, Vol. 12, 41-55
Myers, S. (1984), The Capital Structure Puzzle, Journal of Finance, 39: 575-592.
Myers, S. and Majluf, N. (1984), Corporate Financing and Investment Decisions When Firms Have Information that Investors Do Not Have, Journal of Financial Economics, 13: 187-224.
Novaes W., and Zingales L. (1995), Capital Structure Choice when Managers are in Control: Entrenchment versus Efficiency, NBER working paper number 5384.
Strebulaev I., and Yang B. (2013), The mystery of zero-leverage firms, Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 109, 1-23.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/10/27/us-financial-inditex-idUSTRE49Q01R20081027
描述 碩士
國立政治大學
國際經營管理英語碩士學位學程(IMBA)
102933062
102
資料來源 http://thesis.lib.nccu.edu.tw/record/#G0102933062
資料類型 thesis
dc.contributor.advisor 扈企平zh_TW
dc.contributor.advisor Hu, Josephen_US
dc.contributor.author (作者) 孔設毅zh_TW
dc.contributor.author (作者) Cyril Coupleten_US
dc.creator (作者) 孔設毅zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Cyril Coupleten_US
dc.date (日期) 2013en_US
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dc.description (描述) 國立政治大學zh_TW
dc.description (描述) 國際經營管理英語碩士學位學程(IMBA)zh_TW
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dc.description.abstract (摘要) 上市公司邊際債務策略之探討zh_TW
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This thesis aims at understanding the corporate finance strategy of companies which have no or an extremely low debt to equity ratio. For this thesis, companies that have a debt-to-equity ratio less than 5% are defined as “marginal-debt” companies. We identify 167 U.S. public companies which could easily access to the financial market for debt. In order to find some explanations for the phenomenon of marginal-debt, we first examine the trade-off theory. According to the theory, it can be hypothesized that an extremely low corporate tax rate or a high marginal cost of bankruptcy could explain the minimal presence of debt for those marginal-debt companies. However, we find no evidence to accept this hypothesis. Marginal-debt companies have an average tax rate of 31.4%, compared to 29.8% for our sample of indebted companies. They also have a generally better financial health, even when deleveraging their financial ratios. Owing to that, neither bankruptcy cost explains the financial management strategy of marginal-debt. Hence, we expect this phenomenon to be purely behavioral. We therefore propose a survey questionnaire to better analyze the incentives for managers to adopt a marginal-debt strategy..

Keywords: Marginal-debt, Capital structure, Low leverage, Trade-off theory, Debt aversion
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dc.description.tableofcontents 1. Introduction 1
2. Survey of Literature 3
2.1. Capital Structure Theories 3
2.1.1. The Modigliani Miller Theory 3
2.1.2. The Trade-Off Theory 6
2.1.3. The Pecking Order Theory 7
2.1.4. Summary 8
2.2. Previous Research on “Marginal Debt” Companies 9
3. Hypothesis and Methodology 13
3.1. Definition of Marginal-Debt Companies 14
3.2. GICS Sectors Distribution of the Sample 14
3.3. The Parameters 16
3.3.1. The Tax Rate 18
3.3.2. The Bankruptcy Cost 18
3.4. Statistical Method 23
4. Data and Analysis 25
4.1. Defining the sample 25
4.2. Analysis of the Sample Data 29
4.2.1. Tax Rate 29
4.2.2. Cost of Bankruptcy 30
4.3. Findings and Conclusion of the Analysis 36
5. Suggestions on a Survey Questionnaire 38
5.1. Relationship between the Manager and Shareholders 38
5.2. Benefits of Leverage 40
5.3. Value of Flexibility and Control 41
5.4. Risk-Averse Inclination 42
6. Summary and Conclusions 44
References 45
Appendix 48
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dc.subject (關鍵詞) Marginal-Debten_US
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dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) Agrawal, A., Nagarajan, N. (1990), Corporate capital structure, agency costs, and ownership control: the case of all-equity firms,. Journal of Finance, Vol. 45, 1325–1331.
Altman E. (2000), Predicting financial distress of companies: Revisiting the z-score and zeta® models
Barclay, M. and Smith, C. (2005), The Capital Structure Puzzle: The Evidence Revisited, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 17: 8-17.
Becker, G., 1981. Altruism in the family and selfishness in the market place. Economica 48, 1–15.
Bertrand, M., Schoar, A., 2006. The role of family in family firms. Journal of Economic Perspective 20, 73–96.
Cotei C., and Farhat J. (2009), The Trade-off Theory and the Pecking Order Theory: Are They Mutually Exclusive?, North American Journal of Finance and Banking Research, Vol. 3(3), 1-16
Devos E., et. Al. (2012), Why are firms unlevered?, Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 18, 664-682
Donaldson G. (1961) Corporate Debt Capacity: A study of Corporate Debt Policy and the Determination of Corporate Debt Capacity, Boston, Division of Research, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Graham, J., 2000. How big are the tax benefits of debt?, Journal of Finance, Vol. 55, 1901–1941.
Korteweg A. (2010), The net benefits to leverage, Journal of Finance, Vol. 65 (6), 2137-2170.
MacKie-Mason, Jeffrey, 1990, Do taxes affect corporate financing decisions? Journal of Finance 45, 1471–1493.
Malmendier, U., Tate, G., Yan, J., 2011. Overconfidence and early-life experiences: the effect of managerial traits on corporate financial policies. Journal of Finance 66, 1687–1733.
Modigliani F., and Miller M. (1958), The Cost of Capital, Corporation Finance and the Theory of Investment. American Economic Review, Vol. 48 (3), 261–297.
Modigliani F., and Miller M. (1963), Corporate income taxes and the cost of capital: a correction, American Economic Review, Vol. 53 (3), 433–443
Morellec E., Nikolov B., and Schurhoff N. (2012), Corporate Governance and Capital Structure Dynamics, Journal of Finance, Vol. 67 (3), 803-848
Mukherjee S., and Mahakud, J. (2012), Are Trade-off and Pecking Order Theories of Capital Structure Mutually Exclusive? Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Companies, Journal of Management Research, Vol. 12, 41-55
Myers, S. (1984), The Capital Structure Puzzle, Journal of Finance, 39: 575-592.
Myers, S. and Majluf, N. (1984), Corporate Financing and Investment Decisions When Firms Have Information that Investors Do Not Have, Journal of Financial Economics, 13: 187-224.
Novaes W., and Zingales L. (1995), Capital Structure Choice when Managers are in Control: Entrenchment versus Efficiency, NBER working paper number 5384.
Strebulaev I., and Yang B. (2013), The mystery of zero-leverage firms, Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 109, 1-23.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/10/27/us-financial-inditex-idUSTRE49Q01R20081027
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