The Capital Structure of Listed Companies in Poland

December 1, 1997

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Qaizar Hussain, and Eugeniy Nivorozhkin. The Capital Structure of Listed Companies in Poland, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1997) accessed September 19, 2024

Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

This paper examines the capital structure of listed firms in Poland, using firm-level panel data to study the determinants of leverage. Polish firms had extremely low leverage levels, suggesting a growing stock market and a potential reluctance of banks to grant loans to old and risky firms. The empirical exercise finds that large, new, foreign-owned firms, and firms with strong cash positions have higher levels of leverage. Finally, shareholder concentration has a neutral or even a beneficial influence on firm leverage. The nature of ownership may be primarily responsible for this finding.

Subject: Banking, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Financial institutions, Financial markets, Labor, Securities markets, Stock markets, Stocks, Wages

Keywords: Baltics, Capital structure, Concentration ratio, Cost of capital, Debt-asset ratio, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Equity, Equity ratio, Finance minister, Investment company, Leverage, Poland, Ratio, Securities markets, Shareholder concentration, Stock market, Stock markets, Stocks, Wages, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

27
Volume:

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Series:

Working Paper No. 1997/175
Stock No:

WPIEA1751997
ISBN:

9781451976342
ISSN:

1018-5941

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