The Impact of Managerial Overconfidence on Capital Structure: Empirical Evidences in Vietnam
<p>This paper studies the effects of the managerial overconfidence on the corporate capital structure in the Vietnamese stock market for the period 2010 - 2016 by estimating generalized least squares (GLS) on a sample of 329 non-financial firms listed on the Ho Chi Minh city Securities Exchang...
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| author | Viet Quoc Pham Dinh Trung Nguyen |
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| description | <p>This paper studies the effects of the managerial overconfidence on the corporate capital structure in the Vietnamese stock market for the period 2010 - 2016 by estimating generalized least squares (GLS) on a sample of 329 non-financial firms listed on the Ho Chi Minh city Securities Exchange (HOSE). Research results show that managerial overconfidence has an impact on corporate capital structure, in particular firms with overconfident managers have higher overall leverage and short-term liabilities, but tend to reduce long-term debt ratio. In addition, state-owned enterprises having overconfident managers experience higher long-term debt ratios than other enterprises.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong><strong>:</strong> Capital Structure, Managerial Overconfidence, Non-financial listed firms, Vietnam.</p><p><strong>JEL Classifications:</strong><em> </em>G41, G32</p><p>DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.32479/ijefi.8862">https://doi.org/10.32479/ijefi.8862</a></p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2050db16726c4901a225db49c0d666a22023-02-15T16:21:25ZengEconJournalsInternational Journal of Economics and Financial Issues2146-41382019-11-01962162244272The Impact of Managerial Overconfidence on Capital Structure: Empirical Evidences in VietnamViet Quoc Pham0Dinh Trung NguyenThe University of Finance - Marketing, Vietnam<p>This paper studies the effects of the managerial overconfidence on the corporate capital structure in the Vietnamese stock market for the period 2010 - 2016 by estimating generalized least squares (GLS) on a sample of 329 non-financial firms listed on the Ho Chi Minh city Securities Exchange (HOSE). Research results show that managerial overconfidence has an impact on corporate capital structure, in particular firms with overconfident managers have higher overall leverage and short-term liabilities, but tend to reduce long-term debt ratio. In addition, state-owned enterprises having overconfident managers experience higher long-term debt ratios than other enterprises.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong><strong>:</strong> Capital Structure, Managerial Overconfidence, Non-financial listed firms, Vietnam.</p><p><strong>JEL Classifications:</strong><em> </em>G41, G32</p><p>DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.32479/ijefi.8862">https://doi.org/10.32479/ijefi.8862</a></p>https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/8862 |
| spellingShingle | Viet Quoc Pham Dinh Trung Nguyen The Impact of Managerial Overconfidence on Capital Structure: Empirical Evidences in Vietnam International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues |
| title | The Impact of Managerial Overconfidence on Capital Structure: Empirical Evidences in Vietnam |
| title_full | The Impact of Managerial Overconfidence on Capital Structure: Empirical Evidences in Vietnam |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of Managerial Overconfidence on Capital Structure: Empirical Evidences in Vietnam |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Managerial Overconfidence on Capital Structure: Empirical Evidences in Vietnam |
| title_short | The Impact of Managerial Overconfidence on Capital Structure: Empirical Evidences in Vietnam |
| title_sort | impact of managerial overconfidence on capital structure empirical evidences in vietnam |
| url | https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/8862 |
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