A causal approach to test empirical capital structure regularities

Capital structure theories are often formulated as causal narratives to explain which factors drive financing choices. These narratives are usually examined by estimating cross–sectional relations between leverage and its determinants. However, the limitations of causal inference from observational...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Simone Cenci, Stephen Kealhofer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2022-11-01
Series:Journal of Finance and Data Science
Subjects:
C1
C4
G3
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405918822000125