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The Capital Structure of Listed Companies in Poland

By Qaizar Hussain, Eugeniy Nivorozhkin

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 November 23, 2024
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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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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1997/175

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA1751997

  • ISBN:

    9781451976342

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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