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Preference hierarchies for internal finance, bank loans, bond, and share issues: evidence for Dutch firms

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  • de Haan, Leo
  • Hinloopen, Jeroen

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We estimate the incremental financing decision for a sample of some 150Dutch companies for the years 1984 through 1997, thereby distinguishinginternal finance and three types of external finance: bank borrowing, bondissues and share issues. First, we estimate a multinomial logit model whichconfirms several predictions of both the static trade-off theory and thepecking-order theory as to the determinants of financing choices. Next, weuse ordered probit models to determine which financing hierarchy fits thedata best. The results suggest that Dutch firms have a most-preferredfinancing hierarchy: (i) internal finance, (ii) bank loans, (iii) shareissues, (iv) bonds issues.
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  • de Haan, Leo & Hinloopen, Jeroen, 2003. "Preference hierarchies for internal finance, bank loans, bond, and share issues: evidence for Dutch firms," Journal of Empirical Finance, Elsevier, vol. 10(5), pages 661-681, December.
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