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Financing decisions of Italian small-medium sized firms; an empirical analysis on a sample of companies in the service sector

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  • Alessandro Panno

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This paper explores the fundamental factors that determine the financing decisions of Italian small-medium sized companies in the service sector. I develop a descriptive model of the choice between financing instruments, assuming that a company needing new finance may issue either equity or debt; the final choice is a function of a set of explanatory variables, which have been selected according to previous theoretical studies and empirical work. The model is then estimated using Logit Analysis on a sample of 104 Italian SMEs; results show that certain specific factors which explain capital structure for listed companies are also relevant to small-medium firms. Our findings would appear to suggest that relevant theories of capital structure are not mutually exclusive when applied to Italian SMEs, and indicate that there seems to exist an optimal leverage ratio, and that the overall significant determinants of capital structure are mainly profitability, liquidity, business risk, asset composition and company-growth prospects.

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  • Alessandro Panno, 2011. "Financing decisions of Italian small-medium sized firms; an empirical analysis on a sample of companies in the service sector," Banca Impresa Società, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 3, pages 449-488.
    • Handle: RePEc:mul:jqmthn:doi:10.1435/36700:y:2011:i:3:p:449-488
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    JEL classification: G32; L25; Keywords: financial leverage; small-medium firms; logit analysis; static/dynamic tradeoff theory; pecking order theory.;
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    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance

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