1. Empirical analysis of private listed companies' debt financing and business performance in Jiangsu Province
- Author
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Wang Hairong, Jiang Yijie, and Geng Chengxuan
- Subjects
Finance ,Capital structure ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Financial system ,External debt ,Gearing ratio ,Debt-to-equity ratio ,Debt ,Debt ratio ,Internal debt ,Debt levels and flows ,business ,media_common - Abstract
According to the theory of capital structure, this paper uses principal component analysis and linear regression analysis to study the relationship between the debt characteristics of the private listed companies in Jiangsu Province and their business performance. The results show that the average debt ratio of the 29 private listed companies selected from the sample is lower. And it is found that for the sample whose debt ratio is lower than 80%, its debt ratio is negatively related to corporate performance, while for the sample whose debt ratio is beyond 80%, the relationship of debt financing and enterprise performance shows the different trends. The conclusions reflect the drawbacks may exist that the debt ratio is relatively low and having not take full advantage of debt governance effect of the private listed companies in Jiangsu Province.
- Published
- 2013