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Agency costs, asset specificity, and the capital structure of the firm

✍ Scribed by Jon Vilasuso; Alanson Minkler

Book ID
117349779
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
98 KB
Volume
44
Category
Article
ISSN
0167-2681

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✦ Synopsis

We develop a dynamic model that incorporates the insights of both the agency cost and asset specificity literature about corporate finance. In general, we find that neither can be ignored, and that the optimal capital structure minimizes agency cost and asset specificity considerations. A key finding is that the conditions most favorable for reducing transaction costs due to asset specificity are the same as those for reducing the agency costs of debt. Empirically, we find that agency costs and asset specificity are significant determinants of a firm's capital structure in the transportation equipment and the printing and publishing industries.

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