Debt or equity? : how firms in developing countries choose

Long stifled by government controls, emerging market (EM) corporate finance is changing dramatically as recent liberalization is revitalizing stagnant domestic capital markets and permitting increased access to overseas markets. This paper examines how EM firms choose between debt and equity in thei...

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Main Author: Glen, Jack D
Corporate Author: Corporación Financiera Internacional
Other Authors: Pinto, Brian
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 1994
Series:Discussion paper no. 22
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505 |a Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abstract -- Executive summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The capital structure puzzle -- 3. Financial instruments - cost, risk and control -- 4. Capital markets and corporate finance -- 5. A pecking order -- 6. Conclusions -- Annex: Country reports -- References -- List of figures -- List of annex figures. 
520 |a Long stifled by government controls, emerging market (EM) corporate finance is changing dramatically as recent liberalization is revitalizing stagnant domestic capital markets and permitting increased access to overseas markets. This paper examines how EM firms choose between debt and equity in their financing decisions. The paper starts with a discussion of the traditional features of EM corporate finance. It then presents a simple framework for the debt-equity choice based on the standard considerations of cost, risk, control and disclosure. The unique manner in which these considerations could be influenced by government control is illustrated with examples from several EM countries. The central conclusion of this report is that, like Western firms, EM firms seek to minimize the cost of capital and retain control in the hands of existing shareholders. But they also face many non-market constraints, which are now disappearing. The concluding section remarks upon a number of interesting empirical regularities across countries as they embark on financial liberalization. 
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650 |a ACTIVOS FINANCIEROS  
650 |a MERCADO DE CAPITALES  
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653 |a CORPORACIONES 
653 |a INSTRUMENTOS FINANCIEROS 
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