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Wpływ eksportowania na strukturę kapitałową przedsiębiorstw w świetle badań empirycznych
The Impact of Internationalisation on the Capital Structure of Exporters in Empirical Research

Author(s): Joanna Wyrobek
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie
Keywords: export; debt ratios; financial situation of exporters; capital structure

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the study was to verify whether exporters use more liabilities in their financing structure than non-exporters. The study was conducted for companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange for the years 2000–2009. Capital structure was measured with a debt ratio calculated as a ratio of total liabilities divided by total assets. To test the statistical significance of differences between exporters and non-exporters I used the Cochrane-Cox test. Differences in the debt ratios were not always statistically significant but, apart from companies manufacturing and selling metal products, all remaining exporters had comparable or higher debt ratio values than non-exporters.

  • Issue Year: 913/2013
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 137-158
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish