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Paresh Kumar Narayan1, Maryam Akbari Nasiri2
1Centre for Financial Econometrics, Deakin Business School, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
Abstract:
We design and test the hypothesis that for energy firms' oil market activities impact capital structure. Using a unique sample of 726 energy firms from 56 countries, we find that oil market activities do influence capital structure. The speed of adjustment (SOA) to leverage when not exposed to oil market activities is between 27.5 and 66.4%. When exposed to oil price growth (market liquidity) the corresponding SOA is between 51.1 and 72.4% (40.9-76.1%). We conclude that oil price growth slows down while market liquidity improves SOA to leverage for energy firms. By comparison, using a sample of over 32,000 non-energy firms from 108 countries, we find no evidence that oil market activities dictate capital structure.
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