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标题：Debt Market Trends and Predictors of Specialization: An Analysis of Pakistani Corporate Sector
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作者：Khan, Kanwal Iqbal ; Qadeer, Faisal ; Mata, Mário Nuno 等
期刊名称：Journal of Risk and Financial Management
印刷版ISSN：1911-8074
出版年度：2021
卷号：14
期号：5
页码：1-16
DOI：10.3390/jrfm14050224
语种：English
出版社：MDPI, Open Access Journal
摘要：Recently, debt structure research has started focusing on the strategic perspective of financing choices, particularly to understand the reasons for debt specialization (DS). This paper examines trends of specialization over time and industry by using a comprehensive dataset on types of debt employed by the public limited companies during 2009–2018. The objective of the current study is to analyze the effect of debt market conditions by identifying significant predictors of DS. Time-series and cross-sectional results confirm the existence of DS, which is further validated by the findings of the cluster analysis. The empirical results indicate that overall, 61% of the companies solely rely on a single type of debt, mostly on short-term obligations accompanied by long-term secured and other debts. Moreover, small, mature, rated, group-affiliated, and low-leverage companies incline more towards this strategy. Credit rating, debt maturity, financial and interest coverage ratios serve as the primary determinants of the debt market that are significantly associated with the measures of DS. The results contribute to the capital structure literature by specifying that financing choice has an important implication in deciding the debt structure composition of the organizations.
关键词：debt structure; capital structure; debt specialization; financing choices; debt market conditions; financial instruments; short-term loans; long-term loans