Capital structure determinants in the UK before (1990-2007) and after the subprime crisis started (2008-2019)
| Before financial crisis | After financial crisis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDB | LTDB | TDM | LTDM | TDB | LTDB | TDM | LTDM | |
| PROFIT | −0.3742a | −0.0994 | −0.2538a | −0.0376 | −0.6849a | −0.4878a | −0.4658a | −0.3239a |
| (0.000) | (0.209) | (0.000) | (0.498) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | |
| lnASSET | 0.0224a | 0.0236a | 0.00002 | 0.0023 | 0.0210b | 0.0135 | 0.0003 | 0.0011 |
| (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.997) | (0.688) | (0.020) | (0.116) | (0.958) | (0.903) | |
| M/B | −0.0149b | −0.0263a | −0.0396a | −0.0379a | 0.0176b | 0.0138b | −0.0113b | −0.0097b |
| (0.031) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.013) | (0.039) | (0.026) | (0.040) | |
| lnAGE | −0.0129 | −0.0120 | −0.0667a | −0.0729a | −0.0147 | −0.0323c | −0.0174 | −0.0604a |
| (0.283) | (0.282) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.451) | (0.083) | (0.163) | (0.008) | |
| TANG | 0.0566 | 0.0583 | 0.1100a | 0.1052a | 0.0471 | 0.0309 | 0.1335a | 0.0568 |
| (0.149) | (0.119) | (0.001) | (0.001) | (0.385) | (0.548) | (0.000) | (0.213) | |
| NDTS | 0.5076a | 0.2363 | 0.0566 | −0.1091 | 0.8549a | 0.5193b | 0.4315a | 0.2468c |
| (0.001) | (0.106) | (0.593) | (0.294) | (0.000) | (0.012) | (0.006) | (0.098) | |
| RND | −0.2853 | −0.1299 | −0.1788 | −0.0408 | −0.8803b | −0.8049b | −0.6258a | −0.9161b |
| (0.312) | (0.631) | (0.402) | (0.845) | (0.011) | (0.016) | (0.005) | (0.044) | |
| CPX | 0.0099 | −0.0399 | −0.0571 | −0.0417 | 0.0554 | 0.0838 | 0.0271 | 0.1319 |
| (0.924) | (0.694) | (0.4400) | (0.565) | (0.761) | (0.623) | (0.833) | (0.280) | |
| _CONSTANT | 0.00004 | −0.0769 | 0.4372a | 0.3557a | −0.0017 | 0.1362 | 0.2449a | 0.3808a |
| (0.993) | (0.357) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.990) | (0.298) | (0.008) | (0.001) | |
| Robust std. error | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Wald chi-square and p > chi-square | 57.54 | 45.16 | 58.46 | 34.87 | 149.79 | |||
| (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | ||||
| Model F and p > F | 8.50 | 5.75 | 10.67 | |||||
| (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | ||||||
| Overall R-squared | 0.1668 | 0.1689 | 0.1191 | 0.0826 | 0.1563 | 0.1040 | 0.3097 | 0.1355 |
| Within R-squared | 0.0855 | 0.0590 | 0.3207 | 0.2421 | 0.1064 | 0.0611 | 0.2218 | 0.1763 |
| Between R-squared | 0.2578 | 0.2915 | 0.1658 | 0.1311 | 0.1914 | 0.1595 | 0.4370 | 0.2195 |
| Before financial crisis | After financial crisis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDB | LTDB | TDM | LTDM | TDB | LTDB | TDM | LTDM | |
| PROFIT | −0.3742a | −0.0994 | −0.2538a | −0.0376 | −0.6849a | −0.4878a | −0.4658a | −0.3239a |
| (0.000) | (0.209) | (0.000) | (0.498) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | |
| lnASSET | 0.0224a | 0.0236a | 0.00002 | 0.0023 | 0.0210b | 0.0135 | 0.0003 | 0.0011 |
| (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.997) | (0.688) | (0.020) | (0.116) | (0.958) | (0.903) | |
| M/B | −0.0149b | −0.0263a | −0.0396a | −0.0379a | 0.0176b | 0.0138b | −0.0113b | −0.0097b |
| (0.031) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.013) | (0.039) | (0.026) | (0.040) | |
| lnAGE | −0.0129 | −0.0120 | −0.0667a | −0.0729a | −0.0147 | −0.0323c | −0.0174 | −0.0604a |
| (0.283) | (0.282) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.451) | (0.083) | (0.163) | (0.008) | |
| TANG | 0.0566 | 0.0583 | 0.1100a | 0.1052a | 0.0471 | 0.0309 | 0.1335a | 0.0568 |
| (0.149) | (0.119) | (0.001) | (0.001) | (0.385) | (0.548) | (0.000) | (0.213) | |
| NDTS | 0.5076a | 0.2363 | 0.0566 | −0.1091 | 0.8549a | 0.5193b | 0.4315a | 0.2468c |
| (0.001) | (0.106) | (0.593) | (0.294) | (0.000) | (0.012) | (0.006) | (0.098) | |
| RND | −0.2853 | −0.1299 | −0.1788 | −0.0408 | −0.8803b | −0.8049b | −0.6258a | −0.9161b |
| (0.312) | (0.631) | (0.402) | (0.845) | (0.011) | (0.016) | (0.005) | (0.044) | |
| CPX | 0.0099 | −0.0399 | −0.0571 | −0.0417 | 0.0554 | 0.0838 | 0.0271 | 0.1319 |
| (0.924) | (0.694) | (0.4400) | (0.565) | (0.761) | (0.623) | (0.833) | (0.280) | |
| _CONSTANT | 0.00004 | −0.0769 | 0.4372a | 0.3557a | −0.0017 | 0.1362 | 0.2449a | 0.3808a |
| (0.993) | (0.357) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.990) | (0.298) | (0.008) | (0.001) | |
| Robust std. error | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Wald chi-square and | 57.54 | 45.16 | 58.46 | 34.87 | 149.79 | |||
| (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | ||||
| Model F and | 8.50 | 5.75 | 10.67 | |||||
| (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | ||||||
| Overall R-squared | 0.1668 | 0.1689 | 0.1191 | 0.0826 | 0.1563 | 0.1040 | 0.3097 | 0.1355 |
| Within R-squared | 0.0855 | 0.0590 | 0.3207 | 0.2421 | 0.1064 | 0.0611 | 0.2218 | 0.1763 |
| Between R-squared | 0.2578 | 0.2915 | 0.1658 | 0.1311 | 0.1914 | 0.1595 | 0.4370 | 0.2195 |
Note(s): a denotes significance at 1% level; b denotes significance at 5%; c indicates significance at 10%
Source(s): Authors’ own work
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