Table 4

Capital structure determinants in the UK before (1990-2007) and after the subprime crisis started (2008-2019)

Before financial crisisAfter financial crisis
TDBLTDBTDMLTDMTDBLTDBTDMLTDM
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)
lnASSET0.0224a0.0236a0.000020.00230.0210b0.01350.00030.0011
(0.000)(0.000)(0.997)(0.688)(0.020)(0.116)(0.958)(0.903)
M/B−0.0149b−0.0263a−0.0396a−0.0379a0.0176b0.0138b−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)
TANG0.05660.05830.1100a0.1052a0.04710.03090.1335a0.0568
(0.149)(0.119)(0.001)(0.001)(0.385)(0.548)(0.000)(0.213)
NDTS0.5076a0.23630.0566−0.10910.8549a0.5193b0.4315a0.2468c
(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)
CPX0.0099−0.0399−0.0571−0.04170.05540.08380.02710.1319
(0.924)(0.694)(0.4400)(0.565)(0.761)(0.623)(0.833)(0.280)
_CONSTANT0.00004−0.07690.4372a0.3557a−0.00170.13620.2449a0.3808a
(0.993)(0.357)(0.000)(0.000)(0.990)(0.298)(0.008)(0.001)
Robust std. errorYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Wald chi-square and p > chi-square57.5445.16  58.4634.87149.79 
(0.000)(0.000)  (0.000)(0.000)(0.000) 
Model F and > F  8.505.75   10.67
(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)
Overall R-squared0.16680.16890.11910.08260.15630.10400.30970.1355
Within R-squared0.08550.05900.32070.24210.10640.06110.22180.1763
Between R-squared0.25780.29150.16580.13110.19140.15950.43700.2195

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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