Table 5

Capital structure determinants in the UK before, during and after the subprime crisis

1999-20072008-20102011-2019
TDBLTDBTDMLTDMTDBLTDBTDMLTDMTDBLTDBTDMLTDM
PROFIT−0.2903a−0.1458−0.2215a−0.1172c−0.3914a−0.2180−0.4892a−0.2585c−0.8436a−0.6752a−0.4204a−0.2913a
(0.0023)(0.0715)(0.0014)(0.0934)(0.0007)(0.1237)(0.0075)(0.0622)(0.0000)(0.0000)(0.0000)(0.0014)
lnASSET−0.0196−0.0032−0.00370.00190.01890.01280.1124b0.00810.0310a0.0454 a0.00730.0029
(0.1270)(0.7425)(0.6331)(0.7923)(0.1709)(0.3549)(0.0397)(0.3840)(0.0013)(0.0029)(0.3654)(0.6693)
M/B0.0043−0.0087−0.0292a−0.0275a−0.0281a−0.0359a−0.0303b−0.0466a0.03430.0283a−0.0042−0.0060
(0.5211)(0.2615)(0.0000)(0.0000)(0.0064)(0.0050)(0.0271)(0.0002)(0.0007)(0.0060)(0.3872)(0.2698)
lnAGE−0.0020−0.0043−0.0273−0.0051−0.0155−0.0265−0.3725a−0.0084−0.0093−0.0828b0.0098−0.0230
(0.9685)(0.7799)(0.2643)(0.5723)(0.5315)(0.2755)(0.0088)(0.6037)(0.6694)(0.0175)(0.7725)(0.3660)
TANG0.1541b0.10210.1941a0.1598a0.05080.14440.07300.1574b0.0936−0.00430.11430.0740
(0.0150)(0.0574)(0.0010)(0.0003)(0.5596)(0.1248)(0.6666)(0.0245)(0.3477)(0.9808)(0.1391)(0.3340)
NDTS0.08330.0694−0.0865−0.12470.1730−0.27330.39240.02101.0901a0.8832a0.4804a0.2903
(0.5539)(0.6371)(0.4686)(0.3318)(0.5429)(0.4308)(0.2996)(0.9478)(0.0000)(0.0017)(0.0094)(0.1342)
RND−0.3810−0.6623−0.0298−0.1327−0.4395−0.05790.06870.1809−0.8367a−0.8859−0.8041c−0.6672
(0.5299)(0.0597)(0.9411)(0.5476)(0.5893)(0.9449)(0.9774)(0.7592)(0.0000)(0.1266)(0.0963)(0.1204)
CPX−0.0854−0.2642−0.0906−0.2393b0.2946−0.43080.1830−0.4516−0.07030.28230.07640.1814
(0.5036)(0.0321)(0.4007)(0.0263)(0.2250)(0.1466)(0.5946)(0.1135)(0.7231)(0.1694)(0.5258)(0.1353)
CONSTANT0.4682a0.25730.3241a0.14630.08930.18600.12570.1435−0.1952−0.13050.01110.1826b
(0.0003)(0.0847)(0.0012)(0.1832)(0.6758)(0.3894)(0.8570)(0.3324)(0.3236)(0.3537)(0.9144)(0.0315)
Robust std. errorYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Model chi-square, P value 25.7395 118.15735.105323.3626 35.7448288.932   
(0.0012)(0.0000)(0.0000)(0.0029)(0.0000)(0.0000)
Overall R-squared 0.1674 0.39860.19070.2002 0.36270.1730   
LSDV R-squared0.8268 0.8551   0.9381  0.84200.87050.8779
Within R-squared0.0809 0.2987   0.3305  0.08520.16030.1140

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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