A comparative study on the explanatory power of the static tradeoff theory and the pecking order theory on the services companies under the Philippine stock exchange from 2006-2014

• Main Authors: Acetre, Gabriel Luis K., Cua, Bernice Bianca I., Rumbaoa, Fitz Gerald G.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: Stock exchanges > Philippines; Finance and Financial Management
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/8993
• Institution: De La Salle University

The Static Tradeoff and Pecking Order theories are tested on a sample data of 35 services firms under the Philippine Stock Exchange 2006-2014. Empirical results prove that both models can explain some part of the capital structure. The Static Tradeoff theory shows that firm leverage is affected by s...