This paper attempts to analyze the important determinants of capital structure in the medicine manufacturing industry of China. Two measures including the ratio of long-term debt to asset and the ratio of total debt t...This paper attempts to analyze the important determinants of capital structure in the medicine manufacturing industry of China. Two measures including the ratio of long-term debt to asset and the ratio of total debt to asset are used as the proxies of leverage, while dependent variables used are asset structure, growth, firm size, profitability and risk. The evidences presented here indicate that asset structure and size significantly influence the capital structure choice.展开更多
文摘This paper attempts to analyze the important determinants of capital structure in the medicine manufacturing industry of China. Two measures including the ratio of long-term debt to asset and the ratio of total debt to asset are used as the proxies of leverage, while dependent variables used are asset structure, growth, firm size, profitability and risk. The evidences presented here indicate that asset structure and size significantly influence the capital structure choice.
