Absence of an Optimal Capital Structure in the Famous Tradeoff Theory!

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  • P.N. Brusov Financial University
  • T.V. Filatova Financial University
  • N.P. Orekhova Institute of Business, Management and Low,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-7092.2013.02.8

Keywords:

Tradeoff theory, debt financing, company capital cost, optimal capital structure, leverage, Modigliani–Miller theory, Brusov–Filatova–Orekhova theory

Abstract

Abstract: Within modern theory of capital structure and capital cost by Brusov-Filatova-Orekhova the analysis of wide known tradeoff theory has been made. It is shown that suggestion of risky debt financing (and growing credit rate near the bankruptcy) in opposite to waiting result does not lead to growing of weighted average cost of capital, WACC, which still decreases with leverage. This means the absence of minimum in the dependence of WACC on leverage as well as the absence of maximum in the dependence of company capitalization on leverage. Thus, it seems that the optimal capital structure is absent in famous tradeoff theory. The explanation to this fact has been done.

Author Biography

N.P. Orekhova, Institute of Business, Management and Low,

Financial and economical technology Department

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Published

2013-04-23

How to Cite

Brusov, P., Filatova, T., & Orekhova, N. (2013). Absence of an Optimal Capital Structure in the Famous Tradeoff Theory!. Journal of Reviews on Global Economics, 2, 94–116. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-7092.2013.02.8

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