Theoretical foundation and hypothesesInternally generated funds have achieved currency in the core of most theories of capital structure. Profitable firms frequently raise a significant amount of cash flow. According to the trade-off theory, this type ofcompany will increase leverage in order to take advantage of tax savings. However, the pecking order theory predicts a negative relationship between leverage and cash flow due to the existence of asymmetric information costs, which lead the company to choose internal funds (first) rather than debt (second) and external equity (third) (Frank & Goyal, 2008, chap. 12; Shyam-Sunder & Myers, 1999).
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