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- Indústrias transformadoras e estrutura de capital das PMEPublication . Matias, Fernanda; Domingues, LetíciaEste estudo investiga o efeito das indústrias transformadoras e das características das empresas na estrutura de capital de 14.254 PME portuguesas. Os resultados sugerem que as características das PME (Pequenas e Médias Empresas) industriais têm diferente relevância na forma como as empresas se financiam e, na sua maior parte, são mais consistentes com a teoria da pecking order, colocando a dívida de curto prazo a seguir aos fundos próprios, o que deverá merecer a atenção dos gestores, atendendo a que a dívida de curto prazo acarreta maiores encargos financeiros. Considerando cada uma das indústrias separadamente, a evidência empírica também confere maior consistência à teoria da pecking order. O efeito observado nas indústrias transformadoras prevê que a estrutura de capital das empresas envolvidas não poderá ser exclusivamente explicada pelas características das empresas, mas também pela indústria na qual estão inseridas.
- Capital structure of portuguese hotel firms: a structural equation modelling approachPublication . Matias, Fernanda; Salsa, Leonor; Afonso, Carlos M.This paper addresses capital structure determinants for Portuguese hotel firms between 2006 and 2014. Secondary data from 356 hotel units was analysed using the partial least squares (PLS) statistical technique, a variance-based structural equation modelling (SEM). The results show that the explanatory variables proposed as capital structure determinants have an impact on the financing and debt decisions made by the firms in the sample. Of these, tangibility has the greater explanatory power. Overall, the results support the notion that trade-off theory and pecking-order theory are important in explaining the capital structure of the Portuguese hotel industry, particularly as regards the agency conflicts triggered by growth opportunities and the preference firms have for internal funding. The results also point to the importance of collateral in accessing credit and the lesser impact of asymmetric information pertaining to tangible asset value and firm size. The results suggest small firms find it difficult to contract loans, which can somewhat limit their growth and performance.
- Are there reliable determinant factors of capital structure decisions? Empirical study of SMEs in different regions of PortugalPublication . Matias, Fernanda; Serrasqueiro, ZeliaOn the basis of the empirical literature review about the capital structure decisions in Portuguese SMEs, this study analyses the relationships between the determinants - profitability, size, age, asset structure and growth, identified as reliable determinants in the empirical literature, and debt for SMEs located in different regions of Portugal (NUTS II). The global sample is made up of 11.016 SMEs and covers the period between 2007 and 2011. Overall, the results suggest that those determinants are reliable in explaining Portuguese SME capital structure decisions, suggesting that these decisions are closer to the predictions of Pecking Order Theory in comparison to the assumptions of Trade-off Theory. However, both financial theories are not enough to explain SME capital structure decisions. Furthermore, our results suggest that SMEs' capital structure differs across regions and that, concerning the impact of profitability, size, age, asset structure and growth on firm debt, there are some differences across regions, which could be explained by regional heterogeneity. However, we do not find statistically significant differences in the kind (signs) of the relationships between those determinants and debt in Portuguese SMEs across the various regions. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.