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Does Religion Matter on Financial Decisions? The Case of SMEs Capital Structure

Veröffentlichungsdatum
2022
Autoren
Spiecker-Lampe, Carola  
Wienbreyer, Markus  
Iborra, Maria  
Zusammenfassung
Different finance theories have tried to explain the capital structure of companies considering it as a rational choice with limited results. In contrast, upper echelons theory highlights the influence of top managers’ values and beliefs in the decisions of firms. This research aims to fill this gap and looks into the linkage of religious belonging to explain why SMEs differ in their preferences between equity and liabilities. Therefore, the present study uses the two main Christian faiths to analyze the impact on the capital structure. We hypothesize that SMEs in countries with a mainly Catholic faith preferably carry higher amounts of debt, and contrary, firms in predominantly Protestant nations are more willing to issue equity.
Verlag
Academy of management proceedings
Institution
Hochschule Bremen  
Fachbereich
Hochschule Bremen - Fakultät 1: Wirtschaftswissenschaften - School of International Business (SiB)  
Dokumenttyp
Artikel/Aufsatz
Zeitschrift/Sammelwerk
Academy of management proceedings  
Band
2022
Heft
1
Startseite
13467
Sprache
Englisch

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