Contextus (Feb 2014)

IDENTIFICANDO A RELAÇÃO ENTRE ALAVANCAGEM FINANCEIRA E INVESTIMENTO NAS EMPRESAS BRASILEIRAS NÃO FINANCEIRAS DE CAPITAL ABERTO

  • Andrei Aparecido de Albuquerque,
  • Alberto Borges Matias

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 2
pp. 76 – 104

Abstract

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The objective of this work was to examine if financial leverage affects investment decisions of Brazilian non financial public companies. This study was carried out with tests from 2001 to 2011 by using the method of multiple linear regression with panel data using fixed and random effects.The results show that there is a strong negative relation between financial leverage and investment in the Brazilian non financial public companies.This negative relationship is more intense in companies with low growth opportunities.

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