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The firm-specific and macroeconomic determinants of the financial structure of construction companies in selected European countries

Review of economic perspectives, 2022-06, Vol.22 (1), p.117-133 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2022. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;ISSN: 1804-1663 ;ISSN: 1213-2446 ;EISSN: 1804-1663 ;DOI: 10.2478/revecp-2022-0006

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  • Title:
    The firm-specific and macroeconomic determinants of the financial structure of construction companies in selected European countries
  • Author: Růčková, Petra ; Škuláňová, Nicole
  • Subjects: Asset structure ; construction ; Debt financing ; financial structure ; G32 ; GDP ; Gross Domestic Product ; Growth rate ; Interest rates ; reference interest rate ; rentability
  • Is Part Of: Review of economic perspectives, 2022-06, Vol.22 (1), p.117-133
  • Description: This research builds on previous studies in the field of financial structure and develops knowledge for the construction industry in eight selected countries in Central and Eastern Europe – Visegrád Group, Austria, Bulgaria, Slovenia, and Romania. The aim of the research is to examine the influence of profitability, asset structure, the GDP growth rate and the reference interest rate on the level of total, long-term and short-term debt of companies. The research period is from 2009 to 2018. The main conclusion of the research is the finding that the amount of debt of selected construction companies is most affected by the determinants of the external environment – the development of the economy and the reference interest rate. This conclusion applies regardless of the size of the companies. The direction of the resulting impact differs, as each of the economies underwent a different economic development during the period under review. The interest rate negatively affected the amount of debt of Polish, Romanian and Hungarian companies, given the higher interest rates in these economies; the remaining companies have a positive impact. The impact of the GDP growth rate on the amount of debt is mainly negative for Romanian companies regardless of size, medium-sized Polish and Austrian companies, and large Czech companies; a positive effect was found for the remaining companies. Economies have grown for most of the period under review, and negative impacts may mean taking advantage of profits, which usually grow during periods of prosperity and are a cheap source of funding. This does not necessarily mean economic problems and, as a result, declining debt due to the unavailability of debt financing.
  • Publisher: Brno: Sciendo
  • Language: English;Czech
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1804-1663
    ISSN: 1213-2446
    EISSN: 1804-1663
    DOI: 10.2478/revecp-2022-0006
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
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