nÃo hà / O objetivo deste trabalho à apresentar uma interpretaÃÃo da crise financeira norte-americana iniciada em 2007, analisando as estruturas de financiamentos hipotecÃrios e os processos de endividamento das famÃlias americanas, de acordo com o arcabouÃo teÃrico sugerido por Hyman Minsky, utilizando seus estudos da Instabilidade Financeira. Destacamos dois elementos relevantes no processo de crise. O primeiro deles tem a ver com o fato das crises se portarem em ciclos, com inÃcio em uma fase de boom onde o cenÃrio macroeconÃmico à favorÃvel, atà que algum evento exÃgeno altera o cenÃrio e os agentes endividados, tornam-se insolventes. A partir daÃ, em busca de moeda para fazer frente a situaÃÃes de escassez monetÃria, passarÃo a liquidar seus ativos a preÃos cada vez menores e assim entra-se na fase de colapso. O segundo elemento à relacionado à excessiva liberalizaÃÃo financeira, ou seja, um problema da prÃpria estrutura do sistema financeiro que ao possuir um carÃter pouco regulado, especialmente com o advento de inovaÃÃes financeiras, contribuiria para a fragilizaÃÃo de todo o sistema. A monografia procura demonstrar, portanto, que a instabilidade econÃmica ocorrida na crise norte-americana de 2007 tem relaÃÃo com a fragilidade do sistema financeiro, como Minsky evidencia em suas teorias. / The objective of this paper is to present an interpretation of the U.S. financial crisis started in 2007, analyzing the structures and processes mortgages indebtedness of U.S. households, according to the theoretical framework suggested by Hyman Minsky, using his studies Financial Instability . Featuring two important elements in the process of crisis. The first has to do with the fact that crises behave in cycles, beginning in a boom phase where the macroeconomic environment is favorable, until some exogenous event changes the scenario and the agents indebted, become insolvent. From there, in search of money to cope with shortages monetary, will liquidate its assets at ever lower prices and thus enters into the stage of collapse. The second element is related to excessive financial liberalization, ie a problem of the very structure of the financial system that has a character loosely regulated, especially with the advent of financial innovations, would contribute to weakening the whole system. The paper seeks to show, therefore, that the economic instability that occurred in the American crisis of 2007 has to do with the fragility of the financial system, as Minsky shows in their theories.

The main goal of this thesis is to find out whether is within individual industries preferred as the main source of financing debt financing for the period from 2011 to 2015. Then determine an industry that prefers foreign capital the most and select three representatives from that industry and analyze them in detail. Materials that are used for this work have the character of available public resources. The thesis is divided into three main parts. The theoretical part explains the indicators of the debt, theories to determine the optimal debt and other terms that are used in the third part. In the second part are described individual industries using the classification CZ NACE. Work is finished by the summary, which sums the findings

The aim of this work attempts to identify some causes of the current trend in household debt. The work presents its own model of debt financing. Subjects maximize their discounted utility, which depends on its consumption and debt financing in different time periods. Consumer and mortgage loans are analysed. Model simulates an inefficiency of any type of consumer debt financing, and allows benefits in certain situations in mortgage debt financing. These results are discussed in terms of model assumptions, and also from the perspective of some behavioral approaches to indebtedness. The findings are put into comparison with the current trend in the debt financing and identify the reasons, why the model is or is not equivalent to today's economic trends.

This thesis presents various dynamic models of corporate decisions to address two main issues: investment distortions caused by debt financing and cash flow sensitivities. In the first chapter, four measures of investment distortion are computed. First, the effect of financing frictions is examined. The tax benefit of debt induces firms to increase their debt capacity and to invest beyond the first-best level on average. The cost of this investment distortion outweighs the tax benefit of debt. Second, Myers's (1977) debt overhang problem is examined in a dynamic framework. Debt overhang obtains on average, but not in low technology states. Third, there is no debt overhang problem in all technology states when debt is optimally put in place prior to the investment decision. Finally, the cost of choosing investment after the debt policy is examined. Equity claimants lose value by choosing to invest after their debt is optimally put in place because they do not consider the interaction between their investment choice and the debt financing conditions. The second chapter explores the impact of financial constraints on firms' cash flow sensitivities. In contrast to Fazzari, Hubbard, and Petersen (1988), cash flow sensitivities are found to be larger, rather than smaller, for unconstrained firms than for constrained firms. Then, why is investment sensitive to cash flow? In the two models examined in the second chapter, the underlying source of investment opportunities is highly correlated with cash flows. Investment may be sensitive to cash flow fluctuations simply because cash flows proxy for investment opportunities. This leaves two important questions. Can this chapter suggest a better measure of investment opportunities than Tobin's Q? Not a single measure for both the unconstrained and constrained firm models. Can this chapter suggest an easily observable measure of financial constraint? Yes: large and volatile dividend-to-income ratios. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate

The new Insolvency Law came into the account in 2008. It brought number of innovations. New rules for reorganization and dealing with bankruptcy was established. Companies facing the bankruptcy are now allowed to get operational funds by loan financing in the scope of insolvency law. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the use of debt financing during the reorganization under bankruptcy law and identifying motives for his provision creditors. The work also focuses on success factors reorganization and find the main risk areas affecting the outcome of the healing process.

A research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Commerce (specialising in Taxation) / The popularity of hybrid instruments as a tax planning technique has grown over the years. There is an increasing global awareness on the use of these instruments and on addressing the tax gaps created by these instruments. South Africa introduced significant amendments to the legislation on hybrid debt instruments, ahead of many countries around the globe. This research report examines hybrid debt instruments and the tax concerns which have created the need for specific tax legislation addressing such instruments. It considers tax policies proposed by the international tax fraternity, global trends in changes to tax policies and South Africa‘s stance on such tax policies. The amended section 8F and new section 8FA of the Income Tax Act are included in this consideration. Key words: arrangement, debt, deductible, dividend, equity, host country, interest, hybrid debt instrument, hybrid interest, home country, tax / MT2017

The debt-to-equity ratio is useful for showing a company ́s financial capacity. As a result of the accompanying risks that a high level of leverage entails, most companies strive to be financed by equity as much as possible. However, tax benefits obtained through debt financing add complexity to the issue as a trade-off between risk and reward should be carefully considered. Previous empirical literature has shown that there is a relationship between the composition of the board, the gender of the CEO and the company’s capital structure.  The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the relationship between the composition of the board and the CEO’s gender as well as the company’s capital structure in Swedish listed companies of Large, Mid and Small Cap between the years 2016 – 2020. This is done through a quantitative method where secondary data is analyzed through a multiple regression analysis. The result shows that there is no statistically significant relationship between the composition of the board and the company’s debt-to-equity ratio, while there is a negative statistically significant relationship between the CEO’s gender and the company’s debt-to-equity ratio. This leads to one of the study’s two hypotheses being rejected while the other hypothesis is accepted.

With the stakeholder model, the responsibility that companies have in society extends beyond yielding profit to their shareholders. They are also responsible for the environmental and social impact their operations may have, requiring a new type of financing with this kind of commitment in mind. Green bonds are already used extensively in Sweden, especially within the real estate sector regarding green investing and has been well researched. Social investments and social bonds on the other hand, even though there is a growing interest, are not widely applied in the Swedish real estate market. At the same time, the subject remains uncharted by researchers. With a deductive approach using semi-structured interviews with real estate professionals, debt investors, and researchers, this thesis aims to answer why Swedish real estate companies are not using social bonds and what can be done to facilitate its use. The main findings are that social investments and bonds are competing with green bonds, preventing their application. Another hindrance is finding relevant and easily measurable KPIs for social bonds. / Med lanseringen av stakeholdermodellen har synen på företagens roll i samhället förändrats. Modellen menar att företag har ett ansvar för den miljömässiga samt sociala påverkan deras verksamhet har. Med ett sådant ansvar, behövs en ny typ av finansieringsmetod. Gröna obligationer används idag flitigt när det kommer till att göra gröna investeringar i Sverige, framför allt inom fastighetssektorn. Trots ett ökat intresse för sociala investeringar och sociala obligationer bland svenska fastighetsbolag används inte finansieringsformen alls i samma utsträckning som ute i Europa. Även forskningen på området är begränsad. Genom ett deduktivt tillvägagångssätt, med semi-strukturerade intervjuer med verksamma personer inom fastighetsbranschen, skuldinvesterare samt forskare är syftet med uppsatsen att ge svar på vad som begränsar svenska fastighetsbolag från att använda sociala obligationer, samt vad som krävs för att underlätta nyttjandet av finansieringsmodellen i framtiden. De huvudsakliga slutsatserna som dras i rapporten är att det som främst begränsar fastighetsbolagen från att emittera sociala obligationer är konkurrensen från gröna obligationer. Vidare framgår att ett sätt att underlätta användningen av sociala obligationer är att hitta relevanta och mätbara KPIer.

Since theories of corporate finance are recognised to be conditional, this study explores the impact of the global financial crisis (GFC) of 2007-2009 and institutional settings in determining corporate financial decisions. The recession on the supply of credit and demand for credit affects the corporate financial channels. The credit recession causes more agency costs, bankruptcy costs and information asymmetry, which adversely influence both borrowing and investments. Firms reduce debt financing, retain more cash and cut corporate payouts due to a sharp rise in uncertainty. Moreover, the role of institutional settings on corporate decisions differs following the GFC. Three empirical chapters contribute to the literature: First, Chapter 3 investigates the role of GFC on determinants and the adjustment speed of leverage and debt maturity and reveals that the effect of bankruptcy costs, agency costs and information asymmetry only increases on debt maturity, as opposed to leverage in the post-GFC. The adjustment speed of leverage and debt maturity drops after the GFC due to the low supply and demand for credit. Chapter 4 examines how cash holdings have been affected by the GFC across countries which have different agency problems and analyses how the rise of agency costs and information asymmetry can explain cash decisions before and after the GFC. Financially constrained firms have quicker cash holdings’ adjustment compared to unconstrained firms. However, while firms in low-governance countries have slower adjustment speed of cash than those in high-governance countries in pre-crisis, it has been found that it is vice versa in the post-crisis period. Finally, Chapter 5 analyses the effect of agency problems and the GFC on dividend payouts. Contrary to firms in high-governance countries, those in common-law countries are less likely to pay out dividends, as confirmed by the substitute and outcome models, sequentially after the GFC. Also, dividends are used as a signalling device by the GFC. Overall, the GFC and institutional settings impact corporate financial policies of firms to specify where and when their shareholders invest. / Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Turkey İlim Yayma Vakfı İstanbul İktisatçılar Derneği (İKDER)

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