Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:26:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RITA_VAROLI_ADM.pdf: 1159708 bytes, checksum: 8070f74bae277d874b99654abce2e142 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-09-14 / International and Brazilian s researchers have been showing studies to answer questions about an optimal leverage. Following evidences of an optimal capital structure s existence and its relevance for creation value, this paper shows the comparison of actual financing leverage with results of theoretical models, using different approaches to achieve the optimal financing mix. Five methods were applied, looking for those that are better fitted to predict leverage for food and beverage and paper and pulp firms. These approaches are: operational margin method, return differential method, adjusted present value method, average weighted cost of capital method and comparative method, in which a cross sectional with capital structure determinants is used to obtain the optimal leverage. / Estudos internacionais e brasileiros têm sido realizados por pesquisadores na busca de uma resposta para a existência de uma estrutura ótima de capital. Partindo da vertente das evidências de que esta existe com sua conseqüente relevância para a criação de valor, este trabalho mostra a comparação dos níveis de endividamento atuais com resultados de modelos teóricos ideais, usando diferentes abordagens que se propõem fornecer o chamado nível de endividamento ótimo. Foram aplicadas cinco abordagens de cálculo para estimar graus ótimos de endividamento em empresas do setor de alimentos e bebidas e de papel e celulose, procurando verificar quais abordagens se apresentam mais adequadas. Essas abordagens são: método do lucro operacional, método do diferencial do retorno, método do custo de capital, método do valor presente ajustado ao método comparativo por regressão cross sectional, na qual dados determinantes de capital são usados para obter o endividamento em nível ótimo.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:26:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Claudio Campos.pdf: 616754 bytes, checksum: 460e9f837eac7a814ae3967a63fbc3f7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-03 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / Two theoretical currents, which have been developed in the context of the North American economy, compete with each other to explain the Capital Structure of organizations. The first one called Static Trade-off Theory shows that the enterprises pursue a pre-established capital structure, whereas the second, called Pecking Order Theory" states that what determines the debt-ratio of the enterprises is the difference between the cash-flow generated internally and the financial deficit. It is the scope of this study to test the hypothesis of Trade-off and Pecking Order in the Corporate decisions concerning Finance using the Cross-Section Method to analyze the data of a sample of 214 Brazilian firms listed in Bovespa Stock Exchange. This study took into consideration the structure of research by Tong and Green (2005) which had been performed with a sample of 50 Chinese companies, due to the characteristics of the Chinese economy and the recommendation on the part of the authors to apply these models in countries under development or economies in transition. The studies carried out by Allen (1993), Baskin (1989) and Adedeji (1998) were also used to define three models in which the Pecking Order Theory and the Trade-off Theory present very different predictions:- (1) The determinants of financial leverage, (2) the relationship between financial leverage and dividends, (3)The determinants of the Corporate investment. As a relevant result, it was confirmed through the first model that there is indeed a negative and significant relation between financial leverage and profitability; the second model showed a positive and significant relation between financial leverage and index of dividends paid; whereas the third model, like in the studies by Tom and Green, did not lead to any conclusions; pointing out that the overall results tend to the Pecking Order Theory. Therefore, this work brings new empirical evidences for the theories by Tong and Green showing that the behavior of financing of the Brazilian companies follow the conventional model of Corporate Capital Structure. / Duas correntes teóricas, que foram desenvolvidas no contexto da economia norte-americana, competem entre si pela explicação da estrutura de capital das empresas. A primeira, chamada de Static Trade-off Theory, indica que as empresas perseguem uma estrutura de capital pré-estabelecida, e, a segunda, denominada Pecking Order Theory, corrobora que o que determina o endividamento das empresas é a diferença entre o fluxo de caixa gerado internamente e o déficit financeiro. Visando a testar as hipóteses de Trade-off e Pecking Order nas decisões corporativas de finanças e usando a metodologia de análise de dados em corte transversal cross-section" para uma amostra de 214 das maiores empresas brasileiras listadas na bolsa de valores Bovespa, este estudo considerou a estrutura da pesquisa de Tong e Green (2005) elaborada com uma amostra de 50 empresas chinesas, dadas as características da economia chinesa e a indicação dos autores para se trabalhar esses modelos em países em desenvolvimento ou economias em transição. Também foram utilizados, como base, os estudos de Allen (1993), Baskin (1989) e Adedeji (1998) para estabelecer os três modelos nos quais as teorias de Pecking Order e Trade-off apresentam previsões claramente diferentes: (1) os determinantes da alavancagem financeira; (2) a relação entre alavancagem financeira e dividendos; e (3) os determinantes dos investimentos corporativos. Como resultado expressivo, confirmamos, por meio do modelo (1), que há , de fato, uma relação negativa e significante entre alavancagem financeira e rentabilidade das empresas; e, no modelo (2), uma relação positiva e significante entre alavancagem financeira e os índices de dividendos pagos. Entretanto, o modelo (3), a exemplo do resultado do trabalho de Tong e Green (2005), mostrou-se inconclusivo, apontando, no final, que os resultados tendem para a teoria de Packing Order. Esses resultados acrescentam novas experiências empíricas para as teorias de Trade-off e Pecking Order, demonstrando que o modelo convencional de estrutura de capital corporativo pode explicar o comportamento de financiamento das empresas brasileiras.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:31:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cinthia Barbosa Silvaprot.pdf: 1405136 bytes, checksum: 2b98a11d2fc1dad8f4d0e99f0e0ca038 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-05-04 / In this research paper we examine the determinants of capital structure using data of the investigated countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, France, Germany and Japan (Banks Oriented); and United States and the United Kingdom (Market Oriented). The observations of the sample firm-year for the period period from 2000 up until 2013 collected in the Compustat database, Thomson Reuters datastream and The World Bank - World Development Indicators. Our results indicate the positive effect of market liquidity in the leverage of Brazilian firms, Indian, German and American. In addition, the positive impact of the interaction between the bank credit and the leverage of firms in Brazil and Germany, and negative leverage of firms from India, Japan and the USA. The research also suggests the negative impact of the interaction between leverage and profitability of firms. The results of variables: growth opportunities, performance in the stock price, the tax benefit of not debt, size and tangibility of the effect is different between the investigated countries. / Esta pesquisa mensura e analisa os determinantes da estrutura de capital avaliando dados dos países investigados: Brasil, Rússia, Índia, China, França, Alemanha e Japão (orientação econômica a bancos); e, Estados Unidos e Reino Unido (orientação econômica a mercado). As observações firma-ano da amostra para o período entre 2000 e 2013 foram coletadas nas bases de dados Compustat, Thomson Reuters datastream e The World Bank - World Development Indicators. A análise de dados em painel encontrou evidências que sugerem o efeito positivo da Liquidez de mercado na alavancagem das firmas brasileiras, indianas, alemãs e americana, além do efeito negativo nas firmas japonesas. Adicionalmente, o estudo indica que o crédito bancário afeta positivamente a alavancagem das firmas do Brasil e Alemanha, e negativamente a alavancagem das firmas da Índia, Japão e EUA. A pesquisa sugere ainda a relação negativa entre a alavancagem das firmas e a rentabilidade. Nos resultados das variáveis: crescimento de oportunidades, desempenho no preço das ações, benefício fiscal da não dívida, tamanho e tangibilidade o sinal da correlação depende do país investigado.

O objetivo desta tese foi avaliar os efeitos decorrentes do registro de instrumentos financeiros híbridos junto às linhas patrimoniais. Para tanto, foram utilizados modelos de relevância informacional, os quais avaliam a forma como os números contábeis são assimilados pelos preços e retornos acionários (OHLSON, 1995; ABOODY et al., 1999; LIMA, 2010; LOPES; WALKER, 2012). Adicionalmente, também foram observadas as inter-relações entre a emissão e a contabilização de tais contratos com o custo de capital próprio, alavancagem financeira e a carga tributária efetiva, respectivamente, considerados como determinantes para utilização dessa modalidade de captação de recursos (LEE; FIGLEWICZ, 1999). No tocante ao desenvolvimento metodológico desta pesquisa, foram compostos dois conjuntos amostrais, sendo: (i) grupo de interesse, formando por 39 empresas que emitiram os instrumentos híbridos aqui estudados, presentes em 10 jurisdições; e (ii) grupo de controle, no qual se encontram 107 organizações domiciliadas nos mesmos países e setores, bem como de composição patrimonial similar ao grupo previamente relatado. Foram coletadas observações para essas companhias de dezembro de 2005 a dezembro de 2015, em bases trimestrais, perfazendo um total de 3.386 observações. A leitura das notas explicativas do grupo de interesse indicou que essas empresas registraram os híbridos junto ao PL, considerando elementos interpretativos minimamente questionáveis à luz da essência econômica sobre a forma jurídica desses títulos. Isto é, sob uma análise conjugada dos instrumentos híbridos aqui avaliados com a IAS 32, é possível inferir que a modalidade de contratos analisada se aproxima mais da definição de passivo financeiro do que de instrumento patrimonial. Entretanto, no âmbito dos resultados quantitativos, verificou-se, em linhas gerais, que os modelos de relevância informacional indicam que o montante dos híbridos afeta os preços e retornos acionários dos emitentes não relacionados a projetos de infraestrutura, de maneira positiva e estaticamente significante. Tal contrariedade pode ser mais bem compreendida aplicando-se o conceito da profecia autorrealizável de Merton (1968), em que o registro contábil de um título como PL, ainda que de maneira equivocada, desencadeará nos agentes de mercado a percepção de que esse de fato possui tal condição, adotando comportamentos que fazem com que a concepção originalmente falsa se torne verdadeira. Do mesmo modo, a ausência de questionamentos por parte dos auditores externos e dos reguladores corroboraria o tratamento empregado pelas organizações, gerando os efeitos descritos nos investidores. Com relação aos fatores determinantes para emissão desses títulos, foi verificado que os emitentes possuem custo de capital próprio superior, são mais alavancados financeiramente e demonstraram cargas tributárias efetivas inferiores aos não emitentes. Dessa maneira, é possível concluir que embora novas modalidades de contratos para obtenções de valores, tais como os instrumentos híbridos, sejam importantes para o financiamento das atividades empresarias, é fundamental que a contabilidade represente de forma fidedigna a natureza econômica desses instrumentos, a fim de que não haja distorções na posição patrimonial das entidades e, por conseguinte, gere vieses nos usuários das demonstrações financeiras / The main purpose of this thesis was to evaluate the effects of hybrid financial instruments bookkeeping as equity. Therefore, were used value relevance econometrics models, which assess how the accounting figures are assimilated by the stock prices and stock returns (OHLSON, 1995; Aboody et al., 1999; LIMA, 2010; LOPES; Walker, 2012). Additionally, were observed the relationships between these contracts and cost of capital, financial leverage and effective tax rate, respectively, considered crucial to use of this fundraising tool (LEE; FIGLEWICZ, 1999). Regarding to the methodological development of this research was composed two samples, namely: (i) interest group, formed by 39 companies that issued hybrid instruments presents in 10 different jurisdictions; and (ii) control group, which have 107 organizations domiciled in the same countries and operating in the same sectors, as well as its equity composition is similar to the interest group. Observations were collected for these firms from December 2005 to December 2015, on a quarterly basis, forming a total database with 3.386 observations. The technical notes of the interest group analysis indicated that these firms recorded hybrids as equity instruments, considering interpretative elements at least questionable in light of the economic substance over the legal form of these bonds. Therefore, in a combined analysis of hybrid instruments evaluating IAS 32 together, it is possible to infer that these contracts is closer to the concept of financial liability than equity instrument definition. However, under the quantitative finds, it was verified that the amount of hybrid affects the prices and stock returns of issuers, not related to infrastructure projects, in a positive and statistically significant way. Such results opposition might be better understood applying the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy of Merton (1968), in which the accounting records of a contract such as equity, albeit wrongly, will trigger on the market players the insight that this truly or it has such condition, adopting behaviors that make the original false conception becomes true. Similarly, the absence of queries by regulators and auditors corroborate the treatment employed by the firms, supporting the effects described on the investors. Concerning to the determinant factors for the issuance of these bonds, was found that the issuers have higher cost of capital, are more leveraged and revealed lower effective taxes rates than non-issuers. Hence, can be concluded that while new forms of contracts for obtaining resources, such as hybrids, are important for the financing of entrepreneurial activities, it is essential that accounting represent faithfully the economic nature of these instruments in order to not create distortions in the financial position and, therefore, generate biases in users of financial statements.

This research explores one avenue for achieving sustainability within the fashion industry; which as it exists today is unsustainable. The Slow Fashion movement has an existing foundation in the larger fashion industry and is already making strides towards sustainability. The authors used this opportunity to examine a strategic approach, as its current approach is ad hoc. First, the authors assessed the Slow Fashion movement using the 5 level Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development. To analyze the Slow Fashion movement further, the concept of Leverage Points was used to provide a focused lens to assist the author’s in navigating through the fashion industry’s complex system. Findings were synthesized into thirty strategic recommendations that target various players in the Slow Fashion movement. Three key recommendations will provide the most leverage in strengthening the Slow Fashion movement: 1) Co-create Slow Fashion Principles to represent the values of the movement and a shared definition of sustainability 2) Establish an overarching global network and local chapters for the Slow Fashion movement 3) Harmonize global garment and textile labelling initiatives under a Slow Fashion label.

There is an increasing acknowledgement in Eco-municipalities – cities using the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD) as a tool for their planning process – of the need for Cross-Sector Collaboration, but the necessary expertise is often lacking. The purpose of this study is to better understand effective CSC in Eco-municipalities through indicating potential leverage points and inform the use of the FSSD in this specific context. An 'effective CSC' lens is constructed from general CSC literature and documents from Eco-municipalities. 187 barriers and enablers to effective cross-sector collaboration are identified from interviews with experts and interviews from the In-depth Case Study in the city of Eindhoven. An 'Importance Index' defined by alignment with Lens Factors is developed to select key indicators. These key indicators are clustered into 45 potential leverage points for effective CSC in Eco-municipalities. The use of these potential leverage points is checked in an In-depth Case Study through a Causal Loop Diagram in which nine leverage points were identified. Interrelations between these leverage points, unexpected results and methodology are discussed, conclusions are drawn, and further research is suggested.

This thesis investigates the performance of hedge funds, funds of hedge funds and alternative Ucits together with the determinants of this performance by using new or well-suited econometric techniques. As such, it lies at the frontier of finance and financial econometrics and contributes to both fields. For the sake of clarity, we summarize the main contributions to each field separately. <p>The contribution of this thesis to the field of financial econometrics is the time-varying style analysis developed in the second chapter. This statistical tool combines the Sharpe analysis with a time-varying coefficient method; thereby, it is taking the best of both worlds. <p>Sharpe (1992) has developed the idea of “style analysis”, building on the conclusion that a regression taking into account the constraints faced by mutual funds should give a better picture of their holdings. To get an estimate of their holdings, he incorporates, in a standard regression, typical constraints related to the regulation of mutual funds, such as no short-selling and value preservation. He argues that this gives a more realistic picture of their investments and consequently better estimations of their future expected returns.<p>Unfortunately, in the style analysis, the weights are constrained to be constant. Even if, for funds of hedge funds the weights should also sum up to 1, given their dynamic nature, the constant weights seem more restrictive than for mutual funds. Hence, the econometric literature was lacking a method incorporating the constraints and the possibility for the weights to vary. Motivated by this gap, we develop a method that allows the weights to vary while being constrained to sum up to 1 by combining the Sharpe analysis with a time-varying coefficient model. As the style analysis has proven to be a valuable tool for mutual fund analysis, we believe our approach offers many potential fields of application both for funds of hedge funds and mutual funds.<p>The contributions of our thesis to the field of finance are numerous. <p>Firstly, we are the first to offer a comprehensive and exhaustive assessment of the world of FoHFs. Using both a bootstrap analysis and a method that allows dealing with multiple hypothesis tests straightforwardly, we show that after fees, the majority of FoHFs do not channel alpha from single-manager hedge funds and that only very few FoHFs deliver after-fee alpha per se, i.e. on top of the alpha of the hedge fund indices. We conclude that the added value of the vast majority of FoHFs should thus not be expected to come from the selection of the best HFs but from the risk management-monitoring skills and the easy access they provide to the HF universe.<p> <p> <p>Secondly, despite that the leverage is one of the key features of funds of hedge funds, there was a gap in the understanding of the impact it might have on the investor’s alpha. This was likely due to the quasi-absence of data about leverage and to the fact that literature was lacking a proper tool to implicitly estimate this leverage. <p>We fill this gap by proposing a theoretical model of fund of hedge fund leverage and alpha where the cost of borrowing is increasing with leverage. In the literature, this is the first model which integrates the rising cost of borrowing in the leverage decision of FoHFs. We use this model to determine the conditions under which the leverage has a negative or a positive impact on investor’s alpha and show that the manager has an incentive to take a leverage that hurts the investor’s alpha. Next, using estimates of the leverages of a sample of FoHFs obtained through the time-varying style analysis, we show that leverage has indeed a negative impact on alphas and appraisal ratios. We argue that this effect may be an explanation for the disappointing alphas delivered by funds of hedge funds and can be interpreted as a potential explanation for the “capacity constraints ” effect. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to report and explain this negative relationship between alpha and leverage in the industry. <p>Thirdly, we show the interest of the time-varying coefficient model in hedge fund performance assessment and selection. Since the literature underlines that manager skills are varying with macro-economic conditions, the alpha should be dynamic. Unfortunately, using ordinary least-squares regressions forces the estimate of the alpha to be constant over the estimation period. The alpha of an OLS regression is thus static whereas the alpha generation process is by nature varying. On the other hand, we argue that the time-varying alpha captures this dynamic behaviour. <p>As the literature shows that abnormal-return persistence is essentially short-term, we claim that using the quasi-instantaneous detection ability of the time-varying model to determine the abnormal-return should lead to outperforming portfolios. Using a persistence analysis, we check this conjecture and show that contrary to top performers in terms of OLS alpha, the top performers in terms of past time-varying alpha generate superior and significant ex-post performance. Additionally, we contribute to the literature on the topic by showing that persistence exists and can be as long as 3 years. Finally, we use the time-varying analysis to obtain estimates of the expected returns of hedge funds and show that using those estimates in a mean-variance framework leads to better ex-post performance. Therefore, we conclude that in terms of hedge fund performance detection, the time-varying model is superior to the OLS analysis.<p>Lastly, we investigate the funds that have chosen to adopt the “Alternative UCITS” framework. Contrary to the previous frameworks that were designed for mutual fund managers, this new set of European Union directives can be suited to hedge fund-like strategies. We show that for Ucits funds there is some evidence, although weak, of the added value of offshore experience. On the other hand, we find no evidence of added value in the case of non-offshore experienced managers. Motivated to further refine our results, we separate Ucits with offshore experienced managers into two groups: those with equivalent offshore hedge funds (replicas) and those without (new funds). This time, Ucits with no offshore equivalents show low volatility and a strongly positive alpha. Ucits with offshore equivalents on the other hand bring no added value and, not surprisingly, bear no substantial differences in their risk profile with their paired funds offshore. Therefore, we conclude that offshore experience plays a significant role in creating positive alpha, as long as it translates into real innovations. If the fund is a pure replica, the additional costs brought by the Ucits structure represent a handicap that is hardly compensated. As “Alternative Ucits” have only been scarcely investigated, this paper represents a contribution to the better understanding of those funds.<p>In summary, this thesis improves the knowledge of the distribution, detection and determinants of the performance in the industry of hedge funds. It also shows that a specific field such as the hedge fund industry can still tell us more about the sources of its performance as long as we can use methodologies in adequacy with their behaviour, uses, constraints and habits. We believe that both our results and the methods we use pave the way for future research questions in this field, and are of the greatest interest for professionals of the industry as well.<p> / Doctorat en Sciences économiques et de gestion / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

The change in statutory audit in 2010 made the auditor market more competitive and commercial market. Since audit is no longer mandatory for small and medium sized enterprises, the need of providing value-added audit has been increased. The value-added audit is a concept used by audit firms, trying to meet client expectations, but can the demanded value depend on the client? The purpose of the study is to try to explain the client's demand for value-added audit. The study can provide a better understanding of what factors affect the client's demand. The demanded value has been divided into two different groups: audit-value and added-value. In accordance with accounting theories, for example stakeholder theory and agency theory, the model of the study has been developed. The model illustrates factors that might affect the client's demand of value-added audit, including the expected relation for the different factors. The empirical material is collected, partly through a survey study, partly through secondary data. The result indicates factors that might tend to affect the client’s demand of value-added audit, which are in line with earlier studies. Our conclusion is that client’s demand of value-added audit may depend the importance of internal stakeholders, leverage and position. The new understanding may promote are more effective value-added audit for the client and the auditor. During the study, a lesser studied area was identified, which were if the marketing strategy of various audit firms are different. The variation of marketing may therefore be interesting to study in future research. / I samband med slopande av revisionsplikten 2010, har revisorns arbetsmarknad förändrats till att bli en mer konkurrensutsatt och kommersiell marknad. Eftersom det inte längre är obligatorisk för alla aktiebolag att anlita en revisor har behovet av att påvisa ett tillfört värde för klienten ökat. Mervärdet är ett koncept som revisionsbyråer använder för att försöka möta klientens förväntningar, men kan värdet av revisionen variera beroende på klient? Syfte med studien är att försöka förklara klientens efterfrågade värde av revisorn. Tanken med studien är att bidra med en bättre förståelse kring vilka faktorer som påverkar klientens efterfrågade värde, vilka har delats in i två värden: revisionsvärde och mervärde. Med hjälp av relevanta redovisningsteorier, exempelvis intressentteori och agentteori, har studiens modell utvecklats. Modellen illustrerar faktorer som kan antas påverka klientens efterfrågade värde av revisorn samt vilket samband som förväntas föreligga för respektive faktor. Studiens empiriska material har insamlats, dels genom en enkätundersökning, dels genom att hämta sekundärdata från respektive klients årsredovisning. Resultatet av studien indikerar på faktorer som tenderar till att påverka klientens efterfrågade värde av revisorn, vilka överensstämmer med tidigare forskning. Vår slutsats är att klientens efterfrågade värde av revisorn kan bero på följande faktorer: betydelsen av interna intressenter, skuldsättningsgrad och befattning. Den nya förståelsen kan främja en mer effektiv och värdeskapande revision, dels för klienten, dels för revisorn. I samband med studien identifierades ett mindre utforskat område inom värdeskapande revision, vilket var om marknadsföringsstrategin varierar mellan revisionsbyråer. Revisionsbyråernas marknadsföring kan därmed vara intressant för framtida forskning att studera.

This Diploma thesis deals with economical analysis of ZEPRIS s.r.o company during years 2007 and 2013. Used methodological apparatus includes both absolute indicators and ratios, economic value added, financial distress prediction models, analysis of financial and operating leverage and stock analysis. In the practical part selected indicators are applied to company. Comparison with the industry of engineering construction is done according to the available data for the period 2007-2012.

The goal of the Thesis was to perform a research about the Private Equity industry and Leveraged Buyout type of deal. Within practical part of the Thesis, was goal to create financial model and use it to analyse real case LBO transaction. Due to lack of Czech literature about the topic and secrecy of the industry, foreign studies and literature were primary source of information but also an interviews with Czech investment professionals and advisors. In practical part of the Thesis was created general LBO model with Microsoft Excel, with functions able to perform different LBO transactions. This financial model, was later used to perform LBO acquisition analysis of company Severomoraské vodovody a kanalizace Ostrava a.s.