Empirical studies have found that managers choose debt rather than equity to avoid EPS dilution and buy back outstanding shares to boost EPS, I thus explore the resulting effect of EPS on leverage. A firm’s leverage is negatively influenced by the level of its EPS. I also find that fluctuations in EPS have large effects on leverage and these effects persist for at least a decade. Besides, the negative impact of EPS on leverage becomes much stronger after the passage of SOX, in which period managers engage in more actions of debt-equity choices or stock repurchases with the sole purpose of manipulating EPS. Furthermore, managers’ equity incentives and corporate governance are two economic mechanisms through which EPS negatively influences leverage.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:CHENGCHI/G0993575073 |
| Creators | 陳苡文, Chen, Yi Wen |
| Publisher | 國立政治大學 |
| Source Sets | National Chengchi University Libraries |
| Language | 英文 |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Rights | Copyright © nccu library on behalf of the copyright holders |
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