Models |
Dependent Variable |
R |
R2 |
Adjusted R2 |
Std. Error |
p-value |
1 |
Financial distress cost |
.548 |
0.410 |
0.405 |
0.56 |
.000** |
2 |
Lowering tax burden |
.044 |
0.290 |
0.283 |
48.08 |
.081 |
3 |
Cost for external financing |
.692 |
0.158 |
0.151 |
0.88 |
.000** |
4 |
Agency problem |
.401 |
0.270 |
0.264 |
0.58 |
.000** |
5 |
Informational asymmetries |
.304 |
0.195 |
0.19 |
0.81 |
.000** |
6 |
Net operating profit after tax |
.53 |
0.282 |
0.276 |
0.58 |
.000** |
7 |
Weighted average cost of capital |
.476 |
0.226 |
0.220 |
0.86 |
.000** |
8 |
Return on invested capital |
.301 |
0.191 |
0.183 |
0.79 |
.000** |