AGENCY THEORY AND OPTIMAL CAPITAL STRUCTURE

In the corporate finance, the agency theory tries to explain the behavior of various agents that intervene in the company’s funding (managers, shareholders and debt holders) and to analyze the impact of these behaviors on the financial structure. Accordingly to the agency theory, the optimal financi...

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Main Authors: MARIA ZENOVIA GRIGORE, VIORICA MIRELA ŞTEFAN-DUICU
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Published: Nicolae Titulescu University Publishing House 2013-05-01
Series:Challenges of the Knowledge Society
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description In the corporate finance, the agency theory tries to explain the behavior of various agents that intervene in the company’s funding (managers, shareholders and debt holders) and to analyze the impact of these behaviors on the financial structure. Accordingly to the agency theory, the optimal financial structure of the capital results from a compromise between various funding options (equity, debts and hybrid securities) that allow the reconciliation of conflicts of interests between the capital suppliers (shareholders and creditors) and managers. The indebtedness allows shareholders and managers to adhere to same objectives, but causes other conflicts (between managers and shareholders, on the one hand, and creditors, on the other side). The optimal level of indebtedness is the one that allows the minimization of overall agency costs.
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spelling doaj-art-e8b5cd3650ec43b09fd596e6568789742025-01-02T10:18:24ZengNicolae Titulescu University Publishing HouseChallenges of the Knowledge Society2068-77962068-77962013-05-013-862868AGENCY THEORY AND OPTIMAL CAPITAL STRUCTUREMARIA ZENOVIA GRIGORE0VIORICA MIRELA ŞTEFAN-DUICU1Associate Professor, PhD, Faculty of Economic Sciences, “Nicolae Titulescu” University of Bucharest (mgrigore@univnt.ro).Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Economic Sciences, “Nicolae Titulescu” University of Bucharest, PhD candidate, “Valahia” University of Targoviste (chirita.mirela@gmail.com).In the corporate finance, the agency theory tries to explain the behavior of various agents that intervene in the company’s funding (managers, shareholders and debt holders) and to analyze the impact of these behaviors on the financial structure. Accordingly to the agency theory, the optimal financial structure of the capital results from a compromise between various funding options (equity, debts and hybrid securities) that allow the reconciliation of conflicts of interests between the capital suppliers (shareholders and creditors) and managers. The indebtedness allows shareholders and managers to adhere to same objectives, but causes other conflicts (between managers and shareholders, on the one hand, and creditors, on the other side). The optimal level of indebtedness is the one that allows the minimization of overall agency costs.http://cks.univnt.ro/uploads/cks_2013_articles/index.php?dir=2_Economic_Sciences%2F&download=cks_2013_economy_art_004.pdfagency theoryagency relationshipagency costsoptimal capital structureequitydebts
spellingShingle MARIA ZENOVIA GRIGORE
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agency theory
agency relationship
agency costs
optimal capital structure
equity
debts
title AGENCY THEORY AND OPTIMAL CAPITAL STRUCTURE
title_full AGENCY THEORY AND OPTIMAL CAPITAL STRUCTURE
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title_short AGENCY THEORY AND OPTIMAL CAPITAL STRUCTURE
title_sort agency theory and optimal capital structure
topic agency theory
agency relationship
agency costs
optimal capital structure
equity
debts
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