Comparison of Determinants of Capital Structure in Lippo Group and Bakrie Group Companies Listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (Partial Adjustment Model Approach)

Abstract

This study aims to determine the determinants of the capital structure of the Lippo Group and the Bakrie Group listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange using the partial adjustment model approach. The population in the Lippo Group company is 12 and the population at the Bakrie Group company is 9. The sample of this study is that all companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange are 21 companies. Data analysis used panel data regression method with partial adjustment model approach. The results of the research in the t test at the Lippo Group company show that the lag leverage has a positive and insignificant effect on leverage, profitability has a positive and significant effect on leverage, company size has a positive and insignificant effect on leverage, earning volatility has a positive and significant effect on leverage, assets tangibility has a positive and significant effect on leverage and growth opportunity has a positive and insignificant effect on leverage. The results of the research in the t test at the Bakrie Group company show that the lag leverage has a positive and insignificant effect on leverage, profitability has a positive and insignificant effect on leverage, company size has a positive and insignificant effect on leverage, earning volatility has a positive and insignificant effect on leverage, assets tangibility has a negative and insignificant effect on leverage, growth opportunity has a negative and insignificant effect on leverage. The partial adjustment model test results show that only Lippo Group company on the variables of profitability, earning volatility and assets tangibility have a significant positive effect on leverage. The results of the comparison of the optimal capital structure show that the Bakrie Group has a higher level of optimal capital structure by 83% than the Lippo Group at 55%. Keywords: Lag Leverage, Profitability, Company Size, Earning Volatility, Assets Tangibility, Growth Opportunity, Leverage.