Abstract

Market Timing und Finanzierungsentscheidungen: Unterscheidet sich Europa von den USA? Seit der Arbeit von Baker/Wurgler (2002) hat sich die Market-Timing-Theorie als alternative Kapitalstrukturtheorie etabliert. Sie impliziert, dass die Kapitalstruktur von Unternehmen das kumulierte Ergebnis von Versuchen des Equity Market Timing ist. Im Rahmen dieser Studie wird untersucht, inwiefern sich die Hypothesen des Market Timing für andere Kapitalmärkte als den US-amerikanischen verallgemeinern lassen. Es ist dabei zu vermuten, dass in einem europäischen Marktumfeld aufgrund anderer institutioneller Strukturen keine bzw. nur unwesentliche Market-Timing-Effekte auftreten. Übereinstimmend mit dieser Hypothese zeigen unsere Ergebnisse, dass sich Equity Market Timing für Unternehmen des DAX und Euro Stoxx 50 nicht nachweisen lässt. Unsere Ergebnisse scheinen hingegen in Einklang mit der dynamischen Pecking-Order-Theorie zu stehen. (JEL G32) Market Timing and Financing Decisions: Are there any Differences between Europe and the USA? After publication of the Baker/Wurgler study (2002) the Market Timing theory has established itself as an alternative capital structure theory. It implies that the capital market structure of an enterprise represents the accumulated result of Equity Market Timing attempts. Within the framework of this study, it has been examined to what extent it would be possible to generalize the Market Timing hypotheses so that they are also valid for capital markets other than those of the USA. With this in mind, it would be fair to assume that no – or just insignificant – Market Timing effects occur in a European market environment owing to different institutional structures. In line with this hypothesis, the results we have obtained demonstrate that Equity Market Timing cannot be proven to exist for DAX enterprises and for EURO Stoxx 50 companies. It rather appears that the results we have obtained are in conformity with the Dynamic Pecking Order theory.

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