Stock Liquidity and Capital Structure: An Empirical Study on Amman Stock Exchange
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This paper examines the relationship between stock liquidity and capital structure, using a sample of 38 industrial companies listed on Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) over the time period 2000 through 2009. The univariate and panel regression analysis results show insignificant relationship between the three measures of liquidity (Amihud's (2002) illiquidity, modified turnover, and modified liquidity ratio) and both book leverage and market Leverage. These results are inconsistent with Lipson and Mortal (2010) and Frider and Martell (2006) using U.S firms, and Udomsirikul, et, al. (2010) using Thai firms. The results suggest that corporate ownership concentration, dependent on bank loans, and less sophisticated capital markets in Jordan still dominated, and liquidity still has no effect on capital structure choices.
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