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Do Institutional Investors Non-Linearly Affect the Capital Structure of Firms: Evidence from India

Journal of Commerce and Accounting Research

Volume 10 Issue 3

Published: 2021
Author(s) Name: Pankaj Chaudhary | Author(s) Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Finance and Business Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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Our study examines the non-linear relationship between institutional investors and capital structure of the Indian firms, to understand its applicability in an emerging economy. We find the applicability of a quadratic relationship between leverage and institutional ownership. We notice that at a lower level of institutional ownership, the relationship is negative, because it initially reduces the debt level of the firms; however, as ownership increases, it is more lucrative to increase the leverage in order to magnify the gains. We also classify the institutional investors into two categories – pressure sensitive and pressure insensitive investors. The behaviour of pressure-sensitive investors and pressure-insensitive investors are different from each other. The behaviour of pressure-insensitive investors is similar to aggregate institutional investors, whereas we found contrasting behaviour for pressure-sensitive investors in our study. Investors should understand that simply having more proportion of institutional investors in a firm’s equity is not going to resolve agency conflicts. It is the presence of pressure-insensitive investors that will help mitigate the agency.

Keywords: Agency Problems, Leverage, Institutional Investors, Pressure-Sensitive Investors, Pressure-Insensitive Investors

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