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Mali, Dafydd 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3582-2429 and Lim, Hyoung-Joo
(2022)
Does relative (absolute) efficiency affect capital costs?
Annals of Operations Research, 315 (2).
pp. 1037-1060.
ISSN 0254-5330
Abstract
In this paper, we examine the effect of relative/absolute firm efficiency on weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Using a sample of Korean listed firms, we find that WACC is negatively associated with relative firm efficiency (operational performance) suggesting that firms with higher (lower) relatively efficiency are expected to pay lower (higher) capital costs. When we repeat our analysis using absolute firm efficiency (ROA), we do not find a statistically significant relationship. Our results suggest relative efficiency which is estimated as output (sales) divided by the resources that are directly under the control of management is assessed by capital providers and impounded into a firm’s capital costs. Absolute efficiency (ROA) which is estimated as sales divided by total assets is not. Our results suggest that simple accounting ratios used in the accounting literature are not considered as informative to explain borrowing costs compared to relative efficiency that captures managerial operational performance.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s). |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | cost of capital,dea,firm efficiency,risk,wacc,decision sciences(all),management science and operations research ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1800 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Aug 2024 08:30 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Sep 2024 08:05 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/96333 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10479-021-04159-0 |
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