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The factors which affect the capital structure decision may be classified as :
a) Internal Factors
b) External Factors
c) General Factors
Internal Factors
Risk Factors
Cost of Capital
Control
Trading on Equity
External Factors
Nature of Enterprise
Size of the Company
Purpose of Financing
Period of Finance
Provision for future
Marketing
Requirement of investors
Capital Structure Theories
Capital Structure can affect the value of a company by
affecting either its expected earnings or the cost of capital
or both. Every financial manager tries to have an
optimum capital structure. In order to explain the
relationship between capital structure and the value of the
firm, different theories have been suggested like-