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dc.contributorDepartment of Building and Real Estateen_US
dc.contributor.advisorShen, Jianfu Jeff (BRE)en_US
dc.creatorZhang, Yu-
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.lib.polyu.edu.hk/handle/200/10754-
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherHong Kong Polytechnic Universityen_US
dc.rightsAll rights reserveden_US
dc.titleThe effect of financial supervision on capital structure: evidence from real estate firms in Chinaen_US
dcterms.abstractThe issue of how China's unique institutional features shape capital structure decisions has not been paid due attention and there is a debate on the effect of China's government-directed financial restraints. To provide new insights for these issues, the paper examines the impacts of the recent strict financial supervision, as a supply-side exogenous shock, on corporate capital structure decisions and financing behaviors in the real estate sector of China. Using a panel data set of 79 listed Chinese companies for the period 2010Q3-2019Q4, we obtain four major findings. First, this round of strict financial supervision has a significant inhibitory effect on interests-bearing type liabilities of real estate companies by restricting the flow direction of the funds of financial institutions. Second, the middle stage of this supervision has the greatest negative impact on the leverage ratios of real estate firms, because of its more restrictions on the main financing channels and stronger enforceability. Thirdly, trade credit, especially advance receipts from homebuyers, has a substitution effect on interest-bearing liabilities, and this substitution effect is enhanced under the supervision. Fourthly, the supervision has a greater impact on reducing the interests-bearing debts of large and state-owned developers than that of small and non-state-owned developers, while its positive impact on the advance receipts of large and state-owned developers is higher than that of small and non-state-owned developers to a greater extent. Our findings verify the effectiveness of this financial supervision under the typical Chinese government intervention and interpret real estate firms' financing decisions and behaviors under the financing environment with discrimination and the institutional system that state ownership plays a pivotal role in realizing the government's will.en_US
dcterms.extentiv, 77 pages : color illustrationsen_US
dcterms.isPartOfPolyU Electronic Thesesen_US
dcterms.issued2020en_US
dcterms.educationalLevelM.Sc.en_US
dcterms.educationalLevelAll Masteren_US
dcterms.LCSHFinance -- Government policy -- Chinaen_US
dcterms.LCSHReal estate business -- Chinaen_US
dcterms.LCSHReal property -- Government policy -- Chinaen_US
dcterms.LCSHFinancial services industry -- China -- State supervisionen_US
dcterms.LCSHBanks and banking -- China -- State supervisionen_US
dcterms.LCSHHong Kong Polytechnic University -- Dissertationsen_US
dcterms.accessRightsrestricted accessen_US

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