Juros sobre o capital próprio: a influência na estrutura de capital das empresas brasileiras listadas na BOVESPA

Abstract

The Law 9.249/95 has abolished the process of monetary correction of balances sheets. As a way of compensating, it has simultaneously allowed the companies to reward their shareholders by paying or crediting interests calculated on the value of equity. The interests on own capital bring benefits to the companies, since they can be considered as a financial expense and are tax-deductible for corporate entities. This change in legislation has created new opportunities for studies in the field of capital structure. This study aims at investigating which influence the interests on own capital exert on the capital structure decisions of Brazilian companies listed on Bovespa. Therefore, the main determinants of the capital structure were identified. Then, the relation between the interests on own capital as well as the other determinants of the capital structure (size, profitability, investment opportunity, risk, sales growth, real interest rate and real exchange rate) on the one hand and the firms’ indebtedness o