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The Determinants of the Life Cycle Stages of Brazilian Public Companies: A Study Based on FinancialAccounting Variables

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Abstract

This paper analyses the relation between firms’ life cycles stages according to Dickinson’s (2011) definition and accounting and financial ratios. We applied multinomial logistic regression analysis on a sample of 1,515 observations of public companies listed on BM&FBOVESPA between 2005 and 2012. Based on the literature about firms’ life cycle stages (YAN; ZHAO, 2010; MILLER; FRIESEN, 1984; FAMA; FRENCH, 2001) the accounting and financial ratios used were dividends distribution, leverage, market-to-book, return on equity, firm size and revenue growth. The results show that leverage, dividends distribution, market-to-book, return on equity, firm size and revenue growth could be used as explanatory factors to classify firms’ life cycle stages.

Keyword : Life cycle, accounting ratios, Finance, Brazilian public companies, Capital market Ciclo de vida, indicadores contábeis, finanças, companhias abertas brasileiras, mercado de capitais

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Costa, W. B. da, Macedo, M. A. da S., Yokoyama, K. Y., & Almeida, J. E. F. de. (2017). The Determinants of the Life Cycle Stages of Brazilian Public Companies: A Study Based on FinancialAccounting Variables. Brazilian Business Review, 14(3), 304–320. https://doi.org/10.15728/bbr.2017.14.3.3

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