Barclay,Smith and Watts (1995) found that:
A) the relationship between leverage and the market-book value ratio was highly significant in a statistical sense but was not 'economically' significant.
B) taxes do not have an important effect on corporate leverage decisions.
C) their findings are consistent with the pecking order theory because they show that leverage is negatively related to profitability.
D) leverage was positively related to the tangibility of assets and negatively related to the market-book value ratio in seven countries.
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