Factors Affecting the Use of Leverage Among Manufacturing Firms in Indonesia

摘要

A firm's decision to use leverage becomes a controversial policy between the managers and shareholders. The aim of this study was to reveal the determinants that affect a firm's decision to use leverage. Data was collected from financial reports of manufacturing firms in Indonesia during the years of 2010-2017. Based on data analysis by using Eviews 6.0, it can be revealed that institutional ownership, foreign ownership, and firm size positively and significantly affected a firm's decision to use leverage. Meanwhile, asset structure had negative and significant effect, and managerial ownership had positive yet insignificant effect on such decision.