TY - JOUR AU - Saona, Paolo AU - San Martin, Pablo AU - Vallelado González, Eleuterio PY - 2024 SN - 1566-0141 UR - https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/68063 AB - This study analyzes the zero-debt decisions of BRICS firms using a bivariate probit model. The leading hypotheses are financial flexibility and financial constraints. On the demand-side, our findings reveal that managerial debt aversion, early... LA - eng PB - Elsevier KW - Zero leverage KW - BRICS KW - Financial flexibility KW - Financial restrictions KW - Capital structure KW - Bivariate probit model TI - The zero-debt puzzle in BRICS countries: Disentangling the financial flexibility and financial constraints hypotheses DO - 10.1016/j.ememar.2024.101163 ER -