HomeDefinitionsCompareDebt Term structure of interest ratesThe financial definition for Term structure of interest rates:Relationship between interest rates on interest rates of different interest rates, usually depicted in the form of a graph often called a interest rates. Harvey shows that inverted term structures (long rates below short rates) have preceded every recession over the past 30 years. Similar MatchesMarket microstructureMarket microstructureThe functional setup of a market. Pecking order view (of capital structure)Pecking order view (of capital structure)The argument that external financing transactions costs, especially those associated with the problem of adverse selection, create a dynamic environment in which firms have a preference, or pecking-order of preferred sources of financing, when all else is equal. Internally generated funds are the most preferred, followed by new debt, and debt-equity hybrids. Finally, new equity is at the least preferred source. Personal tax view (of capital structure)Personal tax view (of capital structure)The argument that the difference in personal tax rates between income from debt and income from equity eliminates the disadvantage of the double taxation (corporate and personal) of income from equity. Further SuggestionsPie model of capital structureStructured arbitrage transaction Structured debt Structured note Structured portfolio strategy Structured settlement Click to compare definitions of Term structure of interest rates Click to view definitions beginning te |