4.2.2. Alternative dependent variables
In Panel B of Table 3, we examine whether the negative effect of creditor rights on leverage persists when we use alternative
measures of leverage, namely, the total debt ratio (the sum of short-term debt and long-term debt scaled by total assets) in Model
6 and the market debt ratio (long-term debt scaled by the market value of assets) in Model 7. The coefficients on Creditor Rights
are consistently negative in both models, and thus our main finding of a negative effect of creditor rights on the use of debt is
robust to the choice of leverage measure.