Perfect Market View

Perfect market view (of capital structure)

Analysis of a firm's capital structure decision, which shows the irrelevance of capital structure in a perfect capital market.

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Perfect market view (of dividend policy)

Analysis of a decision on dividend policy, in a perfect capital market environment, that shows the irrelevance of dividend policy.

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Miller and Modigliani's Irrelevance Proposition

A theory stating that if financial markets are perfectly efficient, then how a company is a financed has no bearing on its performance. That is, without taxes, asymmetric information, or government and other unnecessary fees, then a company is equally likely to perform well regardless if it is financed by equity issues, debt, or something else. It also states that a company's dividend policy is irrelevant in these circumstances. This theory has been used to justify the increased use of leverage since the 1980s and critics contend that it has led to needless risk-taking.