Abstract:

The aim of the article is to verify the financial factors determining the capital structure of Polish, listed banks. The most important determinants of making decisions regarding the capital structure are described and the most important theories of capital structure are highlighted. The level of development of the Polish banking sector in the context of other countries in the region was presented. The following factors influencing the capital structure were subject to empirical verification: liquidity, bank size, profitability, dividends, assets tangibility, revenue diversification. Empirical materials were analyzed on the basis of descriptive statistics and correlation analysis.