| The research aims at analyzing the effects of Asset Structure, Firm Size, Profitability, Liquidity and the Growth of Credit Granted to the Capital Structure in the banking companies registered in Indonesian Stock Exchange from 2000-2007. The population is the banks registered in Indonesian Stock Exchange, and the samples are obtained by using Purposive Sampling technique. The samples must fit the following criteria: 1) registered in Indonesian Stock Exchange from 2000-2007, 2) had capital of more than 500 billion rupiahs, and 3) submitted the financial statement during the research. Multiple Linear Regression Analysis was employed to analyze the influence of independent variables toward the dependent variables. The Assumptions of Classical Model test was applied, followed by t-test, F-test and Coefficient of determination (R2). The research problems are to find out the influence of: 1) Asset Structure on Capital Structure; 2) Firm Size on Capital Structure; 3) Profitability on Capital Structure; 4) Liquidity on Capital Structure; 5) The Growth of Credit Granted on Capital Structure; and 6) Asset Structure, Firm Size, Profitability, Liquidity and the Growth of Credit Granted on Capital Structure. The result of the analysis showed that Asset Structure and Profitability had significant negative influence on Capital Structure when these variables were analyzed partially. On the contrary, Firm Size, Liquidity, and the Growth of Credit Granted did not have any influence on Capital Structure. When all variables were analyzed collectively, they influenced Capital Structure. |