Myers (1984) suggests a more dynamic version in which high growth firmsreduce leverage in order to avoid raising equity as investment opportunitiesarise in the future. Our results are also somewhat difficult to reconcilewith this interpretation. Table II shows that high market-to-book firmsreduce leverage through issuing equity, not through retaining earnings.Also, this version of the pecking order predicts a relationship between leverageand future investment opportunities. Our results control for current market-to-book and show that leverage is much more strongly determinedby past values of market-to-book.16