Capital structure and firm performance during global financial crisis

The relationship between capital structure and firm performance has been extensively investigated in the recent decades. However, only few studies investigate this relationship during financial crisis. Recent global financial crisis provides an opportunity to examine the effect of the crisis on the...

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Main Authors: Khodavandloo, Marzieh, Zakaria, Zukarnain, Md. Nassir, Annuar
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Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61041/
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author Khodavandloo, Marzieh
Zakaria, Zukarnain
Md. Nassir, Annuar
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Zakaria, Zukarnain
Md. Nassir, Annuar
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description The relationship between capital structure and firm performance has been extensively investigated in the recent decades. However, only few studies investigate this relationship during financial crisis. Recent global financial crisis provides an opportunity to examine the effect of the crisis on the relationship between capital structure and firm performance. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate this relationship based on 45 listed companies involved in trading and services sector of the Bursa Malaysia, over three specific periods of recent financial crises; the pre-crisis (2004-2006), crisis (2007-2009), and post-crisis recovery (2010-2013). The study results indicate that financial leverage has a strong negative impact on firms’ performance. These results are stronger during the global financial crisis began in 2007 and ended in 2009. These results observed in both simple regression and cross-sectional analyses even after controlling for firm specific measures.
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spelling upm-610412019-05-14T02:44:18Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61041/ Capital structure and firm performance during global financial crisis Khodavandloo, Marzieh Zakaria, Zukarnain Md. Nassir, Annuar The relationship between capital structure and firm performance has been extensively investigated in the recent decades. However, only few studies investigate this relationship during financial crisis. Recent global financial crisis provides an opportunity to examine the effect of the crisis on the relationship between capital structure and firm performance. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate this relationship based on 45 listed companies involved in trading and services sector of the Bursa Malaysia, over three specific periods of recent financial crises; the pre-crisis (2004-2006), crisis (2007-2009), and post-crisis recovery (2010-2013). The study results indicate that financial leverage has a strong negative impact on firms’ performance. These results are stronger during the global financial crisis began in 2007 and ended in 2009. These results observed in both simple regression and cross-sectional analyses even after controlling for firm specific measures. EconJournals 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61041/1/Capital%20structure%20and%20firm%20performance%20during%20global%20financial%20crisis.pdf Khodavandloo, Marzieh and Zakaria, Zukarnain and Md. Nassir, Annuar (2017) Capital structure and firm performance during global financial crisis. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 7 (4). 498 - 506. ISSN 2146-4138 http://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/5089
spellingShingle Khodavandloo, Marzieh
Zakaria, Zukarnain
Md. Nassir, Annuar
Capital structure and firm performance during global financial crisis
title Capital structure and firm performance during global financial crisis
title_full Capital structure and firm performance during global financial crisis
title_fullStr Capital structure and firm performance during global financial crisis
title_full_unstemmed Capital structure and firm performance during global financial crisis
title_short Capital structure and firm performance during global financial crisis
title_sort capital structure and firm performance during global financial crisis
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61041/1/Capital%20structure%20and%20firm%20performance%20during%20global%20financial%20crisis.pdf