Purpose–This paper aims to investigate the determinants of capital structure of non-financial
firms in Iran. Design/methodology/approach–This paper reviews different conditional …

This article investigates the financial structure of small firms with an emphasis on growth and
access to capital markets. Neo-classical economic, life cycle, pecking order and agency …

This paper develops a preliminary study to explore the determinants of capital structure of
Chinese-listed companies using firm-level panel data. The findings reflect the transitional …

This paper examines the empirical determinants of borrowing decisions of firms and the role
of adjustment process. A partial adjustment model is estimated by GMM estimation …

The paper investigates how firms operating in capital market-oriented economies (the UK
and the US) and bank-oriented economies (France, Germany, and Japan) determine their …

An ongoing argument in financial management has been how to craft a capital structure
which maximizes shareholder wealth. This question has gained prominence within the …

Prior research on capital structure by Rajan and Zingales (1995) suggests that the level of
gearing in UK companies is positively related to size and tangibility, and negatively …

This paper intends to address the effects of firm-specific characteristics on the formation of
capital structure amongst a balanced panel sample of 559 firms in six European countries …

Many Muslim individual and institutional investors seek to invest only in stocks that are
compliant with the Shari'ah (ie Islamic law). Among others, Dow Jones addressed this …

We examine the determinants of capital structure of Malaysian companies utilizing data from
1984 to 1999. We classify data into four sub-periods that correspond to different stages of …