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Corporate governance and capital structure in developing countries: a case study of Bangladesh

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  • Faizul Haque
  • Thankom Gopinath Arun
  • Colin Kirkpatrick

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This paper investigates the influence of firm-level corporate governance on the capital structure pattern of non-financial listed firms, using a case study of Bangladesh. The agency theory suggests that better corporate governance will reduce agency costs and improve investor confidence, which in turn will enhance the ability of a firm to gain access to equity finance, reducing dependence on debt finance. Conversely, the controlling shareholders of poorly governed firms are likely to prefer debt, in order to retain absolute ownership and control rights. The OLS regression framework uses a questionnaire-survey based Corporate Governance Index (CGI). The study results seem to support agency theory, with a statistically significant inverse relationship between corporate governance quality and the total as well as long-term debt ratios.

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  • Faizul Haque & Thankom Gopinath Arun & Colin Kirkpatrick, 2009. "Corporate governance and capital structure in developing countries: a case study of Bangladesh," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(6), pages 673-681.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:43:y:2009:i:6:p:673-681
    DOI: 10.1080/00036840802599909
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    1. Jayesh Kumar, 2005. "Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Firm Financing in India," Finance 0502003, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. ManYing Kang & Marcel Ausloos, 2017. "An Inverse Problem Study: Credit Risk Ratings as a Determinant of Corporate Governance and Capital Structure in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies," Economies, MDPI, vol. 5(4), pages 1-23, November.

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