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Determinants of Corporate Leverage in Publicly Listed GCC Companies – Conventional versus Sukuk

In: Global Corporate Governance

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  • Rwan El-Khatib

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I study the determinants of conventional leverage in a sample of publicly listed corporations based in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, for a period spanning from 2005 up to end of 2014, and investigate whether those determinants can also explain the utilization of Sukuk by the same corporations in their capital structures. Evidence related to the determinants of conventional leverage is consistent with results from prior studies conducted on corporations based in developed and developing countries. Firm’s size, profitability, tangibility, age, and tendency to pay dividends are significant determinants of conventional leverage. However, not all those factors significantly explain the utilization of Sukuk as a financing vehicle. The size of the firm remains to be the most significant factor, in addition to the conformance of those corporations with respect to Shari’a principles measured by their utilization of other Islamic investments and financing instruments. Overall, I conclude that models used to predict conventional leverage are not capable of fully explaining the determinants of Sukuk issuances.

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  • Rwan El-Khatib, 2017. "Determinants of Corporate Leverage in Publicly Listed GCC Companies – Conventional versus Sukuk," Advances in Financial Economics, in: Global Corporate Governance, volume 19, pages 77-102, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:afeczz:s1569-373220160000019004
    DOI: 10.1108/S1569-373220160000019004
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    1. Aziz, Saqib & Ashraf, Dawood & El-Khatib, Rwan, 2021. "Societal trust and Sukuk activity," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).

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    Keywords

    Capital structure; leverage; conventional bonds; Islamic finance; Sukuk; G32; Z12;
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    JEL classification:

    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion

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