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CHAPTER 27 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE: EVIDENCE FROM PAKISTAN

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Author(s): Nadeem Ahmed Sheikh,

Book/Volume: Editor(s): Toseef Azid, Ali Abdullah Alnodel, Muhamad Favourites

Azeem Qureshi ISBN: 978-1-78973-008-1 eISBN: 978-1-

78973-007-4

Abstract: Abstract
The purpose of this study is twofold. First, to investigate
whether internal attributes of corporate governance such
as board size, board composition, CEO duality, board
meetings, blockholders' ownership, managerial ownership,
CEO remuneration, and directors' remuneration affect the
capital structure (i.e., total debt ratio, long-term debt ratio,
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Corporate and
and short-term debt ratio) choice of non-financial firms
Shari’ah
listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited during 2009–
Governance in
2014. Second, whether theories relevant to corporate the Muslim
governance developed in western settings provide support World: Theory
to understand the financing behavior of firms in a and Practice
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developing country, Pakistan. In sum, results indicate that
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corporate governance measures have some role in shaping eISBN: 978-1-78973-
007-4
the financing behavior of firms. It is worth mention that Edited by: Toseef Azid,
Ali Abdullah Alnodel,
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each company is bound to explicitly confirm in annual Muhamad Azeem

Qureshi
report regarding compliance with code of corporate Published: 2019
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governance, but results indicate a different story. For
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instance, descriptive statistics indicate that five individual Collection
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larger shareholders on average hold more than 68% shares.

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financing behavior, non-financial firms, Pakistan

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