The impact of corporate governance quality on capital structure choices: Does national governance quality matter?

This research investigates the moderating effect of national governance quality on the corporate governance—capital structure decision relationship. Using an instrumental variable estimation technique to analyze a multinational dataset containing 23,142 firm-year observations of 3,270 firms in 59 ec...

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Những tác giả chính: Nguyễn, Thanh Hồng Ân, Nguyễn, Văn Tuấn, Hoàng, Mai Phương
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Được phát hành: Taylor & Francis 2022
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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:123456789-7922022-08-09T15:34:15Z The impact of corporate governance quality on capital structure choices: Does national governance quality matter? Nguyễn, Thanh Hồng Ân Nguyễn, Văn Tuấn Hoàng, Mai Phương Corporate Governance capital structure national governance quality national institutions leverage This research investigates the moderating effect of national governance quality on the corporate governance—capital structure decision relationship. Using an instrumental variable estimation technique to analyze a multinational dataset containing 23,142 firm-year observations of 3,270 firms in 59 economies from 2004 to 2014, we find evidence for the moderating role of national governance quality. Specifically, a well-functioning firm-level governance system tends to force managers to increase borrowing toward an optimal level for shareholders. The strength of the force, however, seems to decrease as national governance quality increases. Our findings suggest that a transparent and investor-friendly business environment created by the government may complement the firm-level corporate governance mechanism by reducing agency problems, thus reducing the need to use leverage as a tool to discipline managers. The results are robust to different proxies for national governance quality, corporate governance quality, and firm leverage. 10 1 1-26 2022-08-09T15:34:08Z 2022-08-09T15:34:08Z 2022 Journal article Bài báo đăng trên tạp chí thuộc SCOPUS, bao gồm book chapter 23322039 http://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/handle/123456789/792 10.1080/23322039.2022.2073003 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85130749210&doi=10.1080%2f23322039.2022.2073003&partnerID=40&md5=74904cd17158b9f741dd2d0238721a64 en Cogent Economics and Finance 2332-2039 Taylor & Francis UK
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topic Corporate Governance
capital structure
national governance quality
national institutions
leverage
spellingShingle Corporate Governance
capital structure
national governance quality
national institutions
leverage
Nguyễn, Thanh Hồng Ân
Nguyễn, Văn Tuấn
Hoàng, Mai Phương
The impact of corporate governance quality on capital structure choices: Does national governance quality matter?
description This research investigates the moderating effect of national governance quality on the corporate governance—capital structure decision relationship. Using an instrumental variable estimation technique to analyze a multinational dataset containing 23,142 firm-year observations of 3,270 firms in 59 economies from 2004 to 2014, we find evidence for the moderating role of national governance quality. Specifically, a well-functioning firm-level governance system tends to force managers to increase borrowing toward an optimal level for shareholders. The strength of the force, however, seems to decrease as national governance quality increases. Our findings suggest that a transparent and investor-friendly business environment created by the government may complement the firm-level corporate governance mechanism by reducing agency problems, thus reducing the need to use leverage as a tool to discipline managers. The results are robust to different proxies for national governance quality, corporate governance quality, and firm leverage.
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author Nguyễn, Thanh Hồng Ân
Nguyễn, Văn Tuấn
Hoàng, Mai Phương
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Nguyễn, Văn Tuấn
Hoàng, Mai Phương
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title The impact of corporate governance quality on capital structure choices: Does national governance quality matter?
title_short The impact of corporate governance quality on capital structure choices: Does national governance quality matter?
title_full The impact of corporate governance quality on capital structure choices: Does national governance quality matter?
title_fullStr The impact of corporate governance quality on capital structure choices: Does national governance quality matter?
title_full_unstemmed The impact of corporate governance quality on capital structure choices: Does national governance quality matter?
title_sort impact of corporate governance quality on capital structure choices: does national governance quality matter?
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publishDate 2022
url http://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/handle/123456789/792
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