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Journal of Competitiveness

The Effect of Corporate Governance on Firms’ Capital Structure of Listed Companies in Sri Lanka

Bulathsinhalage Siromi, Pathirawasam Chandrapala

Klíčová slova
corporate governance, capital structure, debt ratio, Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), multiple regression analysis

Abstrakt:
There is a great awareness among the researchers to carry out researches on corporate governance and it contributes to the firms’ competitive advantage and business success. In today’s turbulent economic environment, competitiveness has become more important than ever for a firm’s survival and success. However, there is a gap in studies focusing on corporate governance and capital structure in the context of Sri Lanka. The aim of this study is to empirically investigate whether attributes of corporate governance affect decisions on capital structure of listed companies in Sri Lanka. The sample of the study consisted of 138 non-financial listed companies for five-year period from 2009 to 2013. Board size, board composition, leadership structure, board committees, and managerial ownership were used as corporate governance variables whereas debt ratio as the measure of capital structure and return on assets (ROA) and firm size as control variables. The variables were empirically tested by multiple regression analysis. The findings revealed that there is no significant effect of corporate governance attributes except board composition & board committee on capital structure. The variable of board composition has a significant positive effect and board committee has a negative effect on capital structure.

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10.7441/joc.2017.02.02


Bulathsinhalage S., Pathirawasam Ch. (2017). The Effect of Corporate Governance on Firms’ Capital Structure of Listed Companies in Sri Lanka. Journal of Competitiveness, 9 (2), 19-33. https://doi.org/10.7441/joc.2017.02.02

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