This study aims to investigate the effect of capital structure and ownership structure on firms' performance. In addition, the study also examines the existence of reverse causality hypothesis using the firm's level data from three industries of three ASEAN countries, i.e. Indonesia, Malaysia...

This paper conducts a firm-level analysis of the effect of taxation on corporate investment patterns in member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Using large-scale panel data on nonfinancial firms over the period 1990-2014, and controlling for macro-structural...

The paper uses firm-level data to assess the financial health of the Vietnamese non-financial corporate sector on the eve of pandemic. Our analysis finds that smaller domestic firms were particularly vulnerable even by regional comparison. A sensitivity analysis suggests that the COVID-19 shock...

This paper conducts a firm-level analysis of the effect of taxation on corporate investment patterns in member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Using large-scale panel data on nonfinancial firms over the period 1990-2014, and controlling for macro-structural...

This study aims to investigate the effect of capital structure and ownership structure on firm performance. In addition, this study also examines the existence of reverse causality using firm-level data from three industries of three ASEAN countries, i.e., Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. It...

Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of sustainable practices as proxied by the environmental, social and governance (ESG) score on capital structure. It also investigates whether ESG performance influences the speed of adjustment (SOA) to target leverage in firms....