The issues of financial constraints emphasis that firms use internal cash rather than debt or equity for investments. In a country where family controlled are prominent this could lead to distortion of capital and economy growth. Hence, over rely on internal financing lead firms to invest...

The study focuses on the causes and consequences of information asymmetry. Using a sample of 180 Malaysian manufacturing firms, the findings show that insiders and industrial competition contribute to the problem of information asymmetry. The presence of large shareholders as insiders in low...

This paper addresses the interaction relationship between debt financing and ownership structure towards firms' value in Malaysia. Two issues are addressed in this study. The study examines whether managers and controlling large shareholders pursue rent seeking objective through excessive...

This study examines the antecedents and consequences of credit risk (CR) in Iraqi banks' context from 2011 to 2020. POLS, FEM, and REM regression estimators were used to test the hypotheses after obtaining an appropriate model. The hypotheses test findings on CR antecedents reveal that the...