Predicting Restructuring Outcomes of Financially Distressed Firms in Malaysia
Abd Halim Ahmad
· Nur Adiana Hiau Abdullah
· Kamarun Nisham Taufil Mohd
·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2022 ·JEL: G33, G32, G34
This study examined the effects of institutional factors, including; board size, blockholder ownership, and political connections, as some of the determinants (apart from various company-level financial variables) on the outcomes of financi...
Monetary Policy, Bank Ownership, and the Lending Channel: Evidence from ASEAN
Fazelina Sahul Hamid
· Muhamed Zulkhibri
·Institutions and Economies ·2019 ·JEL: E44; E52
This paper examines the effectiveness of bank lending channels in ASEAN countries. The main objective of this paper is to identify whether the effectiveness of bank lending channels in ASEAN differs based on the countries’ financial structu...
The Impact of Financial Constraints and Ownership on Firm Productivity in Malaysia
Mohd Adib Ismail
· Sharlily Shahira Mat Nasir
·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2019
Financial resources are an important factor in investment decisions. Access to fnancial resources is a key determinant to increase productivity and consequently generate frm growth. This paper aims to investigate the impact of fnancial cons...
Banks’ Risk-taking and State Ownership: Evidence from Asian Emerging Markets
Ai-Xin Lee
· Chee-Wooi Hooy
·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2020 ·JEL: G21, G28, G32
This paper examines the relationship between state ownership and banks’ risk-taking in nine Asian emerging markets for the period 2009 to 2017. The finding shows that state-owned banks are associated with higher risk-taking in terms of cred...
Ownership Concentration and Debt Structure: Evidence from Top 100 PLCs in Malaysia
Neshaleni S. Paramanantham
· Irene Wei Kiong Ting
· Qian Long Kweh
·Institutions and Economies ·2018 ·JEL: G31; G32; G34
This study examines the impact of ownership concentration on debt structure. Based on marketcapitalisation, we obtained financial and governance data from Top 100 public listed companies in Malaysia for the period 2011-2015. Ordinary least...
Factors Influencing Directors’ Remuneration Disclosure in Malaysia PLCs
Mohd Yassir Jaafar
· Anuar Nawawi
· Ahmad Saiful Azlin Puteh Salin
·Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities ·2019
This study is intended to examine the levels of directors’ remuneration disclosure among public-listed companies in Malaysia. It further aims to examine the relationship among total directors’ remuneration, directors’ education level, size...
Bank lending and the business cycle: Does ownership matter in ASEAN countries?
Fazelina Sahul Hamid
·Journal of Asian Economics ·2020
We analyze the lending cyclicality of 213 ASEAN commercial banks over the period 2001–2015. The findings indicate that lending by private banks is procyclical while lending by state banks is countercyclical. Long-term liabilities also move...
Drivers of export competitiveness: new evidences from the manufacturing industry in Malaysia
Miao Zhanga
· Md Aslam Mia
·Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy ·2020 ·JEL: D22 F23 L60 O14
With cognizance to firms’ heterogeneity in an industry, this paper employs the most recent, unpublished and large-scale firm-level data of 14,687 manufacturing firms in Malaysia in 2015 to revisit the drivers of manufacturing exports. Apply...