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http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2022.vol9.no4.0239

Capital Structure of Malaysian Companies: Are They Different During the COVID-19 Pandemic?  

MOHD AZHARI, Nor Khadijah (Department of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA)
MAHMUD, Radziah (Faculty of Accountancy, Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor)
SHAHARUDDIN, Sara Naquia Hanim (Tymba Education, Professional Accountancy Center)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.9, no.4, 2022 , pp. 239-250 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined the level of capital structure and its determinants of publicly traded companies in Malaysia before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The data for this study was examined using Python Programming Language and time-series financial data from 2,784 quarterly observations in 2019 and 2020. The maximum debt is larger before the COVID-19 period, according to the findings. During the COVID-19 period, short-term debts and total debts have both decreased slightly. However, long-term debts have increased marginally. As a result, this research demonstrates that the capital structure has changed slightly during the COVID-19 period. The findings imply that independent of the capital structure proxies, tangibility, liquidity, and business size had an impact on capital structure in both periods. It was found that profitability had a significant impact on total debts both before and after the COVID-19 crisis. While higher-profit enterprises appear to have lesser short-term debts before the COVID-19 periods, they are also more likely to have lower long-term debts during the COVID-19 periods. Even though growing companies tend to have higher short-term debts and thus total debts during those periods, longterm debts are unaffected by potential growth.
Keywords
Capital Structure; Firm-Specific Characteristics; COVID-19; Python Programming;
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