Does state ownership really matter for capital structure in selected G-20 economies?

Muhammad Yusuf Amin, Mustafa Besim and Zahoor Ul Haq

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, 2019, vol. 32, issue 1, 3150-3167

Abstract: The effect of state ownership on the capital structure decisions of enterprises in selected G-20 countries is estimated using financial and accounting data of 252 state-owned and 6503 non-state-owned firms for the period 2011–2015. The results indicate that state ownership is positively associated with leverage in all the selected G-20 countries. However, this phenomenon changed when countries were considered according to their income levels because state-owned enterprises in high-income countries carry more debt, while the opposite is true for lower-middle-income countries. The results were also divergent when the effects of various firm-specific variables were compared between state and non-state-owned enterprises across the development spectrum.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2019.1661000

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