Is the Nexus Between Capital Structure and Firm Performance Asymmetric? An Emerging Market Perspective

Nikhil M N, Sandeep S Shenoy, Suman Chakraborty and Lithin B M

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Abstract: The nature of the relationship between leverage and firm performance has been a subject of investigation in extant literature. We re-examine the nature of the association by using a sample of 78 non-financial firms listed in the Nifty 100 index during the 2013-2023 period by applying the quantile regression technique and comparing the result with the linear regression approach (system GMM technique). Our empirical analysis demonstrates that leverage negatively impacts the performance of firms. Further, results show that the association is non-homogeneous among firms of different quantiles: leverage withers the performance of highly profitable firms (upper quantile) than low profitable firms (lower quantile). The identified concave relationship highlights the prominence of optimal capital structure and the role of finance managers in designing a sound financial policy that matches firm characteristics and borrowing requirements. The findings of our study draw insightful implications for managers and policymakers while contributing to the ongoing leverage and firm performance debate reported in previous studies.

Keywords: leverage; profitability; non-homogeneous; nonlinear relation; quantile regression; GMM; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 C26 C33 G30 G32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-09-02, Revised 2023-11-17
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Published in Cogent Economics and Finance 1.12(2024): pp. 2296195

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