SMALL FIRMS’ CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE
Kokeyeva S. Hájek P. Adambekova A.
2022Bulgarska Akademiya na Naukite
Ikonomicheski Izsledvania
2022#31Issue 4128 - 144 pp.
The article examines the existence and strength of capital structure determinants on SMEs’ financial performance. We tested predictions using a panel of 230 SMEs during 2015-2019 in Kazakhstan. The study is one of the few studies investigating the capital structure of small business companies’ profitability in developing countries. The empirical analysis’s main conclusions show the negative impact of all debt levels on the return on assets and the direct interaction between the debt burden and equity. The findings show that industry effects are significant in explaining SMEs’ capital structure decisions. The results generally suggest that following the pecking order theory, owners of small firms maximize their retained earnings and raise debt only when additional funding is needed.
capital structure , emerging markets , firm performance , profitability , ROA , ROE , small companies
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Narxoz University, Finance and Data Analytics Department, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Unicorn Research Centre, Praha, Czech Republic
Narxoz University
Unicorn Research Centre
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