Cogency of Capital Structure Theories to an Islamic Country: Empirical Evidence from the Kuwaiti Banks
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Keywords
Capital Structure; Firm Size; Pecking Order Theory; Static Trade-Off Theory; Banking Sector; Kuwait Stock Exchange; Kuwait;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C42 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Survey Methods
- G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
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