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Impact of Foreign Ownership on Leverage: A Study of Indian Firms

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  • Surbhi Gupta
  • Surendra S. Yadav
  • P. K. Jain

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Capital structure choice is a corporate decision which provides a combination of securities used to finance the investment requirements ( Myers, 2001 ). That the ownership of a firm influences its decision-making process is a well-accepted economic proposition. Due to liberalization and continuous measures initiated by the Indian government to make India more business-friendly, foreign ownership has assumed a prominence in many Indian firms. In this regard, this article aims to examine the impact of foreign ownership on the financing mix, employing the data of non-financial firms constituting the Nifty 200 index, for the period 2007–2018; the data have been extracted from Bloomberg® and Ace Equity®. Using the generalized method of moments (GMM) technique for empirical analysis, the study observes that there is a statistically significant negative relationship between foreign ownership and leverage.

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  • Surbhi Gupta & Surendra S. Yadav & P. K. Jain, 2024. "Impact of Foreign Ownership on Leverage: A Study of Indian Firms," Global Business Review, International Management Institute, vol. 25(1), pages 51-67, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:globus:v:25:y:2024:i:1:p:51-67
    DOI: 10.1177/0972150920927360
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