Determinants of capital structure for firms in an Islamic equity index: comparing developed and developing countries

Purpose – The paper aims to identify the differences between developed and developing country firms with respect to firm-specific and country-level determinants of their capital structure. For this purpose, all constituent firms in one of the oldest Islamic equity indices, Dow Jones Islamic Market W...

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Main Authors: Evrim Hilal Kahya, Hüseyin Yiğit Ersen, Cumhur Ekinci, Oktay Taş, Koray D. Simsek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Capital Markets Studies
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Online Access:https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JCMS-07-2020-0023/full/pdf?title=determinants-of-capital-structure-for-firms-in-an-islamic-equity-index-comparing-developed-and-developing-countries