Managerial Overconfidence, Inflation Uncertainty, And Capital Structure Choice: Evidence Of Malaysian Shari'ah-Compliant Firms

Osman, Khairul Nizam (2023) Managerial Overconfidence, Inflation Uncertainty, And Capital Structure Choice: Evidence Of Malaysian Shari'ah-Compliant Firms. PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.

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Abstract

Using a unique dataset of 332 manufacturing and non-manufacturing Malaysian Shari'ah public-listed firms over the 2010-2018 period, this thesis explores capital structure choice in the context of managerial overconfidence and inflation uncertainty, focusing on the dynamic interaction between the two. The main empirical findings of a panel robust two-step System GMM show that increased managerial overconfidence, proxied by the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research’s (MIER) Business Condition Index (BCI), increases financial leverage in manufacturing firms of considerable size, aligning with the overconfident-standard pecking order theory proposed by Heaton (2002). The study also revealed that both measures of inflation uncertainty, namely variability and uncertainty, exert a direct negative influence on the capital structure of Shari’ah firms, albeit in distinct ways

Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions: Pusat Pengajian Pengurusan (School of Management) > Thesis
Depositing User: Mr Aizat Asmawi Abdul Rahim
Date Deposited: 21 Oct 2025 03:45
Last Modified: 21 Oct 2025 03:45
URI: http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/63017

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