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THE IMPACT OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND CERTAIN FIRM SPECIFIC VARIABLES ON THE VALUE OF THE FIRM: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM KUWAIT
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Ahmad Mohammad Obeid Gharaibeh, Adel Mohammed Sarea 
Abstract
The main objective of this study is to empirically examine the impact of leverage and certain firm-characteristics that are believed to have significant effects on the decision to use debt and on the value of the firm. The sample is composed of 48 companies listed in the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) representing four different sectors. The study uses actual and historical panel data set obtained from the published annual reports of individual firms in addition to the publications of KSE. The study was accomplished using 8 years of data with a total of 239 observations representing the study period 2006-2013. The study uses descriptive statistics, correlation, and multiple-regression analyses to examine the impact of explanatory variables on the value of the firm. The study findings lead to the conclusion that capital structure (leveraging) is the most influential factor on firm’s value. Business risk, previous year’s value (one-year lagged ROA), dividends payout ratio, size, growth opportunities and liquidity of the firm are found to have significant influence on the firm’s value in Model 1 (where ROA is used as a proxy for the value of the firm). In model 2 (i.e., where ROE is used as a proxy of the firm’s value), the findings reveal that capital structure (leveraging); firm’s size, growth opportunities and liquidity of the firm are significant influential of the firm’s value. The study is valuable to academicians, finance managers, policy makers and other stakeholders as it fills the gap of literature by providing up-to-date evidence of the impact of capital structure and other firm specific variables on the value of the firm in Kuwait.
Keywords: Capital Structure, Firm Value, Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE)
How to cite this paper: Gharaibeh, A.M.O., Sarea, A.M. (2015). The impact of capital structure and certain firm specific variables on the value of the firm: Empirical evidence from Kuwait. Corporate Ownership & Control, 13(1-10), 1191-1200. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i1c10p6
