Capital structure and firm performance: the role of corporate governance

• DOI: 10.1504/ijbge.2021.118595
• Publication Date: 2021-10-30T11:30:29Z
• Authors: Hussain Muhammad; Stefania Migliori; Sana Mohsni
• Keywords: capital structure; debt ratio; corporate governance mechanisms; board size; board independence; managerial ownership; firm performance; return on assets; Tobin's Q; mediation and moderation; Italian non-financial firms; 0502 economics and business; 05 social sciences

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether corporate governance has a mediating or moderating effect on the relationship between capital structure and firm performance. This study employs a qu...