The capital structure: Government-Linked and Non- Government-Linked Companies in the trading and services industry in Malaysia / Wahida Ahmad, Noor Sharida Badri Shah and Noor Hafizha Muhamad Yusuf

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Wahida, Badri Shah, Noor Sharida, Muhamad Yusuf, Noor Hafizha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perlis 2017
• Subjects: Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance; Financial leverage; Investment companies. Investment trusts. Mutual funds
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/40744/1/40744.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/40744/; https://jurnalintelek.uitm.edu.my/index.php/main

Government-Linked Companies perhaps differ from other companies in terms of their capability to absorb socio- political benefit from the government interest. This allows the companies to take greater risk with respect to their capital structure decision. The paper seeks to identify if there are diff...