Examining systematic risk on Malaysian firms: panel data evidence

This study is motivated by the issue of inconclusiveness in the literature pertaining to the impact of firm specific variables towards the systematic risk, with a specific focus given on the financial leverage and firms’ financing policies. By employing panel data and Fixed Effect Model (FEM), this...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim, Khairunisah, Haron, Razali
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Language:English
Published: Global Business and Social Entrepreneurship (GBSE) 2016
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spelling iium-502162016-10-25T03:49:07Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/50216/ Examining systematic risk on Malaysian firms: panel data evidence Ibrahim, Khairunisah Haron, Razali HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance. This study is motivated by the issue of inconclusiveness in the literature pertaining to the impact of firm specific variables towards the systematic risk, with a specific focus given on the financial leverage and firms’ financing policies. By employing panel data and Fixed Effect Model (FEM), this study examines comprehensively the determinants of systematic risk of 824 non-financial listed firms in Malaysia, for the period of fourteen years, from 2000 until 2013. To gain an inclusive understanding on the systematic risk, inter-industry variations is also investigated using the FEM. Overall findings reveal that financial leverage is the most significant variable influencing the systematic risk of Malaysian firms. Other controlling variables are not found to be significant. However, interestingly, results from the inter-industry analysis shows different views with some significant impact from other firm specific controlling variables for certain industries. Findings from this study add to the literature on systematic risk, especially on the inter-industry differences in relation to the factors influencing the firms’ exposures to the systematic risk. Global Business and Social Entrepreneurship (GBSE) 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50216/1/GBSE_1%282%29%2C_26-30_%28March_2016%29_risk.pdf Ibrahim, Khairunisah and Haron, Razali (2016) Examining systematic risk on Malaysian firms: panel data evidence. Journal of Global Business and Social Entrepreneurship (GBSE), 1 (2). pp. 26-30. E-ISSN 2462-1714 http://gbse.com.my/isimarch16/GBSE%201(2)%2026-30%20(March%202016).pdf
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topic HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance.
spellingShingle HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance.
Ibrahim, Khairunisah
Haron, Razali
Examining systematic risk on Malaysian firms: panel data evidence
description This study is motivated by the issue of inconclusiveness in the literature pertaining to the impact of firm specific variables towards the systematic risk, with a specific focus given on the financial leverage and firms’ financing policies. By employing panel data and Fixed Effect Model (FEM), this study examines comprehensively the determinants of systematic risk of 824 non-financial listed firms in Malaysia, for the period of fourteen years, from 2000 until 2013. To gain an inclusive understanding on the systematic risk, inter-industry variations is also investigated using the FEM. Overall findings reveal that financial leverage is the most significant variable influencing the systematic risk of Malaysian firms. Other controlling variables are not found to be significant. However, interestingly, results from the inter-industry analysis shows different views with some significant impact from other firm specific controlling variables for certain industries. Findings from this study add to the literature on systematic risk, especially on the inter-industry differences in relation to the factors influencing the firms’ exposures to the systematic risk.
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author Ibrahim, Khairunisah
Haron, Razali
author_facet Ibrahim, Khairunisah
Haron, Razali
author_sort Ibrahim, Khairunisah
title Examining systematic risk on Malaysian firms: panel data evidence
title_short Examining systematic risk on Malaysian firms: panel data evidence
title_full Examining systematic risk on Malaysian firms: panel data evidence
title_fullStr Examining systematic risk on Malaysian firms: panel data evidence
title_full_unstemmed Examining systematic risk on Malaysian firms: panel data evidence
title_sort examining systematic risk on malaysian firms: panel data evidence
publisher Global Business and Social Entrepreneurship (GBSE)
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/50216/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/50216/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/50216/1/GBSE_1%282%29%2C_26-30_%28March_2016%29_risk.pdf
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