Capital Structure and Corporate Governance Mechanisms in Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE)

摘要

The study investigated the impact of corporate governance mechanisms on the corporate capital structure of the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE).Specifically, this study linked five corporate governance mechanisms large shareholder ownership concentration, government ownership concentration, board size, board independence, and family directors with capital structure for 81 non-financial listed firms between 2017 and 2018.The data indicated that only government ownership concentration and family directors affect capital structure.