Culture, financial literacy, and leverage of small firms
<p dir="ltr">This study uses Inglehart’s measures of sociological culture, to examine the relationship between culture and the leverage of small and medium <u>enterprises</u>. Using system generalized methods of moments methodology on an unbalanced panel data of 96,349 fi...
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| author | Shabeen Afsar Basha (22467505) |
| author2 | Hamdi Bennasr (16855209) Mohamed Goaied (17380468) |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Shabeen Afsar Basha (22467505) Hamdi Bennasr (16855209) Mohamed Goaied (17380468) |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2025-01-18T12:00:00Z |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | 10.1016/j.ribaf.2025.102759 |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Commerce, management, tourism and services Business systems in context Economics Applied economics Human society Policy and administration Sociology Capital structure leverage financial literacy culture small firms |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | Culture, financial literacy, and leverage of small firms |
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| description | <p dir="ltr">This study uses Inglehart’s measures of sociological culture, to examine the relationship between culture and the leverage of small and medium <u>enterprises</u>. Using system generalized methods of moments methodology on an unbalanced panel data of 96,349 firms over 10 years, we find that emancipative (secular) values are negatively (positively) associated with leverage through the mechanisms of trust and family borrowings, respectively. We also show that financial literacy moderates the relationship between culture and leverage. Furthermore, country <u>bankruptcy</u> procedures and information environment determine the extent of the interaction effect of financial literacy and culture on the debt usage by small and medium enterprises. Our study offers policy implications to <u>financial institutions</u> and decision-makers for the promotion of small and medium enterprises, and entrepreneurship training and development. as culture, financial literacy, and institutions play a significant role in small and medium enterprises’ financing decisions.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Research in International Business and Finance<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2025.102759" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2025.102759</a></p> |
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| spelling | Culture, financial literacy, and leverage of small firmsShabeen Afsar Basha (22467505)Hamdi Bennasr (16855209)Mohamed Goaied (17380468)Commerce, management, tourism and servicesBusiness systems in contextEconomicsApplied economicsHuman societyPolicy and administrationSociologyCapital structureleveragefinancial literacyculturesmall firms<p dir="ltr">This study uses Inglehart’s measures of sociological culture, to examine the relationship between culture and the leverage of small and medium <u>enterprises</u>. Using system generalized methods of moments methodology on an unbalanced panel data of 96,349 firms over 10 years, we find that emancipative (secular) values are negatively (positively) associated with leverage through the mechanisms of trust and family borrowings, respectively. We also show that financial literacy moderates the relationship between culture and leverage. Furthermore, country <u>bankruptcy</u> procedures and information environment determine the extent of the interaction effect of financial literacy and culture on the debt usage by small and medium enterprises. Our study offers policy implications to <u>financial institutions</u> and decision-makers for the promotion of small and medium enterprises, and entrepreneurship training and development. as culture, financial literacy, and institutions play a significant role in small and medium enterprises’ financing decisions.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Research in International Business and Finance<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2025.102759" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2025.102759</a></p>2025-01-18T12:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1016/j.ribaf.2025.102759https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Culture_financial_literacy_and_leverage_of_small_firms/30455834CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/304558342025-01-18T12:00:00Z |
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| title | Culture, financial literacy, and leverage of small firms |
| title_full | Culture, financial literacy, and leverage of small firms |
| title_fullStr | Culture, financial literacy, and leverage of small firms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Culture, financial literacy, and leverage of small firms |
| title_short | Culture, financial literacy, and leverage of small firms |
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| topic | Commerce, management, tourism and services Business systems in context Economics Applied economics Human society Policy and administration Sociology Capital structure leverage financial literacy culture small firms |