How do political connection and intellectual capital affect the debt usage of majority shareholders? Evidence in Indonesia

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Adi Kurniawan Yusup, Cicilia Erna Susilawati

2023 International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets Vol. 15 Issue 1 Article Cited by 1 Quartile

Abstract

This research intends to examine majority shareholder ownership’s effect on debt moderated by political connection and intellectual capital. This study uses 747 firm-year observations of non-financial companies in Indonesia from 2018–2020. The finding shows that majority ownership has an inverted U-shape relationship on debt, but its effect is less significant in non-family firms. Political connection does not act as a moderator, while intellectual capital does only for family firms. Meanwhile, political connection and intellectual capital together alleviate majority ownership and debt relationship for both types of companies. Copyright © 2023 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

Affiliations

Doctoral Programme of Business Department, Widya Mandala Catholic University, Surabaya, Indonesia