AUTHOR=Shahzad Akmal , Zulfiqar Bushra , Hassan Mehmood ul , Mathkur Naif Mansour , Ahmed Irfan 

TITLE=Investigating the Effects of Capital Structure and Corporate Governance on Firm Performance: An Analysis of the Sugar Industry

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.905808

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.905808

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=The objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of capital structure and corporate governance on firm performance. To test the hypothesis of the study, data was collected from annual reports of sugar sector companies listed in PSX. This study data cover from 2015 -2020.  The results of the study showed that both proxy of capital structure i.e. D/A & D/E negatively influences the company performance. Whereas two out of three proxies of corporate governance i.e. board size & chairman/CEO duality negatively indicate association with company performance while audit committee size has a positive impact on the company performance. 
Keywords: capital structure, corporate governance; CEO duality, firm performance, sugar industry