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