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The effect of managerial overconfidence on debt financing decisions of Egyptian listed companies: empirical study

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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علوم المحاسبة وإدارة الأعمال

Abstract

Abstract This study aims at investigating the effect of managerial overconfidence on debt financing. Based on aconvenient sample of (125) companies drawn from Egyptian listed companies' qualified population for a period from (2012 to 2017) to constitute (750) firm observation. And depending on appropriate panel data regression model. The hypothesis test result indicates that managerial overconfidence positively affects debt financing. In other words, overconfident managers are more likely to depend on debt finance than less confident managers.

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10.21608/zcom.2019.124018

Keywords

Managerial Overconfidence, Leverage, debt financing

Authors

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أحمد محمد

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زاهر

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قسم المحاسبة، کلية التجارة، جامعة الزقازيق، الزقازيق، مصر

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الزقازیق

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41

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3

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18275

Issue Date

2019-07-01

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2019-05-08

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2019-07-01

Page Start

27

Page End

48

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1110-7731

Online ISSN

2735-4512

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ZCOM_Volume 41_Issue 3_Pages 27-48.pdf

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مجلة البحوث التجارية

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The effect of managerial overconfidence on debt financing decisions of Egyptian listed companies: empirical study

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23 Jan 2023