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This study examines the impact of ownership structure on the debt financing of 556 Shari'ah compliant firms in Malaysia from 2000-2015. This study reveals that the nature of family-owned firms does have great influence in the debt financing decisions and being closely guided by the Shari'ah principles with the restriction imposed on the debt consumption level allowed seem to have significant effect on the debt financing of Shari'ah-compliant firms understudy as well. Fear of the dilution of controlling power over the firms for these family owned and the characteristics of Shari'ah-compliant being governed by certain Shari'ah regulation have significant influence on debt consumption in the capital structure. Certain significant determinants seem to enhance the unique nature of these firms regarding the debt financing decision. This study contributes to the literature by providing insights of the factors affecting the debt financing of family owned, Shari'ah-compliant firms in Malaysia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the efficiency of the Malaysian banking sector. The technique used by Oliveira and Tabak is extended by employing market data as input and output variables to individual bank stocks, which are listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). By doing this, the paper aims to broaden the scope of the existing studies by employing individual bank market data to measure their efficiency levels. Design/methodology/approach- The paper utilizes the non-parametric data envelopment analysis methodology to measure the efficiency of banks which are listed on the KLSE. While previous bank efficiency studies have used balance sheet and income statements data, this paper uses individual bank's market data as the input and output variables to construct the efficiency frontier. Findings - The main conclusion of this paper is that the most efficient bank is also highly ranked in terms of returns with relatively low standard deviation and beta. The results also suggest that all the banks which have managed to appear on the efficiency frontier are mainly based on the relatively higher mean returns rather than lower standard deviations and/or beta. Research limitations/implications - The approach used in this paper could also be used to other economic sectors, as well as from a multiple countries perspective as this approach allows the comparison of different countries, which have different accounting rules and are not comparable by using standard models. The approach could also be extended to incorporate other input(s) and/or output(s) which could further add to the robustness of the results. Originality/value - The contribution of the paper consists of proposing a new approach to the measurement of bank efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]