This paper provides new empirical evidence on the effects of firm-level financing patterns on their profitability and … lower profitability, the negative impact of financial leverage on total factor productivity (TFP) is relatively less … financial leverage has a negative effect on profitability and productivity in developed markets, such leverage has insignificant …

focus on their financial characteristics such as leverage and profitability. Our sample is made of Islamic and conventional … using leverage and profitability ratios and their determinants. Results provide broad evidence on differences in leverage … and profitability across conventional and conventional banks …