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Capital Structure and Profitability.

The present study aims to investigate to what extent capital structure has an impact on profitability and closely associated factors due to a series of bankruptcies and bail-outs within the last twelve months. The analysis refers to firms listed in the S & P 500 index on January 2004 and evaluat...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Puntaier, Elmar
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Diplomica Verlag, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The present study aims to investigate to what extent capital structure has an impact on profitability and closely associated factors due to a series of bankruptcies and bail-outs within the last twelve months. The analysis refers to firms listed in the S & P 500 index on January 2004 and evaluates their performance from 2004 to 2008. The results show strong industry-specific characteristics for all factors observed, i.e. gearing, profitability, liquidity, investments and dividends. In addition, findings indicate a negative effect of higher gearing for almost all ten sectors in respect of the cor.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (126 pages)
ISBN:9783836645478
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