Determinants of capital structure in manufacturing sector in Malaysia / Muhammad Syafiq Muhammad Zahir

Muhammad Zahir, Muhammad Syafiq (2015) Determinants of capital structure in manufacturing sector in Malaysia / Muhammad Syafiq Muhammad Zahir. [Student Project] (Submitted)

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Capital structure is one of the most important financial decisions in corporate financing strategy. It involves the choice of debt and equity level in financing a company's operations. This study aims to investigate whether the capital structure choice of Malaysian manufacturing companies that are listed in the Bursa Malaysia can be explained by factors that have been found by most studies as dominant determinants of capital structure. This study comprises of 50 observations each of the independents variables and dependent variables on a yearly basic over a 10 year period from 2005 to 2014. The panel data used from 2004 to 2014. The data has been analyzed by using Eviews 8.0. The dependent variable are capital structure and the independent variable are company size, profitability, asset tangibility, liquidity and growth opportunities.

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Item Type: Student Project
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Muhammad Zahir, Muhammad Syafiq
2012373431
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Mohmad Hassan, Nadia Nurul Najwa
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Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Management. Industrial Management > Capital. Capital investments
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Manufacturing industries
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Johor > Segamat Campus > Faculty of Business and Management
Programme: Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) Finance
Keywords: Capital structure, financing
Date: 2015
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/76539
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