EFFECT OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF QUOTED MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN NIGERIA
EFFECT OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF QUOTED MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN NIGERIA
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Date
2010-08
Authors
Onimisi, ALIU,
Nuhu
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ABSTRACT
The debt-to-equity ratio of a firm determines how cash flows will be shared between
debt holders and equity holders. In reality, capital structure of a firm is difficult to
determine. Financial managers are difficult to exactly determine the optimal structure.
The main objective of this study is to determine the effect of capital structure on the
performance of quoted Manufacturing firms in Nigeria. Simple regression was used as
a tool of data analysis and the result reveal that, Leverage has significant effect on the
performance of quoted Manufacturing firms in Nigeria showing that firm that has high
profitability and good performance have less debt. It is therefore recommended that,
management of quoted manufacturing firms should work very hard to improve the
leverage of their quoted Manufacturing firms in order to increase the returns on equity,
return on assets and investment. They can do that by ensuring that capital structure is optimal.
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BEING A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POST GRADUATE
STUDIES OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA AS PART OF THE
REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS SCIENCE DEGREE IN
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
Keywords
EFFECT, CAPITAL, STRUCTURE, PERFORMANCE, QUOTED, MANUFACTURING, FIRMS, NIGERIA