The effect debt, equity on cost of capital among consumer sector, trading sector, and finance sector during economic crisis and after economic crisis / Siti Norsuriani Ab Rahman

The optimal capital structure is important to the board of director. It is because the best selections of capital structure were giving the good effect to the company. The capital structure is the funds that company uses to finance their activities. However the choosing of capital structure will dep...

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Main Author: Ab Rahman, Siti Norsuriani
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spelling my-uitm-ir.1054292024-11-03T23:24:47Z The effect debt, equity on cost of capital among consumer sector, trading sector, and finance sector during economic crisis and after economic crisis / Siti Norsuriani Ab Rahman 2006 Ab Rahman, Siti Norsuriani General works. Financial institutions Malaysia Credit. Debt. Loans The optimal capital structure is important to the board of director. It is because the best selections of capital structure were giving the good effect to the company. The capital structure is the funds that company uses to finance their activities. However the choosing of capital structure will depends on the cost of capital and others factors. This study especially tries to examine the effect capital structure on cost of capital based on the three main sectors that listed in Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). The time period for the analysis is the 1996 to 2004. The primary objectives of this study are to known the effect or relationship capital structure on cost of capital. This study identified the capital structure as dependent variable and cost of capital as independent variables. Regression model and Spearman correlation were used to test the research hypotheses. The major finding shows that trading sector and consumer sectors were have the relationship with the debt and cost of capital during economic crisis. However, after economic crisis only consumer sectors were have the relevant result to the debt and cost of capital. So, the overall result shows that only consumer sector have the best result. Instead, the finance sectors insignificant with this hypotheses. 2006 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/105429/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/105429/1/105429.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kelantan Faculty of Business and Management
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topic General works
Financial institutions
Malaysia
General works
Financial institutions
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Financial institutions
Malaysia
General works
Financial institutions
Ab Rahman, Siti Norsuriani
The effect debt, equity on cost of capital among consumer sector, trading sector, and finance sector during economic crisis and after economic crisis / Siti Norsuriani Ab Rahman
description The optimal capital structure is important to the board of director. It is because the best selections of capital structure were giving the good effect to the company. The capital structure is the funds that company uses to finance their activities. However the choosing of capital structure will depends on the cost of capital and others factors. This study especially tries to examine the effect capital structure on cost of capital based on the three main sectors that listed in Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). The time period for the analysis is the 1996 to 2004. The primary objectives of this study are to known the effect or relationship capital structure on cost of capital. This study identified the capital structure as dependent variable and cost of capital as independent variables. Regression model and Spearman correlation were used to test the research hypotheses. The major finding shows that trading sector and consumer sectors were have the relationship with the debt and cost of capital during economic crisis. However, after economic crisis only consumer sectors were have the relevant result to the debt and cost of capital. So, the overall result shows that only consumer sector have the best result. Instead, the finance sectors insignificant with this hypotheses.
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author Ab Rahman, Siti Norsuriani
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title The effect debt, equity on cost of capital among consumer sector, trading sector, and finance sector during economic crisis and after economic crisis / Siti Norsuriani Ab Rahman
title_short The effect debt, equity on cost of capital among consumer sector, trading sector, and finance sector during economic crisis and after economic crisis / Siti Norsuriani Ab Rahman
title_full The effect debt, equity on cost of capital among consumer sector, trading sector, and finance sector during economic crisis and after economic crisis / Siti Norsuriani Ab Rahman
title_fullStr The effect debt, equity on cost of capital among consumer sector, trading sector, and finance sector during economic crisis and after economic crisis / Siti Norsuriani Ab Rahman
title_full_unstemmed The effect debt, equity on cost of capital among consumer sector, trading sector, and finance sector during economic crisis and after economic crisis / Siti Norsuriani Ab Rahman
title_sort effect debt, equity on cost of capital among consumer sector, trading sector, and finance sector during economic crisis and after economic crisis / siti norsuriani ab rahman
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