Factors influencing financial leverage of consumer products sector in Malaysia / Nur Syarifa Akmal Ahmad Ghazali

This study aimed to investigate which factors that influence financial leverage in consumer products sector in Malaysia. In addition, this research also wants to find what theory of capital structure that consumer products sector consistent with. The sample consists of 90 companies that are listed i...

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Main Author:	Ahmad Ghazali, Nur Syarifa Akmal
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	Capital Capital investments
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/92612/1/92612.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.926122024-03-14T02:41:12Z Factors influencing financial leverage of consumer products sector in Malaysia / Nur Syarifa Akmal Ahmad Ghazali 2014 Ahmad Ghazali, Nur Syarifa Akmal Capital. Capital investments This study aimed to investigate which factors that influence financial leverage in consumer products sector in Malaysia. In addition, this research also wants to find what theory of capital structure that consumer products sector consistent with. The sample consists of 90 companies that are listed in the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia from 2004 to 2013. The independent variables selected for this study are tangibility, profitability, size of firm, growth opportunities, liquidity and non-debt tax shield. Debt ratio is the dependent variable in this research. The results show that financial leverage of consumer products sector in Malaysia is influenced by tangibility and size of firm. Another variable such as profitability, growth opportunities, liquidity and non-debt tax shield are found to have no explanatory in this model. Tangibility, growth opportunities, liquidity and size of firm have positive relationship with debt ratio, meanwhile, profitability and non-debt tax shield are negatively related with debt ratio. In addition, the results indicate that consumer products sector in Malaysia is consistent with Trade-off theory and Pecking Order theory. 2014 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/92612/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/92612/1/92612.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA, Terengganu Faculty Of Business Management Affandi, Salwani
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description	This study aimed to investigate which factors that influence financial leverage in consumer products sector in Malaysia. In addition, this research also wants to find what theory of capital structure that consumer products sector consistent with. The sample consists of 90 companies that are listed in the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia from 2004 to 2013. The independent variables selected for this study are tangibility, profitability, size of firm, growth opportunities, liquidity and non-debt tax shield. Debt ratio is the dependent variable in this research. The results show that financial leverage of consumer products sector in Malaysia is influenced by tangibility and size of firm. Another variable such as profitability, growth opportunities, liquidity and non-debt tax shield are found to have no explanatory in this model. Tangibility, growth opportunities, liquidity and size of firm have positive relationship with debt ratio, meanwhile, profitability and non-debt tax shield are negatively related with debt ratio. In addition, the results indicate that consumer products sector in Malaysia is consistent with Trade-off theory and Pecking Order theory.
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title	Factors influencing financial leverage of consumer products sector in Malaysia / Nur Syarifa Akmal Ahmad Ghazali
title_short	Factors influencing financial leverage of consumer products sector in Malaysia / Nur Syarifa Akmal Ahmad Ghazali
title_full	Factors influencing financial leverage of consumer products sector in Malaysia / Nur Syarifa Akmal Ahmad Ghazali
title_fullStr	Factors influencing financial leverage of consumer products sector in Malaysia / Nur Syarifa Akmal Ahmad Ghazali
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Factors influencing financial leverage of consumer products sector in Malaysia / Nur Syarifa Akmal Ahmad Ghazali

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