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Influence of Firm Size on Financial Performance of Deposit Money Banks Quoted on the Nigeria Stock Exchange

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  • Aza Ibrahim Eyigege

    (The Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, Nasarawa State, Nigeria)

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This research work investigated the influence of firm size on the financial performance of deposit money banks quoted on the Nigerian stock exchange. The research work is necessitated by the need to find the factors that respond positively or negatively to the financial performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria. Five deposit money banks were sampled with the aid of Taro Yemeni sampling technique to represent the entire banking industry in Nigeria. The firm size proxied by log of total assets represents the explanatory variable while the financial performance measured by profitability proxied by return on asset is the dependent variable. The analysis was conducted using the pooled OLS regression and fixed effect/random effect regression with the aid of STATA for panel regression. In addition, descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were computed. The finding of the study indicates that firm size insignificantly negatively influenced financial performance as a result of diseconomies of scale. The study therefore recommends that the industry should minimize the cost of expansion and enjoy maximum benefits of economies of scale in addition to other factors that may stimulate financial performance should be considered instead of the firm size that indicate insignificantly negative effect.

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  • Aza Ibrahim Eyigege, 2018. "Influence of Firm Size on Financial Performance of Deposit Money Banks Quoted on the Nigeria Stock Exchange," International Journal of Economics and Financial Research, Academic Research Publishing Group, vol. 4(9), pages 297-302, 09-2018.
    • Handle: RePEc:arp:ijefrr:2018:p:297-302
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    1. Jonathan Mwau Mulwa, 2020. "Firm Size And Performance: An Econometric Analysis Of The Financial Performance Of Deposit Taking Microfinance Institutions In Kenya," Noble International Journal of Economics and Financial Research, Noble Academic Publsiher, vol. 5(5), pages 56-62, May.
    2. Muhammad Faisal Majid & Muhammad Meraj & Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, 2022. "In the Pursuit of Environmental Sustainability: The Role of Environmental Accounting," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-20, May.
    3. MOHAMMED, Badamasi Idris & NWALA MAUREEN, Nneka & MOHAMMED, Jibril, 2023. "Impact of Liquidity Management on Capital Adequacy Ratio of Listed Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 7(12), pages 1762-1774, December.

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