The Effect Of Capital Structure On Profitability: An Empirical Analysis Of Listed Firms In Nigeria
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Keywords
Pooled Ordinary Least Squares; Fixed Effect Model; Random Effect Model; capital structure; profitability;All these keywords.
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- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
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