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Empirical Research Towards the Factors Influencing Corporate Financial Performance on the Bucharest Stock Exchange

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  • Vintilă Georgeta
  • Nenu Elena Alexandra
  • Gherghina Ştefan Cristian

    (Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania)

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This study aims to investigate the potential factors of influence on corporate financial performance, by using the panel data regression analysis. The research was employed for a sample consisting of 40 companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, over the period 2010-2012. Corporate financial performance considered as the dependent variable was proxied through return on assets, return on equity, and Tobin’s Q ratio. There were selected the following factors that could influence corporate financial performance: capital structure, firm size, and corporate social responsibility involvement. Likewise, several control variables have been introduced: structure of the ownership and institutional investors. The results show a strong negative relationship between corporate financial performance and debt to equity ratio. Also, there has been revealed a positive influence of the company size on performance, although weak. Furthermore, the relationship between financial performance and social performance has been statistically validated, both using accounting and market ratios.

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  • Vintilă Georgeta & Nenu Elena Alexandra & Gherghina Ştefan Cristian, 2014. "Empirical Research Towards the Factors Influencing Corporate Financial Performance on the Bucharest Stock Exchange," Scientific Annals of Economics and Business, Sciendo, vol. 61(2), pages 219-233, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:aicuec:v:61:y:2014:i:2:p:219-233:n:1
    DOI: 10.2478/aicue-2014-0009
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