Impact of Capital Structure on the Performance of Nigerian Banks

Capital structure has attracted intense debate and scholarly attention in the financial management for over 40 years. However, the context of West Africa, capital structure has received little attention. This research attempts to fill this gap by analyzing and assessing the effect of debt and equity...

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Main Author: Tunde, Matemilola Bolaji
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2007
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23984/
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description Capital structure has attracted intense debate and scholarly attention in the financial management for over 40 years. However, the context of West Africa, capital structure has received little attention. This research attempts to fill this gap by analyzing and assessing the effect of debt and equity on the performance of 15 banks in Nigeria. The results indicate that debt has significant negative effect while equity has significant positive effect on the performance of Nigerian banks.
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spelling nottingham-239842018-01-31T03:43:47Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23984/ Impact of Capital Structure on the Performance of Nigerian Banks Tunde, Matemilola Bolaji Capital structure has attracted intense debate and scholarly attention in the financial management for over 40 years. However, the context of West Africa, capital structure has received little attention. This research attempts to fill this gap by analyzing and assessing the effect of debt and equity on the performance of 15 banks in Nigeria. The results indicate that debt has significant negative effect while equity has significant positive effect on the performance of Nigerian banks. 2007 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23984/1/matemilolabolajitunde.pdf Tunde, Matemilola Bolaji (2007) Impact of Capital Structure on the Performance of Nigerian Banks. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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Impact of Capital Structure on the Performance of Nigerian Banks
title Impact of Capital Structure on the Performance of Nigerian Banks
title_full Impact of Capital Structure on the Performance of Nigerian Banks
title_fullStr Impact of Capital Structure on the Performance of Nigerian Banks
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Capital Structure on the Performance of Nigerian Banks
title_short Impact of Capital Structure on the Performance of Nigerian Banks
title_sort impact of capital structure on the performance of nigerian banks
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23984/