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P/F/411. Dissertation. Is there a correlation between debt equity ratio and share returns?

WORDS:
6000
DATE:
2004
PRICE:
69.99 GBP

The dissertation examines the FTSE 100 index of leading shares in the UK seeking to identify the existence of a long- run relationship between the Debt Equity Ratio (DER) and the share price performance (returns). The review of literature on DER, stock performance, firms capital structure, stock returns, etc. is offered. Annual and quarterly statistical data for ratios and share returns is subject to co-integration, causality and correlation analysis. Conclusions are made about the correlation between DER and share returns.

 

KEYWORDS: f, dissertation, correlation, debt, equity, ratio, share, returns,