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Effect of credit rating on capital structure: with reference to the listed companies on Colombo stock exchange

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dc.contributor.author Chathuranga, R.B.N.D.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-03-11T09:58:27Z
dc.date.available 2016-03-11T09:58:27Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.identifier.citation Chathuranga, R.B.N.D. 2015. Effect of credit rating on capital structure: with reference to the listed companies on Colombo stock exchange. In Proceedings of the 4th Students’ Research Symposium, Department of Finance, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p 17. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/12137
dc.description.abstract Aim of this study was to investigate whether the credit rating is an important determinant other than the firm's characteristic to obtain optimal capital structure focusing on the research hypothesis that the firms with higher credit along with the other factors (FTOA, ROA and Size) tend to have more debt in their capital structure of firms rated by Fitch Ratings Lanka Ltd. For this research, sample size of 40 observations (2 years data of 20 firms) was taken on the basis of convenience sampling. Secondary data were used for the research and data were collected from Fitch Rating Lanka, Colombo Stock Exchange and Annual reports of the firms. Results obtained by using regression analysis. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Finance, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya en_US
dc.subject Credit rating en_US
dc.subject Capital structure en_US
dc.subject CSE en_US
dc.subject Listed companies en_US
dc.title Effect of credit rating on capital structure: with reference to the listed companies on Colombo stock exchange en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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