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Browsing Department of Accounting by Author "Adekoya, A.C"

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    Corporate Capital Structure and Corporate Market Value: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria
    (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012) Oboh, S.C; Isa, E.F; Adekoya, A.C
    Within the context of the Modigliani-Miller relevance theory and the static order theory of capital structure, this paper empirically examined the effect of a firm’s capital structure on its market value. Dataset from 39 non-financial listed companies for the period of 2005-2009 were used for analysis. Results from the regression analysis show a significant and positive relationship between non-financial firms’ market values and their debt-equity ratios. Whereas, a negative relationship exists between a firm’s total-debt/total-capital ratio and its market value, its size positively affects its market value. Hence, we conclude that firms’ leverage positively influence their market values. Suggesting that, a firm can actually attain an optimal capital structure.
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    Profitability and Debt Capital Decision: A Reconsideration of the Pecking Order Model
    (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2013) Oboh, S.C; Adekoya, A.C; Adeyeye, R.F
    This paper tests for the adherence of firms in third world nations to the pecking-order model (POM) in determining their debt level. We developed two econometric models to query the pecking-order model (POM) as it applies to firms’ financing decision in emerging economies. Cross-sectional dataset was constructed from the annual reports of 45 non-financial companies quoted on the Nigerian stock exchange in the year 2007. We employed Binary Logistic regression and Ordinary least squares (OLS) estimation techniques to estimate our models and to test the study hypotheses. Our results coherently reveal negative relationship between corporate profitability and debt utilization, and corporate debt limit relates positively to firms’ tangibility and size. It therefore suggests that the pecking-order model (POM) applies to firms in third world nations as to firms in developed economies. Therefore, the possibility of a firm attaining an optimal capital structure remains a mirage. Because this study has made used of both proxy and dummy variables, the usual caveats therefore apply. Furthermore, the results are specific to only the sampled firms, thereby may lack generalizability to firms outside the sampled firms. Researchers are encouraged to further extend the suggestions of this study.