Towards More Understanding of the Financial Leverage Controversy The Evidence of the Industrial Firms at Amman Stock Exchange

Volume: 7 Number: 4 December 1, 2017
  • Mohammed Abdullah Al Momamni
  • Mohammed Ibrahim Obeidat
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Towards More Understanding of the Financial Leverage Controversy The Evidence of the Industrial Firms at Amman Stock Exchange

Abstract

The study objects for investigating the most important internal determinants of financial leverage of the listed industrial firms at Amman Stock Exchange (ASE). It is a cross sectional study that it used the issued data of the total listed industrial firms at ASE, where the total number of these firms till the end of 2015 is 48. Seven independent variables the study takes into consideration including firms’ size, liquidity, profitability, assets tangibility, earnings volatility, growth opportunities, and non-debt tax shield. Descriptive statistics, and simple and multiple linear regression methods are used in hypotheses testing. The study shows that liquidity, profitability, tangibility, each of which, have a significant impact on earnings volatility, where other independent variables that the study took into consideration, have no impact.

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Mohammed Abdullah Al Momamni This is me

Mohammed Ibrahim Obeidat This is me

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December 1, 2017

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December 1, 2017

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Year 2017 Volume: 7 Number: 4

APA
Momamni, M. A. A., & Obeidat, M. I. (2017). Towards More Understanding of the Financial Leverage Controversy The Evidence of the Industrial Firms at Amman Stock Exchange. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 7(4), 189-198. https://izlik.org/JA46XG98UR
AMA
1.Momamni MAA, Obeidat MI. Towards More Understanding of the Financial Leverage Controversy The Evidence of the Industrial Firms at Amman Stock Exchange. IJEFI. 2017;7(4):189-198. https://izlik.org/JA46XG98UR
Chicago
Momamni, Mohammed Abdullah Al, and Mohammed Ibrahim Obeidat. 2017. “Towards More Understanding of the Financial Leverage Controversy The Evidence of the Industrial Firms at Amman Stock Exchange”. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 7 (4): 189-98. https://izlik.org/JA46XG98UR.
EndNote
Momamni MAA, Obeidat MI (December 1, 2017) Towards More Understanding of the Financial Leverage Controversy The Evidence of the Industrial Firms at Amman Stock Exchange. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 7 4 189–198.
IEEE
[1]M. A. A. Momamni and M. I. Obeidat, “Towards More Understanding of the Financial Leverage Controversy The Evidence of the Industrial Firms at Amman Stock Exchange”, IJEFI, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 189–198, Dec. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA46XG98UR
ISNAD
Momamni, Mohammed Abdullah Al - Obeidat, Mohammed Ibrahim. “Towards More Understanding of the Financial Leverage Controversy The Evidence of the Industrial Firms at Amman Stock Exchange”. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 7/4 (December 1, 2017): 189-198. https://izlik.org/JA46XG98UR.
JAMA
1.Momamni MAA, Obeidat MI. Towards More Understanding of the Financial Leverage Controversy The Evidence of the Industrial Firms at Amman Stock Exchange. IJEFI. 2017;7:189–198.
MLA
Momamni, Mohammed Abdullah Al, and Mohammed Ibrahim Obeidat. “Towards More Understanding of the Financial Leverage Controversy The Evidence of the Industrial Firms at Amman Stock Exchange”. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, vol. 7, no. 4, Dec. 2017, pp. 189-98, https://izlik.org/JA46XG98UR.
Vancouver
1.Mohammed Abdullah Al Momamni, Mohammed Ibrahim Obeidat. Towards More Understanding of the Financial Leverage Controversy The Evidence of the Industrial Firms at Amman Stock Exchange. IJEFI [Internet]. 2017 Dec. 1;7(4):189-98. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA46XG98UR