<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This research is designed to examine the relationship between the capital structure and profitability of non-financial firms in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the ten years period, from 2003-2012. The goal is to prove the existence of the relationship between the firm’s capital structure choice and its profitability. The analysis is extended by including the debt structure and differentiating between the types of debt such as the long-term and the short-term ones. Canonical correlation and multiple regression analysis are used. The results of the multivariate canonical correlation analysis provide support to a hypothesis that the capital structure and profitability have statistically significant relationships. Furthermore, the findings provide support that firms develop different patterns of profitability depending on the capital structure choice. We found that an increasing proportion of short-term debt and long-term debt in the overall liability of the firm reduces its profitability.</p></abstract>

This research is designed to examine the relationship between the capital structure and profitability of non-financial firms in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the ten years period, from 2003-2012. The goal is to prove the existence of the relationship between the firm’s capital structure choice and its profitability. The analysis is extended by including the debt structure and differentiating between the types of debt such as the long-term and the short-term ones. Canonical correlation and multiple regression analysis are used. The results of the multivariate canonical correlation analysis provide support to a hypothesis that the capital structure and profitability have statistically significant relationships. Furthermore, the findings provide support that firms develop different patterns of profitability depending on the capital structure choice. We found that an increasing proportion of short-term debt and long-term debt in the overall liability of the firm reduces its profitability.

Statistical Analysis of Causality between Capital Structure and Firm Profitability: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina

School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo,

Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Zagreb,

Croatian Review of Economic, Business and Social Statistics

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

This research is designed to examine the relationship between the capital structure and profitability of non-financial firms in Bosnia and Herzegovina during...

Statistical Analysis of Causality between Capital Structure and Firm Profitability: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Published Online: Oct 17, 2016

Page range: 1 - 11

Received: Oct 06, 2015

Accepted: Dec 02, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/crebss-2016-0001

Keywords
capital structure, profitability, debt level, multivariate canonical correlation, multiple regression

© 2015 Emina Resić et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Statistical Analysis of Causality between Capital Structure and Firm Profitability: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Published Online: Oct 17, 2016

Page range: 1 - 11

Received: Oct 06, 2015

Accepted: Dec 02, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/crebss-2016-0001

Keywordscapital structure, profitability, debt level, multivariate canonical correlation, multiple regression

© 2015 Emina Resić et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
capital structure, profitability, debt level, multivariate canonical correlation, multiple regression