This article aims to expand existing empirical knowledge on the impact of debt level on profitability of companies. We … 2006. By using the generalized method of moments (GMM), we show that the debt affects negatively the profitability, not …

Current study aims to provide new empirical evidence on the impact of debt on corporate profitability. This impact can … (GMM) econometric technique on three measures of profitability ratio (PROF1, PROF2 and ROA), we show that debt ratio has no … effect on corporate profitability, regardless of the size of company (VSEs, SMEs or LEs). …

the extent of such chartering practices, the characteristics of vessels chartered and if an impact on liner profitability … whether the chartering rate and the size of these 17 liner companies have had an influence on their observed profitability in … 2007, 2008 and 2009. Our results suggest that those variables impact profitability, but in variable ways over time. …

The objective of this article is to analyze the impact of capital structure on profitability. This impact can be … structure on profitability. The empirical analysis allowed us to distinguish three different groups of sectors: for the first … group (industry, energy and service), the capital structure has no impact on profitability. The second group, containing …