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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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[en] COST OF CAPITAL AND CREATION OR DESTRUCTION OF VALUE: A STUDY OF BRAZILIAN COMPANIES LISTED FROM 2008 TO 2015 / [pt] CUSTO DE CAPITAL E A CRIAÇÃO OU DESTRUIÇÃO DE VALOR: UM ESTUDO DAS EMPRESAS BRASILEIRAS LISTADAS NO PERÍODO DE 2008 A 2015

VINICIUS GOMES DOMINATO FERREIRA 27 November 2017 (has links)
[pt] O custo de capital de uma empresa representa as expectativas mínimas de remuneração das diversas fontes de financiamento tomadas e para as empresas brasileiras esse custo é consideravelmente mais elevado que em mercados mais consolidados, como é o caso dos Estados Unidos. Este fato decorre das diversas dificuldades estruturais enfrentadas pelos gestores e pelas próprias características do incipiente mercado de capitais brasileiro. Com o intuito de analisar a criação, ou eventual destruição de valor das empresas brasileiras listadas, este estudo realiza uma análise comparativa entre os valores de mercado calculados por metodologia padrão com os preços apresentados no mercado acionário multiplicados pelas respectivas quantidades de ações, valor último este considerado por diversos autores como defasado. Utilizando dados do Sistema Economática, uma base de dados brasileira que apresenta informações contábeis e operacionais de todas as empresas listadas no país, os cálculos foram realizados e a análise da criação ou destruição de valor das empresas foi verificada para o período compreendido entre 2008 e 2015, sendo por último comparado com os valores apresentados no mercado acionário. / [en] The cost of capital of a company representes the minimum expectations of remuneration of the diverse sources of financing taken and for Brazilian companies this cost is considerably higher than in more consolidated markets, as is the case of United States. The fact stems from the various structural difficulties faced by the managers and by characteristics of the incipient Brazilian capital market. In order to analyze the creation or eventual destruction of value of listed Brazilian companies, this study performs a comparative analysis between the market values calculated by standard methodology with the prices presented in the stock market multiplied by the respective quantity of shares, considered by several authors as outdated. Using data from Economática, a Brazilian database that presents accounting and operational information of all the companies listed in the country, the calculations were performed and the analysis of the creation or destruction of companies value was verified for the period between 2008 and 2015, being compared with the values presented in the stock market.
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Les prises de participations dans les sociétés non cotées / The acquisition of shares in non-listed companies

Awkar, Marouchka 15 December 2017 (has links)
A première vue, le sujet des prises de participations dans les sociétés non cotées apparaît comme un sujet du droit des sociétés. Mais avec la présence du capital-investissement, des investisseurs institutionnels et des différents véhicules d’investissement, le sujet relève désormais du droit des affaires. En effet plusieurs techniques juridiques ont été créées par les praticiens afin de répondre aux besoins des investisseurs. Tel est l’exemple des actions de préférence, et des différents types de valeurs mobilières. C’est aussi le cas de la création des différentes modalités de prises de participations tels que la convention de portage d’actions ou la création d’une Holding de reprise. Les prises de participations dans les sociétés non cotées ne sont pas réglementées comme elles le sont dans les sociétés cotées. La liberté contractuelle est le principe qui prévaut. Les législations françaises et libanaises connaissaient des dispositions juridiques et commerciales similaires. Mais depuis plusieurs années, le droit français, influé par la pratique du droit international des affaires, et par les concepts anglo-saxon, a tellement évolué. Cela n’est pas le cas au Liban. Pourtant, la pratique du capital-investissement s’est fortement développée au Liban. Ainsi il s’agit, tout au long de cette étude, de préciser la notion de prise de participation et ses différentes modalités. Et aussi il semble opportun d’examiner l’applicabilité des principes de négociation et des nouvelles clauses accompagnant le contrat de cession d’actions ou parts sociales, par rapport au droit français et libanais / At first sight, the subject of “The acquisition of shares in non-listed companies” seems to be relevant to the corporate law. However, with the presence of the private equity, institutional investors and different vehicles of investment, the subject is more related to business law. In fact many legal techniques were created by practitioners to respond to the investor’s needs such as preferred shares and different securities; similarly the creation of different ways to acquire shares such as holding companies and the stock carrying agreement. There is no specific regulation for the acquisition of shares in non-listed companies. The principle of contractual freedom prevails. The French and Lebanese legislation contains many similar legal principles. Nevertheless, few years ago, the French laws, influenced by the international business law, and the Anglo-Saxon approach of the subject, have evolved. This was not the case in Lebanon, although the practice of private equity was developed in Lebanon. We will proceed through this study, to clarify the notion of acquisition of shares in non-listed companies, as well as the different techniques used. It is also useful to examine how much we can apply the negotiation principles and new clauses that often accompany the sale agreement of shares, in the context of Lebanese and French law
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A Study on the Effect of the Mandated Change in Board Composition on Firm Performance & CEO Compensation

Pandya, Dishant D. 06 July 2021 (has links)
No description available.
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Rekonstrukce památkově chráněného objektu pozemního stavitelství - stavebně technologický projekt / Reconstruction of the monument - construction technology project

Uzel, Filip January 2013 (has links)
Master`s thesis solves technological processes rehabilitation of masonry reconstruction historically protected building. Describes the restoration of masonry using the electroosmotic system and by using helical reinforcement masonry of reinforcement, then it is also in this master`s thesis time and financial plan, site facilities and complementary features.
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Substratpreferenser hos Crossocalyx hellerianus i svenska barrskogar : är skoglig kontinuitet en viktig faktor?

Kvarnsudde, David January 2020 (has links)
In recent time, forests in Sweden have lost habitat quality in the loss of deadwood due to the practices in productions forestry. This means that substrates for epixylic species has decreased both in quality and quantity. The aim with this study was to find which preferences the epixylic liverwort, Crossocalyx hellerianus has on its substrate and environment. C. hellerianus requires coarse logs with rotten wood, which usually is more available in forests with long forest continuity. This study was performed to see if forest continuity, isolation of habitats and if the substrate was of significance for a demanding species such as C. hellerianus. The study was performed in six sites and in each site several 50x10 meter transects were surveyed for logs. Each log was measured for diameter, sun exposure, ground contact, stage of decay and if the log was colonized by C. hellerianus. The result showed that C. hellerianus preferred coarser logs and that the species only appeared on an intermediate or later stage of decay. A high forest continuity and low habitat isolation turned out to be positive factors for the abundance of C. hellerianus
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The capital structure of listed real estate companies / Kapitalstrukturen hos noterade fastighetsbolag

Keberku, Hanna, Larsson, Anna January 2016 (has links)
The Swedish economy is currently characterized by a low interest environment, which has contributed to a thriving real estate sector in Sweden. The property companies’ financial costs are extremely low and in the search for yield, many investors have shown an interest in real estate. Due to the high demand on the real estate market there has been an increasing demand for funds. Historically, the balance sheet of Swedish property sector has been comprised of common shares and a large share of bank debt. However, in recent years real estate companies have diversified their capital structure and the use of bonds and preference shares has become increasingly common. This master thesis aims to investigate the development of the capital structure of the listed real estate sector in Sweden and examine the driving forces. Furthermore, the purpose of the study is to identify and analyze what will drive the use of different financing options in the future. Consequently, the effect on the capital structure of the listed sector will be investigated. The study has been conducted primarily based on interviews conducted with key actors active in the real estate sector, the bank sector as well as the institutional and non-institutional investors. The study suggests that the access to financing will be increasingly dependent on the firms’ size and vice versa. Secondly, due to regulations of the banks, the listed real estate sector will have a growing need of financing through the capital markets. However, the thesis has identified a number of obstacles on the Swedish corporate bond market, such as illiquidity. Given the current conditions on the Swedish corporate bond market, the listed sector will be unable to acquire the funds needed to support a growth of the real estate sector. The final finding relates to the capital structure theories and concludes that access to different financing options will be more important than the capital cost. The study shows that there is a clear trend of growing real estate companies. The larger companies are beginning to approach the Swedish major institutional stakeholders in size and reaching a size which makes them more competitive on the international capital markets. Access to funding will therefore increasingly depend on their size and vice versa. In line with previous studies, the listed property sector has a growing need for financing through the capital market due to regulations of the banking sector. Consequently, the distribution between bank and market financing in Sweden will change. Due to the current conditions on the corporate bond market, the  listed sector is unable to access the resources needed to support a strong growth of the property sector. The elementary conclusion of this study is that an access to various financing options will be more important than the capital cost. The result is therefore not support by the already established capital structure theories. To explain the growing need for a diversified capital structure and the importance of access to multiple markets, the results of this study suggests a new capital structure theory. The optimal capital structure is first and foremost a question of optimal access to various funding sources. Thereafter the company should regard the cost of capital and the impact on the rest of the capital structure. / Den svenska ekonomin präglas idag av en lågräntemiljö, vilket har bidragit till en välmående fastighetssektor i Sverige. Fastighetsbolagens finansiella kostnader är extremt låga och på grund av investerarnas jakt på avkastning har intresset för fastighetsinvesteringar ökat. Till följd av den höga efterfrågan på fastighetsmarknaden har det behovet av finansiering ökat. Historiskt sett har balansräkningen i de svenska börsnoterade fastighetsbolagen utgjorts av stamaktier och en stor andel banklån. På senare år har dock fastighetsbolagen diversifierat sin kapitalstruktur och användningen av obligationer och preferensaktier har blivit allt vanligare. Examensarbetet syftar till att undersöka utvecklingen av kapitalstrukturen inom den noterade fastighetssektorn i Sverige och de bakomliggande faktorerna. Vidare är studiens syfte att identifiera och analysera drivkraften bakom användningen av olika finansieringsalternativ i framtiden. Följaktligen kommer den framtida kapitalstrukturen i de noterade fastighetsbolagen att undersökas. Studien är främst baserad på intervjuer med aktörer verksamma inom fastighetssektorn, banksektorn, institutionella och icke-institutionella investerare. Studien visar att det finns en tydlig trend med växande fastighetsbolag. Portföljen hos ett antal större bolag börjar närma sig de svenska stora institutionella aktörer i storlek och på så sätt börjar dessa bolag uppnå en storlek som gör att de är slagkraftiga på internationella kapitalmarknader. Tillgången till finansiering kommer därför i större utsträckning att vara beroende av företagens storlek och vice versa. I linje med tidigare studie har den börsnoterade fastighetssektorn ett växande behov av finansiering genom kapitalmarknaden på grund av regleringar av bankerna. Följaktligen kommer fördelningen mellan bank- och marknadsfinansiering i Sverige att förändras. Emellertid har studien identifierat ett antal hinder på företagsobligationsmarknaden, såsom bristande likviditet. På grund av de nuvarande förhållandena på företagsobligationsmarknaden, kommer den noterade sektorn inte kunna tillgå de medel som krävs för att stödja en stark tillväxt i fastighetssektorn. Den grundläggande slutsatsen i denna studie är att en tillgång till olika finansieringsalternativ kommer att vara viktigare än kapitalkostnaden. I resultatet finns därmed inte stöd för de etablerade kapitalstruktursteorierna. För att förklara det växande behovet av en diversifierad kapitalstruktur och vikten av tillgång till flera marknader finner denna studie grund för en ny teori avseende kapitalstruktur. Den optimala kapitalstrukturen är först och främst en fråga om optimal  tillgång till olika finansieringskällor. Därefter bör ett bolag se till alternativets kostnad och påverkan på den övriga kapitalstrukturen.
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Discount and Premium to NAV in Swedish Listed Property Companies / Substansrabatt och substanspremie i börsnoterade svenska fastighetsföretag - En studie om de underliggande faktorer som påverkar

Gustafsson, Joacim, Peng, Zhuquan January 2016 (has links)
Listed property companies trading at a discount or premium to their Net Asset Value (NAV) is a widely recognized phenomenon. Previous research within this field has primarily applied OLS-regressions and is mainly focused on U.K. and U.S. markets. This study is the first to empirically assess discounts and premiums in Swedish-listed property companies. By applying a fixed effect model controlling for panel data, this study also expands previous work and contributes to more knowledge about company-specific effects. The study covers 14 Swedish-listed property companies between the years of 2008 to 2015. Two OLS regression models and one fixed effect model were applied on cross-sectional data. Overall, the results show that the size, reputation, portfolio concentration and debt to asset ratio of a firm are negatively correlated with discount to NAV. The overall market sentiment and stock volatility are positively correlated with discount to NAV. Moreover, the overall market sentiment in tandem with firm-specific factors is believed to significantly impact discounts and premiums. Board size, insider ownership, administration costs and cross-border investments were found to not have a significant impact on discounts and premiums. Last it was also found that discounts and premiums are not determined by within variations in the subject companies, rather it is determined by across variations in the firm-specific variables. / Noterade fastighetsbolag som handlas till rabatt eller premium av sitt substansvärde är ett känt fenomen. Tidigare studier har huvudsakligen fokuserat på data från Storbritannien och USA. De studier som gjorts har primärt varit regressionsmodeller av typen OLS. Den här studien är den första som kvantitativt undersöker substansrabatt och substanspremier i svenska fastighetsbolag. Vi applicerar också en regressionsmodell av typen fixed effect, där vi kontrollerar för paneldata. Därför kan denna studie ses som en utökning gentemot tidigare studier. Denna studie omfattas av 14 noterade fastighetsbolag. Datan som används sträcker sig mellan perioden 2008 till 2015. Generellt kan sägas att storlek, rykte, portföljfokus och skulder i förhållande till totala tillgångar hos ett företag är negativt korrelerade med substansrabatt. Vidare så visar resultaten tydligt på att aktuellt marknadsförhållande tillsammans med bolagsspecifika faktorer, spelar en stor roll för skillnaden mellan aktiekurs och substansvärde. Volatilititen i en aktie och det aktuella marknadsförhållandet är båda positivt korrelerade med substansrabatt. Styrelsens storlek, insiderägande, kostnad för administration och internationella investeringar har däremot inte någon statistiskt signifikant påverkan på rabatter och premier i svenska noterade fastighetsbolag. Slutligen kan sägas att nästan inga företagsspecifika effekter hittades. De faktorer vi konstaterar ha en påverkan på substansrabatter och substanspremier varierar över hela datasetet.
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Share repurchase announcements and abnormal returns for Swedish listed real estate companies

Axelsson, Lars, Brissman, Philip January 2011 (has links)
Asymmetric information in the management-investor relationship implies that the management’s actions will give signals to investors. According to the signalling hypothesis, an announcement of a share repurchase program is interpreted by investors that the management is putting its money where its mouth is, i.e. signalling that the stock is currently undervalued. Using the event study methodology to analyze share repurchases of listed Swedish real estate companies, we find significant short-term abnormal returns of 1,96% on the announcement day and cumulative abnormal returns of 2,32% (although not significant on conventional levels) for the ten first days subsequent to the announcement. At the most fundamental level of corporate finance theory, the Efficient Market Hypothesis stipulates that the whole value of the announcement should be discounted in the stock price immediately. On the other hand, it might be rational for investors to await certainty that the share repurchase program will be executed, before discounting its full value. We find indications of underreaction as the analysis suggests long-term positive stock price reactions to the announcement. The Jensen’s alpha approach utilized in the long-term analysis suggests an average abnormal return of 10,30%, although insignificant on conventional levels, the year following a share repurchase announcement. From a stock investor point of view, the results from this study suggest that buying real estate stocks that announce share repurchase programs can yield positive abnormal returns for investment horizons of 10 days as well as 12 months.
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Developing an Infrastructure Index in Accordance with Investor Expectations / Utveckling av ett Infrastrukturindex i Enlighet med Investerares Förväntningar

Frykholm, Ludvig, Toresson, Jacob January 2022 (has links)
Infrastructure consists of facilities and services that are considered essential to the functioning and economic productivity of society (Preqin, 2022). The rapid economic growth over the past decades has led to an increase in the demand for fundamental functions such as energy, telecommunications, and transportation. Increases in infrastructure investments are required on a global scale, not only to support economic growth globally, but also to help fulfill the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Despite the large demand for infrastructure investments globally, planned governmental investments in infrastructure are not enough to bridge the gap. In order to bridge the infrastructure investment gap, there is a need for institutional investors to intervene, both in private and public markets. However, investors need to be able to assess how the market is performing as well as have accessible investment products that are linked to the infrastructure asset class. The quality of such investment products is dependent on the indices they are linked to, making it essential that infrastructure indices reflect the asset class in the way investors expect them to. Therefore, there is a need to assess the performance of existing infrastructure indices as well as to find a methodology for constructing a new index that more accurately fulfills investor expectations. This thesis compares three existing infrastructure indices in terms of three investment characteristics that investors look for in infrastructure investments: risk adjusted returns, inflation hedging properties, and stability during market downturns. These characteristics are evaluated by measuring the sharpe ratio, correlation with the consumer price index, and downmarket capture ratio. The thesis also proposes a methodology for finding an index that more accurately represents the infrastructure asset class in terms of the three aforementioned investment characteristics. The methodology is based on parameter optimization to find the set of inclusion criteria that maximizes performance. The thesis finds that the infrastructure indices are adequate in terms of risk adjusted returns and inflation hedging properties, but that they do not show consistent performance during down markets. It is concluded that existing indices are somewhat sufficient in what they set out to do, but that there is room for improvement in capturing the desired characteristics. The results of the thesis also indicate that a new index that more accurately represents the infrastructure asset class can be constructed by implementing inclusion criteria based on filters related to financial ratios associated with infrastructure companies, such as fixed asset turnover and dividend yield. In conclusion, an index with a minimum dividend yield criterion and a maximum fixed asset turnover ratio criterion can be constructed to more accurately capture the key characteristics of the infrastructure asset class. / Infrastruktur består av anläggningar och tjänster som anses väsentliga för samhället (Preqin, 2022). Den stora ekonomiska tillväxten under de senaste årtiondena har lett till ökad efterfrågan på grundläggande funktioner som energi, telekommunikation och transport. Ökade infrastrukturinvesteringar krävs globalt, inte bara för att stödja tillväxt utan också för att hjälpa till att uppfylla FN:s mål för hållbar utveckling (SDG). Trots den stora efterfrågan på infrastrukturinvesteringar globalt räcker inte planerade statliga investeringar i infrastruktur för att överbrygga klyftan. För att kunna möta behovet av infrastrukturinvesteringar behöver investerare ingripa, både på privata och publika marknader. Investerare behöver dock kunna bedöma hur marknaden presterar samt ha tillgängliga investeringsprodukter som är kopplade till infrastruktur som tillgångsklass. Kvaliteten på sådana investeringsprodukter är beroende av vilka index de är kopplade till, och därmed är det viktigt att infrastrukturindex speglar tillgångsklassen i enlighet med investerares förväntningar. Därmed finns det ett behov av att bedöma hur nuvarande infrastrukturindex presterar samt eventuellt att hitta en metod för att konstruera ett nytt index som bättre uppfyller investerarnas förväntningar. Denna avhandling jämför tre befintliga infrastrukturindex i termer av tre investeringsegenskaper som investerare söker i infrastrukturinvesteringar: riskjusterad avkastning, inflationsskyddande egenskaper och stabilitet under nedgångar på marknaden. Dessa egenskaper utvärderas genom att mäta sharpe ratio, korrelation med ett konsumentprisindex, samt down market capture ratio. Avhandlingen föreslår också en metodik för att hitta ett index som bättre representerarinfrastruktur som tillgångsklass i termer av de tre ovan nämnda investeringsegenskaperna. Metodiken är baserad på parameteroptimering för att hitta den uppsättning inklusionskriterier som maximerar indexets prestation.Avhandlingen konstaterar att infrastrukturindexen är tillräckliga i termer av riskjusterad avkastning och inflationssäkrande egenskaper, men att de inte uppvisar konsekvent prestation under marknadsnedgångar. Slutsatsen som dras är att de nuvarande indexen delvis är tillräckliga i det de avser uppfylla, men att det finns utrymme för förbättringar. Resultaten av avhandlingen indikerar också att ett nytt index som mer träffsäkert representerar infrastruktur som tillgångsklass kan konstrueras genom att implementera inklusionskriterier baserade på filter relaterade till finansiella nyckeltal förknippade med infrastrukturföretag, såsom omsättning av anläggningstillgångar och direktavkastning. Sammanfattningsvis kan ett index med ett minimimumkriterium för direktavkastning och maximumkriterium för omsättning av anläggningstillgångar konstrueras för att mer träffsäkert fånga viktiga egenskaper hos infrastruktur som tillgångsklass.
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Frivillig redovisning i svenska börsnoterade bolag : En kvantitativ studie av företagsegenskapers påverkan / Voluntary disclosure in Swedish listed companies : a quantitative study about firm characteristics’ effect

Andersson, Rebecca, Borg Andersson, Anna January 2021 (has links)
Årsredovisningar har gått från att vara ett sätt för företagen att rapportera sin ekonomiska ställning för aktieägare till att anpassas mer för alla intressenter. All information som intressenterna efterfrågar är dock inte företagen alltid tvungna att uppge enligt lag, vilket leder till att företag väljer att redovisa viss information frivilligt. Omfattningen av denna information skiljer sig mycket mellan företag. Tidigare studier har därav undersökt sambandet mellan olika företagsegenskaper och nivån av frivillig redovisning och kommit fram till varierande resultat. Syftet med studien är därför att få kunskap om vilka företagsspecifika egenskaper hos svenska börsnoterade företag som påverkar nivån av frivillig redovisning samt hur förändringar mellan åren påverkar detta. Tidigare forskning och företagsekonomiska teorier ligger till grund för utvecklade hypoteser kring egenskapernas påverkan. En longitudinell studie har genomförts på 21 företag som valdes ut genom ett stratifierat slumpmässigt urval. Datainsamling för studiens beroende variabel frivillig redovisning genomfördes med hjälp av ett index där företags årsredovisningar från år 2016-2020 granskades. Nivån på den frivilliga redovisningen analyserades sedan mot studiens oberoende variabler storlek, ålder, lönsamhet, skuldsättning och likviditet. En multipel regressionsanalys genomfördes och visade på de förväntade sambanden mellan nivån av frivillig redovisning och företagens storlek, ålder och lönsamhet. Resultatet visade på ett signifikant positivt samband för dessa egenskaper. Dock kunde inte något signifikant samband påvisas för egenskaperna skuldsättning och likviditet. En linjär regressionsanalys genomfördes även på förändringarna i lönsamhet mellan åren samt sambandet till frivillig redovisning. Även denna analys stämde överens med förväntningarna om att förändringar i lönsamhet inte påverkar nivån av frivillig redovisning. / Annual reports have gone from being a way for companies to report their financial position for stockholders, to being adapted for all stakeholders. All the information that stakeholders demand the companies are not obliged by law to publish, which leads companies to disclose some information voluntarily. The extent of this information differs between companies. Previous studies have investigated the relationship between different firm characteristics and the level of voluntary disclosure, which has resulted in varying results. The aim of the study is therefore to attain knowledge regarding which firm specific characteristics in Swedish listed companies that affect the level of voluntary disclosure and also how change between years affects this. Previous studies and business economics theories is the basis for the developed hypotheses regarding the impact of the characteristics. A longitudinal study was implemented on 21 companies that were chosen through a stratified random sampling. The data collection for the dependent variable of the study, voluntary disclosure, was done with the help of an index where the companies’ annual reports from 2016-2020 were examined. The level of the voluntary disclosure was then analyzed against the independent variables of the study, the companies’ size, age, profitability, debt ratio and liquidity. A multiple regression analysis was performed and resulted in the expected relationships between the level of voluntary disclosure and the companies’ size, age and profitability. The results showed a significant positive relationship for these characteristics. Any significant relationship could not be shown for the characteristics debt ratio and liquidity. A linear regression analysis was performed on the change in profitability between years and its relationships to the voluntary disclosure. This analysis was also in line with the expectations that changes in profitability does not affect the level of voluntary disclosure.

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