A Pattern for Financial Constraint in Iranian Firms

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D. Candidate in Accounting, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Accounting , Tabriz Branch of Islamic Azad University Department of Management Economic and Accounting , Tabriz - Iran

3 Assistant Professor of Accounting , Tabriz Branch of Islamic Azad University Department of Management Economic and Accounting , Tabriz - Iran

Abstract

The Main aim of this study is to present a pattern to recognize the financial constraints and to rank the listed companies in Tehran stock exchange from the viewpoint of their financial constraints. To do so, studying the thematic literature and previous studies, 19 variables have been chosen to present the pattern. Then, the final pattern of financial constraints is presented based on operational cash flow using multi-variable regression tool with tabloid data. The statistical population of this study includes 171 firms during the time period of 2007-2017. At last, the final pattern of the study was presented with the abbreviated title of (BNPO) and incorporating 9 variables including: ROA, size of the firm, firm value, cash ratio, sales growth ratio, working capital ratio, operational profit ratio, sales ratio, and debt expense ratio were determined with a clarity rate of 46 percent.

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