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title: Capital Structure and Financial Performance in Nigeria's Oil and Gas Sector
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5043826/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 5043826
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5043826
featured: 2024-12-18
citations: unknown
topic: Corporate Finance
---


# Capital Structure and Financial Performance in Nigeria's Oil and Gas Sector

The study investigates the link between capital structure and financial performance of Nigerian oil and gas companies over the past decade.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5043826
- Identifier: SSRN 5043826
- Released: 2024-12-04
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 79 (2024-12-18): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-12-18/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Corporate Finance

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