The relationship between liquidity, profitability and solvency: empirical research through the structural equations model

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https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rc.n77a01

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liquidity, profitability, indebtedness, SEM, inventories

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This study aimed at determining the relationship between liquidity and the profitability and solvency of the firms listed on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, through the Structural Equations Model. The results indicate that firms with greater current capital have greater profitability, which results from a short-termist attitude of the Argentinian business owner due to which the greatest investment is made in inventories. The relationship between liquidity and long-term indebtedness is negative; firms with greater long-term indebtedness have lower current capital. This is because the cost of liabilities forces a reduction of current assets to the minimum; besides, firms with financing needs use long-term and short-term sources.

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2020-10-21

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Terreno, D. D., Peréz, J. O., & Sattler, S. A. (2020). The relationship between liquidity, profitability and solvency: empirical research through the structural equations model. Contaduría Universidad De Antioquia, (77), 13–35. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rc.n77a01

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