Investigating factors affecting capital structure of equitized state owned enterprises in Ho Chi Minh city

Using panel data along with the application of Pooled OLS, FEM, and REM estimates, this study conducts an investigation into the effects of a series of factors, namely state ownership, size, tangible assets, growth, return on assets (ROA), effective tax rate, and liquidity, on capital structure of 165 HCMC-based equitized state-owned enterprises (SOEs), categorized into three groups over the 2008–2012 period.