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Volume 2, Issue 4 (2021)

Published: December 25, 2021

Pages: 232-245

Research articles

Employing the financing structure to reduce financial fragility by using the Altman model: An applied study in a sample of private commercial banks listed in the Iraq Stock Exchange

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the role of the financing structure variables in reducing the financial fragility of private commercial banks. Bank operation and continuity. In its practical aspect, the study relied on a set of published financial reports and statements for two of the banks listed in the Iraqi Stock Exchange for the period between 2005 - 2019. And to test its main hypothesis, multiple regressions was used in the method of regressive deletion. The study reached a set of results, perhaps the most important of which is that there is a statistically significant inverse effect between ownership finance and financial fragility in the study sample banks. Traditional and modern hedging mechanisms that help it get rid of fragility, as well as the application of the Altman model to measure financial fragility and determine its financial position.