Institutional quality and firm-level financial performance: implications from G8 and MENA Countries

Table 6. The WGI determinants of corporate leverage (Long Term Debt to Total Assets)

Table 7. The WGI determinants of corporate liquidity (Inventory to Current Assets)

Table 8. The WGI determinants of corporate profitability (Earnings Yield)

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