Determinants of construction sector profitability in Croatia

This paper examines the determinants of profitability for construction companies in Croatia. Sample includes more than 8678 construction companies covering the period from 2003 to 2014 what present 11 years of observation including Croatian milestone in joining to the European Union as well as globa...

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Published in:Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci 2018-06, Vol.36 (1), p.335-352
Main Authors: Škuflić, Lorena, Mlinarić, Danijel, Družić, Marko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Construction companies
Construction industry
Corporate profits
Economic crisis
GDP
Generalized method of moments
Gross Domestic Product
Growth rate
International finance
Profitability
Random variables
Studies
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Summary:This paper examines the determinants of profitability for construction companies in Croatia. Sample includes more than 8678 construction companies covering the period from 2003 to 2014 what present 11 years of observation including Croatian milestone in joining to the European Union as well as global financial crises. The authors analyze theoretical background and use empirical research to investigate the relation between profitability and selected determinants like price cost margin, concentration index, growth, size, material costs and lagged profitability. Special remarks are given with review of construction sector importance for the growth of the Croatian economy and repercussions of global financial crises. According to that, for the empirical part of the article generalized method of moments for dynamic panel model has been used which has given significant results. Overall, the results have proved a strong relationship between company size, concentration index, growth, lagged profitability and profitability besides number of employees.
ISSN:1331-8004
1846-7520
DOI:10.18045/zbefri.2018.1.335