Determinants of construction sector profitability in Croatia

Lorena Škufliæ (), Danijel Danijel Mlinariæ () and Marko Marko Družiæ ()
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Lorena Škufliæ: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, J. F. Kennedy Sq. 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Danijel Danijel Mlinariæ: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, J. F. Kennedy Sq. 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Marko Marko Družiæ: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, J. F. Kennedy Sq. 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci/Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics, 2018, vol. 36, issue 1, 337-354

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: construction sector; profitability; Croatia; panel data analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L21 L25 L74 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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