This paper investigates the information content (signalling) of dividend announcements by firms listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) over the period 2005 to 2009. This sample period was selected in order to avoid contamination of the dividend signal with a capital gains tax effect since a...

AbstractPurpose – The aim of this study is to examine the perceptions of consumers on Islamic banking and financein Pakistan. Islamic finance is an emerging phenomenon, and its survival depends on the availability,affordability and awareness. This paper attempts to fill the gap in the...

Executive Summary The Determinants of Credit Ratings in the United Kingdom Insurance Industry Academic researchers have devoted a considerable amount of attention to the activities of credit rating agencies over the past 20 years, focusing in particular on the agencies’ potential role in...

The impact of oil price changes on the demand for (and the supply of) the output of the oil and gas industry suggests that increased knowledge about the nature and effect of crude oil price movements is likely to be of interest to most institutions and organisations in the global economy. The...

This thesis investigates corporate Ireland's attitude to dividend payments and examines how the Irish stock market reacts to company announcements about dividends. Prior to this study, the attitude of company executives and investors to dividend policy in Ireland was not reported in the academic...

The main aim of this study is to assess both: (i) perceptions regarding: and (ii) the nature financial disclosure practices in Libyan banks' reports. As regards the former. the focus was placed on both preparers and users of the documents. In terms of the latter. the level of disclosure is...

We employ more than 20 measures of Irresponsible Environmental, Social and Governance (IESG) / Corporate Social Irresponsibility (CSI) to examine whether lending institutions penalise firms for engaging in socially and environmentally irresponsible activities by increasing the cost of borrowing....

This study explores risk allocation in public-private partnerships for geothermal energy projects in Indonesia. We develop an evidence-based framework founded on principal-agency theorising that suggests an optimal allocation of risk between the parties in these arrangements. A Delphi survey...

This paper outlines the impact of dividend announcements on the share prices of firms listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) in order to investigate the information content of the dividend announcements (Pettit, 1972). Moreover, the research provides some insights for policy makers as well...

This article observes that American society's passion for intercollegiate sports competition is an extremely powerful, naturally evolved cultural force. The marketplace responds to cultural forces, and the commercialization of college sports directly reflects the marketplace realities of our...