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In this study the relationship between corporate governance and corporate valuation, ownership structure and need of external financing for the Karachi Stock Market is examined for the period 2003 to 2008. To measure the firmlevel governance a rating system is used to evaluate the stringency of...
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This study examines the relationship between internal mechanisms and external mechanisms of corporate governance and dividend policy for 100 manufacturing firms listed on Karachi Stock Exchange over the period 2003 to 2011. The dividend stability model is used and the results indicate that firms...
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in Pakistan. However, not all elements of governance are important. The board composition and ownership and shareholdings …
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sectors mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Pakistan, undertaken during period 2005–2012. The results of nonfinancial sector … Pakistan M&A. However, bidder firm’s cash availability and growth opportunities and target firm characteristics are significant …
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In countries like Pakistan, where the macroeconomic situation remains uncertain and inflationary expectations always … results support gold as an effective hedge against inflation in Pakistan; since, the returns on gold investment exceeds its …
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Since the spirit of Islam is in stark and violent conflict with the spirit of Capitalism, the form taken by institutions designed to express this spirit must also be different. Capitalist financial institutions are designed to support the process of accumulation of wealth, which is at the heart...
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including Pakistan. Large masses living in this world particularly South Asian country (that is home to over one fifth of the … world’s population) is still striving for it. Pakistan, being a developing country, is no exclusion to that state. The … questionnaire from both rural and urban regions of district Abbottabad, Pakistan at HHs premises. The objective was to discover the …
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market in Pakistan using weekly data from 02 July, 1997 to 04 July 2012. We have used Johansen cointegration test to … stock market in Pakistan. …
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by the number of violent attacks across districts in Pakistan. The study uses a linear probability model in which the … are positively and robustly associated with the probability of violent attacks across districts in Pakistan. Quite … conflict across districts in Pakistan. While emphasising the need to collect better data on the intensity of violent conflict …
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affected areas of Bagh and Battagram villages of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan … earthquake prone, hilly, and rural areas which are receiving comparatively high rain fall in Pakistan. …
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