(POT) or trade-off theory (TOT); better explains the corporate leverage behaviour in Pakistan. For this purpose, we use … listed on Karachi Stock Exchange Pakistan during 1972-2010 Our results indicate that leverage has two pervasive and … significant relationships. First, leverage is negatively related to current and past profitability. Second, leverage is positively …

profitability, age, credit rating, size, leverage, growth, dividend payments, regulations and business group affiliation, we …

relationship i.e., impact of leverage on governance measures, this study found no significant affects. …

structure targets in Pakistan for the period 1999 to 2013. The study also assesses the effect of adjustment speed on the … structure targets in Pakistan for all five industrial groups. We found that the capital structure adjustment speed significantly … varies across industrial sectors and over time. The firms in Pakistan adjust their capital structure toward dynamic targets …

between financially conservative (FC) and non-financially conservative (NFC) firms in Pakistan over the period 1998 … and to what extent these firms adjust their leverage towards the target. The results reveal that the adjustment process is …

intensive. The present paper is an attempt to measure the performance of banks in Pakistan on a new dimension of intellectual … capital. This paper estimates the value added intellectual capital (VAIC) of the banks in Pakistan for a 2 year period. The … study concludes that the private sector banks were doing much better than all other banks in Pakistan on intellectual …

addition to initial profits the study also checked the impact of leverage, firm's size and age on profitable growth. Logistic … and leverage had no impact on profitable growth of the sampled firms. In comparison to growth-focused firms, profit …

utilized firm-specific characteristics as well as peer firm-specific characteristics mainly growth, leverage, market to book …