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The Determinants of Capital Structure of the Chemical Industry in Pakistan
Rafiq, Muhammad; Iqbal, Asif; Atiq, Muhammad - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 13 (2008) 1, pp. 139-158
This study is an attempt to determine the capital structure of listed firms in the chemical industry of Pakistan. The …
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Agency cost, corporate governance and ownership structure: the case of Pakistan
Sajid, Gul; Muhammad, Sajid; Nasir, Razzaq; Farman, Afzal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The article attempts to investigate the role of ownership structure and corporate governance in mitigating agency cost in a sample of 50 firms selected on the basis of market capitalization from “Karachi Stock Exchange” during the period 2003 to 2006. We used the proxy asset utilisation...
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The Impact of Corporate Governance on the Cost of Equity: Empirical Evidence from Pakistani Listed Companies
Shah, Syed Zulfiqar Ali; Butt, Safdar Ali - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 14 (2009) 1, pp. 139-171
This study examines the impact of the quality of corporate governance, as measured by a specially constructed corporate governance index, on the expected cost of equitycalculated using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) approach. A total of 114 listed companies were investigated to analyze...
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Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting: an empirical evidence from commercial banks (CB) of Pakistan
Sharif, Mehmoona; Rashid, Kashif - In: Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology 48 (2014) 5, pp. 2501-2521
reveal that even though reporting of CSR is voluntary in Pakistan, the participation of Pakistani commercial banks in … Pakistan. The major limitation of this study is that the data is only based on annual reports of commercial banks of Pakistan … particular perspective of a transitional economy’s banks such as Pakistan. By providing empirical facts of the effect of CG …
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Corporate Governance Changes in Pakistan’s Banking Sector : Is There a Performance Effect?
Burki, Abid A.; Ahmad, Shabbir - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
In this paper we explore the role of the static, selection and dynamic corporate governance changes on performance of commercial banks. We use stochastic cost frontier and panel data methods for an unbalanced panel data of Pakistani banks from 1991 to 2005. We find overall bank cost inefficiency...
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Accounting in a Country : The Case of Pakistan
Ashraf, Junaid; Ghani, Waqar I. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
Our paper examines the origins, growth, and the development of accounting practices and disclosures in Pakistan and the … as national standards in 1985 did not lead to improvement in the quality of financial reporting. Pakistan, though … enforcement mechanisms are more critical factors than are cultural factors in explaining the state of accounting in Pakistan. We …
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Corporate Governance in the Financial Sector of Pakistan
Chaudary, Faiza A.; Goergen, Marc; Syed, Shoeb I. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
La Porta et al. (1998) assign Pakistan, a common-law country, the maximum score of 5 for their anti-director rights … index. Pakistan should therefore be a country with good investor protection attracting large amounts of investments. However …, the reality could not be more different. Pakistan has been lagging behind other, comparable Asian economies in terms of …
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The Role of Mutual Funds and Non- Banking Financial Companies in Corporate Governance in Pakistan
Cheema, Moeen; Shah, Sikander A. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
paper reviews and evaluates the regulation of mutual funds in Pakistan in the light of the above propositions. The Role of … Mutual Funds and Non-Banking Financial Companies in Corporate Governance in Pakistan. …
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Corporate Governance for Banks in Pakistan: Recent Developments and Regional Comparisons
Khalid, Ahmed M.; Hanif, Muhammad N. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
in Pakistan and a comparison of similar developments in two other regional economies, namely, India and Bangladesh. In …
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An evaluation of corporate governance practices of Islamic banks versus Islamic bank windows of conventional banks: A case of Pakistan
Bukhari, Khuram Shahzad; Awan, Hayat M.; Ahmed, Faareha - In: Management Research Review 36 (2013) 4, pp. 400-416
Islamic banking facilities (Islamic bank window) throughout Pakistan. These dimensions included board of directors (BOD …
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