Fiscal vulnerability, like a contagion, poses a threat to financial sector stability, which can lead towards sovereign default. This study aimed to assess fiscal vulnerability to crisis by investigating the Australian economy's gross public debt, net public debt, and net financial liabilities....

This study investigates intrahousehold risk preferences in household portfolio decision-making. Most household finance data are collected at the household level, and it is challenging to come up with an explanation of risk-taking decisions and have a direction on the within-household bargaining...

The main focus of the current study was to investigate 33 major stock indices on a weekly basis to fill the void concerning fresh information in the context of co-movement of markets as a result of the Global Financial Crisis. Factor analysis was applied through two methods, principle component...

This study aims to analyse the role of audit and compensation committees' characteristics in the financial performance of the non-financial sector of Pakistan. For this purpose, we collect data from 2009 to 2020 for 70 non-financial firms selected through stratified random sampling....

This study aims to examine the effect of the bank-specific and macroeconomic determinants of profitability for the banking sector of Pakistan. To incorporate the issues of endogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, and profit persistence, we apply a generalised method of moments (GMM) technique...

This study investigates the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) investment and diffusion on Pakistan's economic growth by proposing the threshold level of ICT investment. At our proposed level, the ICT imports significantly enhance the intermediate inputs to capital goods,...

Falling energy intensity (increasing efficiency) is believed to be a result of more efficient production methods that have evolved over time, indicating overall sustainability in the production process. The objective of this study is to investigate the diminishing trend of energy intensity and...