Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how conventional and Islamic commercial banks in Pakistan choose …/methodology/approach The authors collected the data from the annual reports of commercial banks listed on Karachi Stock Exchange Pakistan …, their choice is affected by the similar variables as identified for non-financial firms in Pakistan. Practical implications …

firm-specific variables. This study demonstrates that for the firms operating in Pakistan, having its own peculiar … findings have strong policy implications both for the firms and the economic managers of Pakistan. The owners and managers of … the firms operating in countries like Pakistan should consider both the capital structure and liquidity level to achieve …

-financial firms in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach – Panel econometric techniques namely pooled ordinary least squares (OLS …-financial firms listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange Pakistan during 2004-2009. Findings – Empirical results indicate that all …

Exchange, Pakistan, during 2004‐2008. Findings – The results suggest that board size, outside directors, and ownership … between some corporate governance measures and capital structure choices of firms in Pakistan.  …

models derived from Western settings does provide some help in understanding the financing behavior of firms in Pakistan … explores the determinants of capital structure of manufacturing firms in Pakistan by employing the most recent data. Moreover …

decisions of manufacturing firms in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach – The implicit assumption in much of the work on … manufacturing firms in a bank dominated financial system, like Pakistan. Also, it can provide them more insight in understanding the … knowledge, this is the first study in Pakistan that considers both supply-side as well as demand-side factors of capital …

, the policy makers need to develop capital markets of Pakistan to enable a resilient corporate capital structure. Further …, erratic economic conditions of Pakistan create uncertain business environment yielding short-term opportunities and to finance …