Along with all other factors that affect economic growth, a very important component of human capital is female education which affects economic growth positively. In the case of developing world this element is not taken into considerations. Gender based discrimination in education is observed...

This study aims to examine the effect of family control on the corporate financing decision of firms in Pakistan. This study uses the annual data of 100 non-financial firms listed at PSX for the period 2005-2012. To estimate the impact of family control on the corporate financing decision, we...

This study examines the relationship between illiquidity premium and equity returns in Pakistani equity market for the period 2000:6 to 2007:6 by using Fama and French (1992 and 1993) methodology. This is the first study that explores the relationship between illiquidity premium and equity...

This study is aimed to explore the relationship between country rating and volatility of Karachi Stock Exchange for the period 1999 to 2012. This study employs daily data of country ratings and stock market returns to investigate influence of rating on volatility of market. Univariate Asymmetric...

The theme of this study is to examine the effect of size on the basis of market capitalization and leverage with high and low debt-to-equity ratios on identified portfolios required rate of returns listed at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE). Multivariate regression has been used to identify the...

This paper investigates whether the risk-taking of Islamic banks is differently affected by corruption compared to conventional banks. Indeed, the presence of Shari’ah supervisory boards (SSBs), as a cornerstone of Islamic banking, is expected to deter the influence of corruption on...

The impact of size and competition on firm-level innovative activities has obtained considerable attention in developed countries, but the focus is still lacking in developing world. This paper is an attempt to contribute in this direction by including 14 Latin American countries, and by using...