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The study investigates the factors that influence dividend payout policy in public Pakistani manu- facturing companies throughout the timeframe 2010-20. Pooled OLS technique was used for regression purposes, as the majority of companies do not pay a dividend at all or do not do so regularly so...
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Continuing this series on the theory of financial management, the current article investigates capital structure, offering insight into the roles of stockholder wealth maximization, the risk-return trade-off, and agency conflicts. Much literature addresses this topic, and some of the most recent...
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between cash and bank credit lines. Banks create liquidity for firms by pooling their idiosyncratic risks. As a result, firms … with high aggregate risk find it costly to get credit lines and opt for cash in spite of higher opportunity costs and … liquidity premium. Likewise, in times when aggregate risk is high, firms rely more on cash than on credit lines. We verify these …
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This paper reviews empirical research on finance and labour markets. Preliminary themes in the literature follow. Finance may interact with labour market institutions to jointly determine labour outcomes. Highly leveraged firms show greater employment volatility during cyclical fluctuations, and...
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-08, thus underlining the relevance of financing and credit conditions to investment and economic activity in turbulent times …
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Foreign currency loans to the unhedged non-banking sector are remarkably prevalent in Europe and create a significant … exchange-rate-induced credit risk to European banking sectors. In particular, Swiss franc (CHF)-denominated loans, popular in … that banks in Europe have continuously held more foreign-currency-denominated assets than liabilities, indicating their …
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The existing finance literature is inadequate with respect to its coverage of the debt structure of small and medi-um sized enterprises (SMEs). In addition, the role of trust in accessing finance for such enterprises is under-investigated. This paper presents a mathematical model for optimizing...
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bargaining power in default, operating in more competitive product markets, and facing lower credit supply are more likely to …
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