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 current study is aimed at investigation of a relationship between two important segments of investor expectations relating to cash dividends' policy and wealth of shareholders. A number of research attempts have still to find an exact relationship. This study relies on a data that is...

This paper aims to test the validity of Efficient Market Hypothesis in the Pakistani context. The paper investigates calendar anomalies in the Pakistani stock market by taking data of stock returns of about fifteen years from November 1991 to October 2006. Using one Factor ANOVA the main...

Islamic teachings are strictly against Riba (i.e. interest) because it involves exploitation. At present, Islamic banks, which claim to be interest-free financial institutions, are facing severe criticism for using Islamic tags for the similar products and services offered by the conventional...

[enterThe purpose is to explore whether the CEO’s personal and professional attributes affect corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure or not in particular context of Pakistan. This article attempts to bridge this gap using the data set of 1,790 firm-year observations comprising of...