This study investigates the relationship of mergers & acquisitions with the interest spread of the banking industry in Pakistan. To assess whether the merger of Pakistani banks were a success or otherwise, profitability, liquidity ratios, and net interest spread are computed which are considered...

This study empirically investigates the Fama-French three-factor model and consumption CAPM model in unconditional and conditional setting with individual stocks traded at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE), the main equity market in Pakistan for the period 1993-2004. These extensions are in response...

This study examines the causal relationship between stock returns and trading volume and the level of association of information asymmetry with stock return volatility and volume relationship of Pakistan at market level and firm level for the period of July 1998 to December 2008. The results...

The prime objective of this study is to examine the long run relationship between real GDP per capita and electricity consumption for Pakistan over the period 1971 to 2008. The results reveal that there is unidirectional causality from electricity consumption to real GDP per capita. The findings...

This study examines the dynamics and determinants of dividend payout policy of 320 non-financial firms listed in Karachi Stock Exchange during the period of 2001 to 2006. For the analysis we use dividend model of Lintner (1956) and its extended versions in dynamic setting. The results...

In this study we test the mean-variance capital asset pricing model (CAPM) developed by Sharpe (1965) Lintner (1966) on individual stocks traded at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE), the main equity market in Pakistan for the period 1993-2004 using daily and monthly data. The empirical findings do...

This study examines the determinants of dividend policy by Lintner (1956) and Braittan (1966) and their extended versions to examine their relative significance in the Pakistani context. The sample consists of thirty-five firms in the overall manufacturing sector and three sub-sectors: textile,...

This study has examined the reaction of Pakistani stock market to earthquake of October 8, 2005 and its impact on the price, volume and volatility behavior of sixty firms listed on Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) The event study methodology is adopted to assess the KSE response to this unforeseen...

This study empirically tests the conditional CAPM, conditional consumption CAPM and conditional multifactor CAPM model with individual stocks traded at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE), the main equity market in Pakistan for the period 1993-2004. The ability of conditional CAPM models in forecasting...

We investigated whether differences in quality of firm level corporate governance can explain the firm level performance in cross-section of companies listed at Karachi Stock Exchange. We analyzed relationship between firm-level value and total Corporate Governance Index (CGI) and three...