Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the long-run relationship and short-term linkage between the Asian REIT markets and their respective macroeconomic variables. Design/methodology/approach – The data collected comprised total return REIT Index from Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore,...

The aim of the research study was to explore the effects of Dividend payout ratio on the firm profitability. This study was conducted on the non-financial firms listed in Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) 100 index. The data were collected since 2008-2012 from the annual reports and Balance sheet...

The academic literature on IPOs short run performance grown quite rapidly over the last decade, due to its puzzling phenomena of under pricing. The current study aims at conducting a non-systematic review of literature on the theories and empirical evidences of initial public offering (IPO)...

Purpose – This study aims to examine the existence of capital structure dynamics and speed of adjustment during different economic periods. This study adds to the existing body of literature by investigating the factors influencing adjustment process toward target debt in developing economies....

This study explores the effect of regulatory governance on financial stability using cross-sectional data from 55 countries. The findings show that regulatory governance and various subcomponents of regulatory governance are positively correlated with financial stability in the selected...