Browsing Fakultet for samfunnsvitenskap (SAM) by Subject "Pakistan"
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Does diversification affect capital structure and profitability in Pakistan?
(Asian Social Science;8(4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Diversification has become a common strategy of corporate risk management along with availing other potential benefits. The intent of this study is to identify and analyze the nature of relationship that exists between ... -
Is Bankruptcy Risk Tied to Corporate Life-Cycle? Evidence from Pakistan
(Sustainability;Volume 11, Issue 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-28)In this paper we analyze the relationship between bankruptcy risk and the corporate life cycle in Pakistan from 2005 to 2014. For this purpose, we run a Hierarchical Linear Mixed Model (HLM) for a sample of 301 non-financial ... -
Sentiments–Risk Relationship across the Corporate Life Cycle: Evidence from an Emerging Market
(Economies;Volume 9, Issue 3, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08-11)The influence of market sentiments on the bankruptcy risk propensity of firms has been extensively explored in the literature. However, less attention has been paid to whether the corporate life cycle plays any role in ... -
Specialized healthcare utilization among children and adolescents in Norway: Does immigrant background matter? A nation-wide register study
(Master thesis, 2017)The purpose of this register study was to examine whether utilization of somatic and mental specialized healthcare services differed between ethnic Norwegian children and adolescents, and first and second-generation immigrant ... -
What Causes Stock Market Volatility in Pakistan? Evidence from the Field
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)We examined the presence of volatility at the Karachi Stock Exchange (recently changed the name to Pakistan Stock Exchange) (KSE) by fitting Exponential Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (EGARCH) ... -
What determines leverage in Pakistan? A panel data analysis
(African Journal of Business Management;6(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Most of the chemical sector firms in Pakistan have foreign ownership or collaboration with foreign companies. It may be hypothesized that the leverage behavior of such firms is likely to be in line with the results of ...