Financial market development and capital structure pattern in Pakistan: An aggregate level analysis

Authors

Mohammed Nishat, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract

This study empirically identifies the factors that explain the capital structure choice pattern of listed companies during 1964–2000. Three measures of debt (total debt ratio, long term book debt ration, and long term market debt ratio) are explained by a set of independent fundamental variables such as growth of firm, size of firm, tangible asset, profitability, earning variability, market to book ratio, and reforms. The analysis is also done to identify any capital structure pattern prevail across various industries in Pakistan. Most of the results are consistent with theory and similar to other empirical studies. The growth and profitability of the firm have negative impact on leverage whereas, size of the firm, tangible asset, earning variability and market to book ratio have positive impact on leverage. The extent of leverage has declined during reform period. However, the coefficient of reform dummy is statistically insignificant. The pattern of leverage is significantly different across most industries due to variation in industry specific policies in Pakistan.

Keywords

Tangible asset, Earning variability, Leverage

DOI

https://doi.org/10.54784/1990-6587.1256

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Nishat, M. (2010). Financial market development and capital structure pattern in Pakistan: An aggregate level analysis. Business Review, 5(1), 39-50. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.54784/1990-6587.1256