Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to empirically examine how firm-specific (idiosyncratic) and macroeconomic risks affect the external financing decisions of UK manufacturing firms. The paper also explores the effect of both types of risk on firms' debt versus equity choices....

In this paper, the purchasing power parity, uncovered interest rate parity and random walk component are nested in a single equation and tested for Pakistan. The autoregressive distributed lag framework is used to recover the underlying parameters of exchange rate expectations formation. The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the extent at which idiosyncratic and financial market uncertainty affect the UK private manufacturing firms' investment decisions. Design/methodology/approach – A firm-level panel data covering the period from 1999 to 2008 drawn...

This paper empirically examines the effect of foreign capital inflows on domestic price levels, monetary expansion, and the exchange rate volatility for Pakistan using linear and nonlinear causality tests. The key message emerging from the analysis is that there is a significant inflationary...

The link between public and private investment is investigated using annual data for the period 1964–65 to 2004–05. The estimates based on the structural cointegration approach indicate that both are cointegrated and public investment crowds in private investment. The study then...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the extent at which idiosyncratic and financial market uncertainty affect the UK private manufacturing firms' investment decisions. Design/methodology/approach – A firm-level panel data covering the period from 1999 to 2008 drawn...

This paper estimates the structural import demand function for Pakistan using a theoretical framework developed by Emran and Shilpi (2010). ARDL and DOLS techniques are used to estimate the log-run price and income elasticities. The results of cointegration analysis provide strong evidence of...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of macroeconomic factors and the institutional environment on corporate financial flexibility (FF). Most studies focus on well-developed financial markets and very little is known about corporate FF in less developed financial...