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Organizational Role Stress Among Public and Private Sector Employees: A Comparative Study

Bushara Bano; Rajiv Kumar Jha (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-06)

The aim of this study is to explore the differences in job-related stress, if any, between public and private sector employees, based on ten role stressors. It also examines the role of demographic variables on the stress ...
Job Satisfaction and Women’s Turnover Intentions in Pakistan’s Public Universities

Aliya Bushra (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-06)

The aim of this study is to test the impact of women’s job satisfaction on their turnover intentions, specifically for those employed in the education sector. Using a sample drawn from two different universities in Lahore, ...
Oil Prices and Government Bond Risk Premiums

Hervé Alexandre; Antonin de Benoist (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-06)

This article analyses the impact of oil prices on bond risk premiums issued by emerging economies. No empirical study has yet focused on the effects of oil prices on government bond risk premiums. We develop a model of ...
The Forecasting Ability of GARCH Models for the 2003–07 Crisis: Evidence from S&P500 Index Volatility

Mahreen Mahmud (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-06)

This article studies the ability of the GARCH family of models to accurately forecast the volatility of S&P500 stock index returns across the financial crisis that affected markets in 2003–07. We find the GJR-GARCH (1,1) ...
Modeling and Forecasting the Volatility of Oil Futures Using the ARCH Family Models

Tareena Musaddiq (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-06)

This study attempts to model and forecast the volatility of light, sweet, crude oil futures trading at the NYMEX during 1998–2009, using various models from the ARCH family. The results reveal that the GJR-GARCH (1,2) model ...
The Impact of Dividend Policy on the Relationship Between Institutional Ownership and Stock Price Volatility: Evidence from Pakistan

Atif Hussain (© Lahore School of Economics Vol.02, No.1, 2013)

This study aims to determine the effects of dividend policy on the relationship between institutional ownership and stock price volatility, based on a sample of 36 firms listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange over a ...
A Note on the Information Content of Corporate Dividend Policy

Ayesha Khanum (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-06)

This note discusses the significance of the information content of dividends, which is reflected through the market price reactions to a firm’s dividend decisions. Informational asymmetries are the main reason for signaling ...
Evolving Ownership and the Capital Structure Regime in Japan

Wali Ullah; Shahzadah Nayyar Jehan (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-06)

This study is an attempt to investigate the implications of changes in ownership structure and control transfer in the Japanese corporate market—a trend attributed mainly to the government’s increasing liberalization ...
Developments in Studies on Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions, 1996–2011

Samra Chaudary; Saad Shahid (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-06)

This paper analyzes the methodological and publication trends in the literature on cross-border mergers and acquisitions over three five-year periods, 1996–2001, 2001–06, and 2006–11. Based on a selection of 23 journals ...
Assessing the Impact of Training on Employees’ Performance in Commercial Banks in Urban Lahore

Anam Tahir; Sumaira Sajjad (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-06)

Training helps meet specific skill deficits in employees’ performance. Successful organizations and managers realize the importance of human resources; trained human resources are key to maintaining a competitive advantage ...
The Volatility Effect of Single-Stock Futures Trading on the Pakistani Stock Market

Adil Awan; Amir Rafique (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-06)

The impact of single-stock futures on spot market volatility is still debated in the finance literature. The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of the introduction of single-stock futures on the volatility of the ...
The Relationship between Job Burnout and Gender-Based Socio-Demographic Characteristics in Lahore

Shamila Nabi Khan (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-12)

Job burnout has been extensively researched in the international literature. Burnout is caused by personal and occupational factors. This study analyzes the impact of burnout with respect to different socio-demographic ...
A Note on Corporate Capital Structure Theories

Mawal Sara Saeed (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-12)

Financial theory revolves around rational participants who want to maximize their utility or wealth for a given level of risk. This maximization, in the first place, calls for the optimality of available resources, making ...
The Relationship Between Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction in India’s Rural Banking Sector: An Item Analysis and Factor-Specific Approach

Mohammad Adil (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-12)

Earlier research has shown that, in today’s highly competitive business world, service quality and satisfaction are central to management concerns for marketing effectiveness and success. This study attempts to determine ...
Intertemporal Asset Pricing: Preliminary Evidence from an Emerging Economy

Amna Rehman; Nawazish Mirza (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-12)

In this paper, we test a simple Merton-style (1973) intertemporal capital asset pricing model (ICAPM) by allowing for time variations in certain key state variables for a sample of firms listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange. ...
The Paradox of Rising Dividend Payouts in a Recession: Evidence from Pakistan

Ijaz Hussain (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-12)

This paper applies a probit model to a panel of 319 firms listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange over the period 1999–2010, and finds that changes in inflation have a statistically significant, positive impact on the probability ...
The Impact of Demographic Characteristics and Risk Tolerance on Investors’ Risk Perception and Portfolio Management

Taqadus Bashir; Sadia Shaheen; Zahra Batool; Mohsin Hassan Butt; Aaqiba Javed (© Lahore School of Economics, 2014-12)

Behavioral finance focuses on psychological factors—such as risk perception and portfolio management—that play a crucial role in investors’ financial decisionmaking. This study investigates the effect of risk tolerance ...
The Price and Volume Effect of Single-Stock Futures Trading on the Pakistani stock market

Adil Awan; Syed M. Amir Shah (© Lahore School of Economics, 2014-12)

The advent of single-stock futures (SSFs) provides an opportunity to investigate the company-wide impact of futures trading rather than the market-wide response captured through index futures contracts. This study analyzes ...
Assessing the Financial Performance of Investment Banks in Pakistan During the Current Financial Crisis

Mirza Asjad Baig; Muhammad Ali Usman; Mirza Owais Baig (© Lahore School of Economics, 2014-12)

Investment banks play a vital role in the economic development of a country through their impact on capital and money markets. In developing countries, they promote and support business investors in bringing about economic ...
The Effect of PBL and 21st Century Skills on Students’ Creativity and Competitiveness in Private Schools

Amina Talat; Hina Fakhar Chaudhry (© Lahore School of Economics, 2014-12)

In an environment of slow economic growth where many businesses have failed, one sector that has done exceedingly well is the private education business. This study examines the effect of project-based learning (PBL) and ...

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