An extensive survey was carried out during the year 2016-17 to find out Acridid fauna of Hazara R... more An extensive survey was carried out during the year 2016-17 to find out Acridid fauna of Hazara Region. During inspection 1402 species of grasshoppers and Locusts were collected from different localities in Hazara region. Collected specimens of Acrididae family were identified and sorted out into 73 species pertaining to 11 sub-families and 38 genera, has been enlisted to othopterean fauna of this region. Beside this it was noted that the members of subfamily family Acridinae was found to be most abundant with 20.82%, followed by Oedipodinae, Gomphocerinae and Oxyinae with 17.61%, 17.47% and 14.40% respectively. Lowest population was observed in Cyrtacanthacridinae and Tropidopolinae with 3.06% and 2.49% respectively.
PurposeThis research explores the role of economic growth to influence the inter-relationship bet... more PurposeThis research explores the role of economic growth to influence the inter-relationship between capital, liquidity and profitability of commercial banks in selected asian emerging economies.Design/methodology/approachTo achieve the research purpose, an empirical model was constructed to examine the role of economic growth in the inter-relationship between banks' capital, liquidity and profitability. The empirical model was tested through two stage lease square (2SLS) regression analysis using annual data of Asian commercial banks ranges from 2011 to 2019.FindingsThe findings indicate that bank capital and liquidity are interdependent and determined simultaneously. The outcome demonstrates that the strength of the inter-relationship between banks' capital, liquidity, and profitability improves when economic growth is taken into account in the analysis. The results report that market funding, loan ratio, credit risk, bank size and bank efficiency are significant indicato...
This study examines the speed of adjustment of the leverage and regulatory capital ratios between... more This study examines the speed of adjustment of the leverage and regulatory capital ratios between 2002 and 2018 for large commercial banks of the USA. The study applies a two-step system GMM technique to obtain the speed of adjustment. The results prove that higher-quality capital requires greater time to restore equilibrium after an economic shock. The results also show that large commercial banks adjust their regulatory ratios faster than leverage ratios. Furthermore, the speed of adjustment is heterogeneous for cross-sections. The speed of adjustment for well-capitalized banks is higher than adequately and undercapitalized commercial banks. The speed of adjustment for highly liquid is higher than low liquid banks. This study also finds the banks quickly adjust their capital before the crisis period. The heterogeneous results have implications for regulators, policymakers, and bank managers for better decision making.
Although several studies have presented bricolage as a method in the context of new projects to a... more Although several studies have presented bricolage as a method in the context of new projects to address resource limitations, none have specifically explored the effects of bricolage to find potential on organizational innovation prospects within the context of recognition of opportunity. The purpose of this research is to identify how the bricolage effect on organization innovation through the recognition of opportunities. The prior study was adopted a causal and comparative design of a quantitative approach while a cross-sectional survey technique is determined to gather data by questionnaire. A simple random sampling technique is adopted to select 242 employees of various Chinese organizations who are working in Pakistan. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, ANOVA, and simple linear regression is regressed to analyze the data through inferential statistical techniques. The results of the study showed there is no substantial change of bricolage on organizational innovation...
This study employs the Vector Autoregressive-Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedast... more This study employs the Vector Autoregressive-Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (VAR-AGARCH) model to examine both return and volatility spillovers from the USA (developed) and China (Emerging) towards eight emerging Asian stock markets during the full sample period, the US financial crisis, and the Chinese Stock market crash. We also calculate the optimal weights and hedge ratios for the stock portfolios. Our results reveal that both return and volatility transmissions vary across the pairs of stock markets and the financial crises. More specifically, return spillover was observed from the US and China to the Asian stock markets during the US financial crisis and the Chinese stock market crash, and the volatility was transmitted from the USA to the majority of the Asian stock markets during the Chinese stock market crash. Additionally, volatility was transmitted from China to the majority of the Asian stock markets during the US financial crisis. The weights ...
Academic literature has placed exceptional devotion towards the decision usefulness of financial ... more Academic literature has placed exceptional devotion towards the decision usefulness of financial and non-financial information disclosures. This study aims to examine the role of information disclosure in determining retail investor trading behaviour. The approach of the study is deductive while the quantitative strategy is adopted by using a survey questionnaire for data collection. Primary data was collected from 386 retail investors actively involved in stock trading at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). Theoretical underpinning is based on signalling theory. Covariance based structural equation modelling (SEM) has carried out to statistically examine the strength of the measurement model.The key findings of this study exhibit that on average, retail investors invest in firms with detailed financial and non-financial disclosures. The result also shows the intervening influence of perceived corporate image on retail investor decision. Categorically, the finding of this study indicate...
The problem of variance estimation in two phase sampling under non response was not considered in... more The problem of variance estimation in two phase sampling under non response was not considered in the literature. We have adapted the classes of variance estimators suggested by Srivastava and Jhajj (1980) into the two phase sampling under the strategy given by Hansen and Hurwitz (1946) for the problem of non-response. In this paper some more generalize classes of estimators for the population variance are proposed using multi-auxiliary information in the presence of non-response in two phase sampling. Two situations of availability of auxiliary information and two situations of non-response are considered while constructing the classes. The expressions for mean square error are also provided and an empirical study is carried out to support the theoretical findings.
An extensive survey was carried out during the year 2016-17 to find out Acridid fauna of Hazara R... more An extensive survey was carried out during the year 2016-17 to find out Acridid fauna of Hazara Region. During inspection 1402 species of grasshoppers and Locusts were collected from different localities in Hazara region. Collected specimens of Acrididae family were identified and sorted out into 73 species pertaining to 11 sub-families and 38 genera, has been enlisted to othopterean fauna of this region. Beside this it was noted that the members of subfamily family Acridinae was found to be most abundant with 20.82%, followed by Oedipodinae, Gomphocerinae and Oxyinae with 17.61%, 17.47% and 14.40% respectively. Lowest population was observed in Cyrtacanthacridinae and Tropidopolinae with 3.06% and 2.49% respectively.
PurposeThis research explores the role of economic growth to influence the inter-relationship bet... more PurposeThis research explores the role of economic growth to influence the inter-relationship between capital, liquidity and profitability of commercial banks in selected asian emerging economies.Design/methodology/approachTo achieve the research purpose, an empirical model was constructed to examine the role of economic growth in the inter-relationship between banks' capital, liquidity and profitability. The empirical model was tested through two stage lease square (2SLS) regression analysis using annual data of Asian commercial banks ranges from 2011 to 2019.FindingsThe findings indicate that bank capital and liquidity are interdependent and determined simultaneously. The outcome demonstrates that the strength of the inter-relationship between banks' capital, liquidity, and profitability improves when economic growth is taken into account in the analysis. The results report that market funding, loan ratio, credit risk, bank size and bank efficiency are significant indicato...
This study examines the speed of adjustment of the leverage and regulatory capital ratios between... more This study examines the speed of adjustment of the leverage and regulatory capital ratios between 2002 and 2018 for large commercial banks of the USA. The study applies a two-step system GMM technique to obtain the speed of adjustment. The results prove that higher-quality capital requires greater time to restore equilibrium after an economic shock. The results also show that large commercial banks adjust their regulatory ratios faster than leverage ratios. Furthermore, the speed of adjustment is heterogeneous for cross-sections. The speed of adjustment for well-capitalized banks is higher than adequately and undercapitalized commercial banks. The speed of adjustment for highly liquid is higher than low liquid banks. This study also finds the banks quickly adjust their capital before the crisis period. The heterogeneous results have implications for regulators, policymakers, and bank managers for better decision making.
Although several studies have presented bricolage as a method in the context of new projects to a... more Although several studies have presented bricolage as a method in the context of new projects to address resource limitations, none have specifically explored the effects of bricolage to find potential on organizational innovation prospects within the context of recognition of opportunity. The purpose of this research is to identify how the bricolage effect on organization innovation through the recognition of opportunities. The prior study was adopted a causal and comparative design of a quantitative approach while a cross-sectional survey technique is determined to gather data by questionnaire. A simple random sampling technique is adopted to select 242 employees of various Chinese organizations who are working in Pakistan. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, ANOVA, and simple linear regression is regressed to analyze the data through inferential statistical techniques. The results of the study showed there is no substantial change of bricolage on organizational innovation...
This study employs the Vector Autoregressive-Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedast... more This study employs the Vector Autoregressive-Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (VAR-AGARCH) model to examine both return and volatility spillovers from the USA (developed) and China (Emerging) towards eight emerging Asian stock markets during the full sample period, the US financial crisis, and the Chinese Stock market crash. We also calculate the optimal weights and hedge ratios for the stock portfolios. Our results reveal that both return and volatility transmissions vary across the pairs of stock markets and the financial crises. More specifically, return spillover was observed from the US and China to the Asian stock markets during the US financial crisis and the Chinese stock market crash, and the volatility was transmitted from the USA to the majority of the Asian stock markets during the Chinese stock market crash. Additionally, volatility was transmitted from China to the majority of the Asian stock markets during the US financial crisis. The weights ...
Academic literature has placed exceptional devotion towards the decision usefulness of financial ... more Academic literature has placed exceptional devotion towards the decision usefulness of financial and non-financial information disclosures. This study aims to examine the role of information disclosure in determining retail investor trading behaviour. The approach of the study is deductive while the quantitative strategy is adopted by using a survey questionnaire for data collection. Primary data was collected from 386 retail investors actively involved in stock trading at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). Theoretical underpinning is based on signalling theory. Covariance based structural equation modelling (SEM) has carried out to statistically examine the strength of the measurement model.The key findings of this study exhibit that on average, retail investors invest in firms with detailed financial and non-financial disclosures. The result also shows the intervening influence of perceived corporate image on retail investor decision. Categorically, the finding of this study indicate...
The problem of variance estimation in two phase sampling under non response was not considered in... more The problem of variance estimation in two phase sampling under non response was not considered in the literature. We have adapted the classes of variance estimators suggested by Srivastava and Jhajj (1980) into the two phase sampling under the strategy given by Hansen and Hurwitz (1946) for the problem of non-response. In this paper some more generalize classes of estimators for the population variance are proposed using multi-auxiliary information in the presence of non-response in two phase sampling. Two situations of availability of auxiliary information and two situations of non-response are considered while constructing the classes. The expressions for mean square error are also provided and an empirical study is carried out to support the theoretical findings.
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