Financial Constraints across Pakistani Listed Firms

Saira Qasim
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Saira Qasim: Department of Business, Middlesex University, London, UK

International Journal of Finance & Banking Studies, 2021, vol. 10, issue 2, 57-69

Abstract: Using Q investment model to scrutinize investment-cash flow sensitivity, a measure of financial constraint, has been a subject of controversy in literature. By using an alternative model called Error Correction model, this study aims to check the sensitivity between firm’s internal finance and investment level for the case of lower middle income country. Literature has shown that firms’ specific characteristics affect the relation between investment and cash flow of the firms. By considering the unique characteristics of Pakistani corporate sector, this study further target to check whether the investment-cash flow sensitivity differs across size of the firms, group affiliation of the firms and dividend policy of the firms. Our findings indicate that Pakistani listed firms are financially constrained. We find a strong relationship between investment and cash flow for small and non-dividend-paying firms; whereas group-affiliation does not affect investment-cash flow sensitivity of firms.

Keywords: Financial constraints; Investment; Developing country; Firms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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