Simultaneous Equation Estimation in Finance and Corporate Financial Decision: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan Stock Exchange |
AHMED, Wahab
(Department of Management Sciences, Muslim Bagh Campus, Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering & Management Sciences)
KHAN, Hadi Hassan (Department of Management Sciences, Faculty of Management Sciences, Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering & Management Sciences) RAUF, Abdul (Department of Management Sciences, Muslim Bagh Campus, Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering & Management Sciences) ULHAQ, SM Nabeel (Department of Economics, Faculty of Management Sciences, Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering & Management Sciences) BANO, Safia (Institue of Management Sciences, University of Balochistan Quetta) SARWAR, Bilal (Department of Management Sciences, Faculty of Management Sciences, Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering & Management Sciences) HUDA, Shams ul (Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering & Management Sciences) KHAN, Mirwaise (Department of Management Sciences, Faculty of Management Sciences, Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering & Management Sciences) WALI, Ahmed (Department of Management Sciences, Faculty of Management Sciences, Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering & Management Sciences) DURRANI, Maryam Najeeb (Department of Management Sciences, Faculty of Management Sciences, Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering & Management Sciences) |
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