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Financial conservatism and shareholders' value

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  • Ammara Yasmin
  • Abdul Rashid
  • Saba Kausar

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Conservative use of leverage makes the firm less susceptible to financial risk. The use of debt is also proscribed as per the Islamic financing approach. On the contrary, dominant theories of finance appreciate the use of leverage to attain higher returns. To solve this puzzle we have empirically examined the long-run performance of firms that use financially conservative policy in Pakistan. This is the first study comparing the long-run performance of financially conservative firms classified into: a business-group affiliated with non-affiliated, dividend-paying with zero-dividend and financial surplus with financial deficit. We have analysed data from 146 non-financial publicly listed companies for a period of 21 years (1998-2018) using the Fama and French three-factor model and the CAPM. The results of this study have strong implications for investors, as we discover that the stocks of financially conservative firms generate positive abnormal returns regardless of any classification.

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  • Ammara Yasmin & Abdul Rashid & Saba Kausar, 2023. "Financial conservatism and shareholders' value," Global Business and Economics Review, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 29(2), pages 229-246.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:gbusec:v:29:y:2023:i:2:p:229-246
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