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Author(s) Muhammad Sohail

Abstract ABSTRACT Title: Analyzing Relationship between Financial Leverage and Firms Performance: A Comparative Study of Pakistani Cement and Indian Cement Firms The main objective of the current research study is to investigate the impact of financial leverage on profitability of cement firms of Pakistan and India. In this regards the relevant literature has been viewed and the research objectives are determined research questions has been raised and hypothesis has been developed. The methodology of research consists of quantitative nature using deductive approach. The population includes the cement firms of Pakistan and India listed companies. The sample includes 15 cement companies from each country which were selected randomly. The data was secondary and panel which was analysed using fixed effect, random effect model but Hausman test and Breusch pagan test recommend the pooled regression model to be the appropriate model for current study thus only pooled regression results are reported. The results show that leverage has negative impact on Pakistani cement firms and positive impact on Indian firms. It is recommended based on results that Pakistani companies should reduce the amount of financial leverage while Indian firms should increase the financial leverage in order to boost their profitability. Keywords: Financial leverage, Profitability, Pakistan cements firms, Indian cement firms.

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Faculty Management Sciences

Department Management Sciences

Language English

Publication Date 2019-12-13

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