Economic Policy Uncertainty and Firm Performance in Pakistan-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Economic Policy Uncertainty and Firm Performance in Pakistan

Published:2024-08-28 Issue:3 Volume:13 Page:92-101
ISSN:2409-9368
Container-title:Bulletin of Business and Economics (BBE)
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Author:

Hayat Mustansar,Ali Zulfiqar,Khan Basharat,Khero Ayesha

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on firm performance in Pakistan. Net profit margin (NPM) and ROE are taken as proxies for firm performance. Purposive sampling is used to collect quarterly data of 236 non-financial firms listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) from Thomson Reuters Eikon database, as well as quarterly data on EPU and other economic indicators from World Bank database, to test the effect of EPU on firm performance in Pakistan. Using the random effects regression, we observe that economic policy uncertainty has a significant negative impact on the performance of firms in Pakistan. The results are robust in both the models with NPM and ROE as the proxies for firm performance. The findings are crucial for the firms as they need to find ways to deal with high levels of economic policy uncertainty, as well as for the policy makers that they can try to reduce the uncertainty to give a more stable economic environment to the firms operating in Pakistan.

Publisher

Research for Humanity (Private) Limited

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