The Moderating effect of grоwth орроrtunity оn the relаtiоnshiр between соrроrаte gоvernаnсe tоwаrd key finаnсiаl indiсаtоrs оf the firms – Рrоfitаbility, Liquidity, аnd Leverage
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2021
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UMT.Lahore
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of corporate governance on strong
profitability, liquidity and leverage and also to investigate moderating variable can enhance the
relationship between independent and reliable variables. In this study dependent variables profit
(ROA), monetization (CR) and leverage (TD / TA) and independent variations such as board
size, board independence, managerial and foreign ownership. The moderating variable is growth
opportunity and the proxy of growth opportunity is MV/BV. In research use quantitative
approach and sample of this research is 70 companies listed on KSE-100 index and the data
period is 2011-2018 sequentially. To find out the results panel regression with fixed effect is
used, performance and position data has taken from financial statements available at company's
official website and PSX website.
The study results show that in the first model where the profitability is taken as an dependent
variable is revealed that the board size influenced profitability negatively, which is in consistent
with the view that the smaller board size contribute more towards the profitability. Board
independence has a negative impact with accounting measure of profitability such as “return on
asset”, implying that the autonomous directors are not positively contributing. The interaction
term of growth opportunity with BS, BI and FO are also significant at 1% significance level
which concludes that growth opportunity moderates the relationship between the BS and
profitability, BI and profitability and FO and profitability and further enhances the impact of BS
towards profitability, BI towards profitability and FO towards profitability.
In second model where the liquidity is taken as a dependent variable, only the foreign ownership
is found to be significant at 1 % significance with positive impact of foreign ownership with
liquidity, which reveals that higher level of foreign ownerships in firms increase the firm
liquidity. The interaction term of growth opportunity with BS, BI and FO are also significant at
1% and 5% significance level which concludes that growth opportunity moderates the
relationship between the BS and Liquidity, BI and Liquidity and FO and Liquidity and further
enhances the impact of BS towards Liquidity, BI towards Liquidity and FO towards Liquidity.
In third model where the leverage is taken as a dependent variable, only the foreign ownership is
found to be significant at 1 % significance with negative impact of foreign ownership with
leverage, which reveals that higher level of foreign ownerships in firms decreases the firm leverage. The interaction term of growth opportunity with BS, BI and FO are also significant at
1% and 5% significance level which concludes that growth opportunity moderates the
relationship between the BS and Leverage, BI and Leverage and FO and Leverage and further
enhances the impact of BS towards Leverage, BI towards Leverage and FO towards Leverage.