An Empirical Insight into the Theory and Practices of Capital Budgeting in Pakistan

Authors

  • Umair Baig Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Manzoor Anwar Khalidi Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Shujaat Mubarak Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi
  • Salman Sarwat Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University, Karachi, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51153/mf.v15i2.466

Keywords:

Capital investment decision, Capex Appraisal Model, Capital Budgeting

Abstract

The study explores the different stages of the capital investment decision process and empirically investigates these stages’ mediating role. We have used firms, managers, and economic attributes as independent variables. Likewise, ROA, ROE, and EPS are used as proxies for measuring firm performance, which is the dependent variable. A survey was conducted through a self-developed questionnaire for non-financial listed firms of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). The questionnaire comprises of two parts. The first part is related to managers and firm attributes. The second part covers the nine steps of the Capex Appraisal Model (CAM). PLS-SEM was used to investigate the objectives of the study. Moreover, the results support the applicability of CAM in the corporate sector of Pakistan. For this purpose, 27 hypotheses were empirically tested, of which 21 were found to be significant. However, 6 hypotheses were not supported. The findings suggest that the “Capex Appraisal Model†is a useful approach for the corporate sector of Pakistan. Thus, firms should properly evaluate Capex decisions to enhance performance in the long run.

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2020-12-01