The main purpose of this study is to investigate the relation between corporate earnings and cost of equity capital. Panel regression model is used to investigate the relation while Hausman test is applied to check the fixed and random effect. The study finds negative but weak relation between earnings and cost of equity capital. The study examines more intensity of fixed effect as compare to random effect.
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Muhammad Ateeq ur Rehman, Awais Raoof, Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, Ramiz ur Rehman, Sajjad Ahmed. (2016). Impact of Corporate Earnings on the Cost of Equity: An Empirical Study of Pakistani Textile Sector. European Business & Management, 2(2), 54-59. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ebm.20160202.16
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