<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The motivation for this research enquiry is to identify the role of the business age, size and risk for the choice of debt financing in the textile and apparel sector of Pakistan along with other controlled factors. The textile and apparel sector of Pakistan comprises 464 listed entities as the targeted population while the study randomly finalized 60 firms as the sample after carefully analyzing the required information from the financial statements during the annual revenue streams of 2013-2019. The predicted variable for this research enquiry is measured by short, long and total-debt ratios while the predictor variables include the business age, firm’s scale and risk. In addition, the research includes tax shield, tangibility, liquidity, profitability, and growth as the controlling factors. The study estimated that the choice of total-debt ratio is strongly affected by business age, size and risk along-with tax shield, tangibility, liquidity and profitability while the choice of short-term debt ratio mainly depends upon the firm’s scale and age along with the tax shield. In addition, the choice of long-term debt ratio is strongly explained by the firm’s scale and age along with the tax shield, liquidity and profitability. The estimated evidence provides management with the implications for the textile and apparel sector of Pakistan to consider as significant factors in deciding the debt financing choice of this sector. The estimated evidence of this research enquiry applies to the non-financial textile sector only and cannot be generalized to the financial sector. Future research may enhance the financing choice towards the inclusion of equity financing with the same set of variables.</p></abstract>

The motivation for this research enquiry is to identify the role of the business age, size and risk for the choice of debt financing in the textile and apparel sector of Pakistan along with other controlled factors. The textile and apparel sector of Pakistan comprises 464 listed entities as the targeted population while the study randomly finalized 60 firms as the sample after carefully analyzing the required information from the financial statements during the annual revenue streams of 2013-2019. The predicted variable for this research enquiry is measured by short, long and total-debt ratios while the predictor variables include the business age, firm’s scale and risk. In addition, the research includes tax shield, tangibility, liquidity, profitability, and growth as the controlling factors. The study estimated that the choice of total-debt ratio is strongly affected by business age, size and risk along-with tax shield, tangibility, liquidity and profitability while the choice of short-term debt ratio mainly depends upon the firm’s scale and age along with the tax shield. In addition, the choice of long-term debt ratio is strongly explained by the firm’s scale and age along with the tax shield, liquidity and profitability. The estimated evidence provides management with the implications for the textile and apparel sector of Pakistan to consider as significant factors in deciding the debt financing choice of this sector. The estimated evidence of this research enquiry applies to the non-financial textile sector only and cannot be generalized to the financial sector. Future research may enhance the financing choice towards the inclusion of equity financing with the same set of variables.

Role of Business Age, Scale &amp; Risk in Debt Financing Choices for the Pakistani Textile &amp; Apparel Industry

Financial Internet Quarterly

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Role of Business Age, Scale & Risk in Debt Financing Choices for the Pakistani Textile & Apparel Industry

The motivation for this research enquiry is to identify the role of the business age, size and risk for the choice of debt financing in the textile and apparel...

Role of Business Age, Scale & Risk in Debt Financing Choices for the Pakistani Textile & Apparel Industry

Published Online: Sep 30, 2020

Page range: 119 - 136

Received: Aug 11, 2020

Accepted: Sep 28, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fiqf-2020-0022

Keywords
Debt Financing Choice, Business age, Firm’s scale, Risk, Textile industry, Pakistan

© 2020 Zahid Bashir et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Role of Business Age, Scale & Risk in Debt Financing Choices for the Pakistani Textile & Apparel Industry

Published Online: Sep 30, 2020

Page range: 119 - 136

Received: Aug 11, 2020

Accepted: Sep 28, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fiqf-2020-0022

KeywordsDebt Financing Choice, Business age, Firm’s scale, Risk, Textile industry, Pakistan

© 2020 Zahid Bashir et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Debt Financing Choice, Business age, Firm’s scale, Risk, Textile industry, Pakistan