Academic Articles in Lahore School of Economics Journals

How did Supply and Demand Shocks Affect Industries and Occupations in COVID-19? Evidence from Pakistan

Muhammad Zubair Mumtaz; Zachary A. Smith (© Lahore School of Economics Vol.28, Issue 1, 2023, 2023)

This study examines the supply and demand shocks in Pakistan that affected occupations and industries during the COVID-19 pandemic. We use the remote labor index and essential scores for undertaking work activities from ...

The Impact of Services Quality on Electricity Theft Reduction: An Empirical Analysis of Electricity Distribution Utilities in Pakistan

Iqra Mushtaq; Faisal Mehmood Mirza (© Lahore School of Economics Vol.28, Issue 1, 2023, 2023)

This study investigates the socioeconomic, administrative, and service quality determinants of electricity theft in Pakistan. The effect of service quality standards on electricity theft is estimated using panel data ...

Sustainable Development and Women’s Personal Empowerment for Becoming Socially Inclusive: A Study from the Informal Sector in Lahore, Pakistan

Haifa Asif; Sana Fayyaz (© Lahore School of Economics Vol.28, Issue 1, 2023, 2023)

Women employed in informal sectors are integral to a nation’s overall economic growth, and to better development outcomes. This study aims to examine the capabilities of these women not only in terms of personal empowerment, ...

Easydata-MD: A Monthly Dataset for Macroeconomic Research on Pakistan

Ateeb Akhter Shah Syed; Hassan Raza; Mohsin Waheed (© Lahore School of Economics Vol.28, Issue 1, 2023, 2023)

This paper introduces the monthly State Bank of Pakistan’s EasyData, for conducting empirical macroeconomic analysis and forecasting for Pakistan's economy. For this purpose. We perform a forecasting exercise using the ...

Household Inflation Expectations Uncertainty: A Case for Pakistan

Ali Inayat (© Lahore School of Economics Vol.28, Issue 1, 2023, 2023)

This study examines the uncertainty of consumer inflation expectations in Pakistan using the data collected by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) through the Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS). CCS has been conducted every ...

Unlocking Markets: Assessing Pakistan’s Trade Potential with Gulf Cooperation Council Members

Wajid Islam; Junaid Ahmed; Amjad Masood (© Lahore School of Economics Vol.27, Issue 2, 2022, 2022)

This study examines the trade potential of Pakistan with the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Trade potential is estimated using the RCA (Revealed Comparative Advantage) index technique, utilizing HS-8 ...

Examining the Trade Determinants and Potential of Pakistan: A Gravity Model Analysis

Suadat Hussain Wani; M. Afzal Mir (© Lahore School of Economics Vol.27, Issue 2, 2022, 2022)

This study aims at identifying the main determinants of the annual trade flows of Pakistan with its top trade partners, including those with which the country has signed trade agreements. Given the present economic ...

An Empirical Analysis of the Prices of Selected Food Items Across Three Political administrations in Pakistan

Nehal Ahmad Khan; Anwar Shah (© Lahore School of Economics Vol.27, Issue 2, 2022, 2022)

This study compares the prices of selected food items across three political administrations in Pakistan. We have taken monthly data from July 2008 to October 2021 of the prices of selected food items from the Pakistan ...

Public-Private Wage Differentials: Evidence from Pakistan

Naeem Akram (© Lahore School of Economics Vol.27, Issue 2, 2022, 2022)

Compensation structures of public sector employees have significant implications for public service delivery and employment. If public sector employees get relatively lower pay, then the government can face difficulties ...

Pakistan's Development Dilemma: An Empirical Analysis of Aid, Governance, and Human Development

Kalsoom Zulfiqar; Abdul Rehman Nawaz; Madiha Qayyum; Faisal Asghar (© Lahore School of Economics Vol.27, Issue 2, 2022, 2022)

This study examines the role of foreign aid and governance in Pakistan’s human development from 1991 to 2021 utilizing the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) technique. It not only explores the individual impact of ...

Cost Stickiness, Firm’s Dividend Payouts, and Family Ownership

Rizwan Ali; Ramiz ur Rehman; Ali Amin (© Lahore School of Economics Vol.27, Issue 1, 2022, 2022)

: Our study enriches the growing literature on cost stickiness in the context of an emerging economy. The study examines the relationship between cost stickiness and dividend payout behavior in Pakistan, and the possibility ...

Pre and Post Evaluation of Pakistan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement

Mazhar Hussain; Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah (© Lahore School of Economics Vol.27, Issue 1, 2022, 2022)

Abstract: The objective of this article is to evaluate the impact of Pakistan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Pakistan's and Sri Lanka's macroeconomic structures. The FTA is operational since June 2005. For this ...

Forecasting the GDP Growth in Pakistan: The Role of Consumer Confidence

Syed Ateeb Akhter Shah; Fatima Kaneez; Arshad Riffat (© Lahore School of Economics Vol.27, Issue 1, 2022, 2022)

This paper investigates whether consumer confidence improves the prediction of GDP growth over what are popularly construed as fundamental economic variables. We use monthly data concerning Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) ...

A Spatial Agglomeration Analysis of Firm Productivity: A Case of the Textile Sector of Pakistan

The prime objective of this study is to examine how agglomeration affects the productivity of firms by location. Using different spatial econometrics on geo-referenced data of textile manufacturers in Pakistan, the study ...

Differential Impact of Taxation on Food Items

In Pakistan, essential food items are exempted from indirect taxes to avoid any subsequent increase in their prices, with the goal of protecting the poor from a regressive tax burden. Taxes on inputs such as on fuel and ...

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