05- Academic Articles in Lahore School of Economics Journals: Recent submissions

  • Economic Growth and the Development of Financial Markets: Some African Evidence 
    Félix Zogning Nguimeya; Gaétan Breton (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-12)
    The purpose of this study is to determine if African stock markets have contributed to a better allocation of savings and economic growth in the countries in question. Our results reveal a strong and significant relationship ...
  • Modeling and Forecasting the Volatility of Oil Futures Using the ARCH Family Models 
    Tareena Musaddiq (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-06)
    This study attempts to model and forecast the volatility of light, sweet, crude oil futures trading at the NYMEX during 1998–2009, using various models from the ARCH family. The results reveal that the GJR-GARCH (1,2) model ...
  • Job Satisfaction and Women’s Turnover Intentions in Pakistan’s Public Universities 
    Aliya Bushra (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-06)
    The aim of this study is to test the impact of women’s job satisfaction on their turnover intentions, specifically for those employed in the education sector. Using a sample drawn from two different universities in Lahore, ...
  • The Forecasting Ability of GARCH Models for the 2003–07 Crisis: Evidence from S&P500 Index Volatility 
    Mahreen Mahmud (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-06)
    This article studies the ability of the GARCH family of models to accurately forecast the volatility of S&P500 stock index returns across the financial crisis that affected markets in 2003–07. We find the GJR-GARCH (1,1) ...
  • Organizational Role Stress Among Public and Private Sector Employees: A Comparative Study 
    Bushara Bano; Rajiv Kumar Jha (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-06)
    The aim of this study is to explore the differences in job-related stress, if any, between public and private sector employees, based on ten role stressors. It also examines the role of demographic variables on the stress ...
  • Oil Prices and Government Bond Risk Premiums 
    Hervé Alexandre; Antonin de Benoist (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-06)
    This article analyses the impact of oil prices on bond risk premiums issued by emerging economies. No empirical study has yet focused on the effects of oil prices on government bond risk premiums. We develop a model of ...
  • The Impact of Exchange Rate Volatility on Trade A Panel Study on Pakistan’s Trading Partners 
    Abdul Jalil Khan; Parvez Azim; Shabib Haider Syed (© Lahore School of Economics, 2014-06)
    This study investigates the impact of domestic and foreign currency-valued exchange rate volatility on the export and import demand functions with reference to Pakistan’s trading partners. We use GARCH-based exchange rate ...
  • Can Analysts Really Forecast Evidence from the Karachi Stock Exchange 
    Haris Bin Jamil; Aisha Ghazi Aurakzai; Muhammad Subayyal (© Lahore School of Economics, 2014-06)
    This study examines the impact of analysts’ recommendations on stock prices listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange for the period 2006–12. The recommendations are extracted from the daily Morning Shout report published by ...
  • The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Firm Entry and Exit in Punjab, Pakistan 
    Marjan Nasir (© Lahore School of Economics, 2014-06)
    This study focuses on the impact of trade liberalization on firm entry and exit in Punjab’s export manufacturing sector over the decade 2001–10. As far as the province’s export industries are concerned, real exchange rate ...
  • Terms-of-Trade Volatility and Inflation in Pakistan 
    Kiran Ijaz; Muhammad Zakaria; Bashir A. Fida (© Lahore School of Economics, 2014-06)
    This empirical study examines the effects of terms-of-trade (TOT) volatility on inflation in Pakistan, using annual data for the period 1972 to 2012. The results show that TOT volatility has a significant negative effect ...
  • The Efficiency of Foreign Exchange Markets in Pakistan An Empirical Analysis 
    Rizwana Bashir; Rabia Shakir; Badar Ashfaq; Atif Hassan (© Lahore School of Economics, 2014-06)
    This study investigates the empirical relationship between spot and forward exchange rate efficiency with reference to Pakistan and the efficiency of its foreign exchange market. We use monthly data from the State Bank of ...
  • Determinants of School Choice: Evidence from Rural Punjab, Pakistan 
    Hamna Ahmed; Sahar Amjad Sheikh (© Lahore School of Economics, 2014-06)
    The objective of this study is to understand why parents in rural areas of Punjab, Pakistan, choose to send their children to private schools when free public schools are available. The study utilizes the Privatization in ...
  • Microinsurance in Pakistan: Progress, Problems, and Prospects 
    Theresa Thompson Chaudhry; Fazilda Nabeel (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-09)
    Microinsurance in Pakistan is still in its nascent stages. More than half of the current microinsurance policies in effect in Pakistan are offered through the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), with the remainder ...
  • Human Development and Economic Uncertainties: Exploring Another Dimension of Development 
    Jamshed Y. Uppal; Syeda Rabab Mudakkar (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-09)
    This study makes the case that economic uncertainties—i.e., the extent to which economies face systemic uncertainties—need to be considered another dimension of human development because they render development ...
  • Two Social Protection Programs in Pakistan 
    Ijaz Nabi (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-09)
    Pakistan has launched two far reaching social protection programs. The federal government’s Benazir Income Support Program has, at its core, an unconditional cash grant for the poorest households. Responding to the ...
  • Increased Rural Connectivity and its Effects on Health Outcomes 
    Hadia Majid (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-09)
    This paper examines the effects of increased connectivity in rural areas on child health outcomes. In particular, it studies whether improved access to markets for rural areas through an upgraded road network and greater ...
  • Improving Public Health Delivery in Punjab, Pakistan Issues and Opportunities 
    Michael Callen; Saad Gulzar; Ali Hasanain; Abdul Rehman Khan; Yasir Khan; Muhammad Zia Mehmood (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-09)
    Pakistan has a large and dispersed primary public health system that gives citizens access to trained doctors and staff, and to subsidized medicines. However, both the use of these facilities and health outcomes remain ...
  • The State of Health in Pakistan An Overview 
    Uzma Afzal; Anam Yusuf (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-09)
    Although the Millennium Development Goals provide countries with wellrounded objectives for achieving human development over a period of 25 years, Pakistan is not on track to achieving the health-related goals. With the ...
  • Historical Inequality and Intergenerational Educational Mobility: The Dynamics of Change in Rural Punjab 
    Ali Cheema; Muhammad Farooq Naseer (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-09)
    We analyze educational attainment over three generations in rural Punjab, Pakistan, to determine if the fruits of post-independence development have translated into comparable rates of educational and social opportunities ...
  • Patronage in Rural Punjab: Evidence from a New Household Survey Dataset 
    Azam Chaudhry; Kate Vyborny (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-09)
    The intervention of local elites is often cited as an impediment to policy implementation in many developing countries. In this paper, we present initial results from an original primary household dataset from eight ...

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