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

  • Market Discipline in Commercial Banking 
    Ayesha Afzal; Nawazish Mirza (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2011-09)
    This study presents empirical evidence of market discipline, using a panel dataset of listed banks on the Karachi Stock Exchange. We construct multiple riskbased measures from the stock prices between 2004 and 2009 to ...
  • The Economics of Inflation, Issues in the Design of Monetary Policy Rule, and Monetary Policy Reaction Function in Pakistan 
    Ather Maqsood Ahmed; Wasim Shahid Malik (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2011-09)
    The objective of this study is to estimate a monetary policy reaction function for Pakistan. To do this, we use data for the period 1992Q4–2010Q2. Our results show that the State Bank of Pakistan reacts to changes in ...
  • The Impact of Monetary Policy on Lending and Deposit Rates in Pakistan 
    Hasan Muhammad Mohsin (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2011-09)
    This study estimates the impact of monetary policy on lending and deposit rates in Pakistan, using bank data for the period November 2001 to March 2011. We find evidence of a long-run relationship between the lending and ...
  • Government Budget Deficits and the Development of the Bond Market in Pakistan 
    Jamshed Y. Uppal (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2011-09)
    This article examines how better discipline can be brought to fiscal policy, first, through enhanced institutional checks and balances, and second, through better market discipline. We examine the political institutions ...
  • A Qualitative Analysis of Pakistan’s External and Internal Debt 
    Eatzaz Ahmad (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2011-09)
    This paper discusses how poor debt management combined with the policies of donor agencies (particularly the IMF) have brought on the present domestic and foreign debt crises. The paper presents a qualitative account of ...
  • The Capital Account and Pakistani Rupee Convertibility 
    Irfan ul Haque (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2011-09)
    Pakistan embarked on the liberalization of its capital account more than two decades ago. Today, it is an economy with a capital account that is, by and large, free of restrictions, and a convertible currency. However, ...
  • Pakistan, Growth, Dependency, and Crisis 
    Matthew McCartney (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2011-09)
    Compared to the historical and even contemporary experience of India, Pakistan has long been regarded as a “dependent” economy. Gross domestic product growth in Pakistan is typically argued to be contingent on external ...
  • Reconstructing the Performance of Pakistan’s Political Economy 
    Inayat Ullah Mangla (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2011-06)
    This paper looks at the major factors limiting economic growth in Pakistan. The paper then analyzes the structural problems faced by Pakistan today and goes on to discuss the challenges facing monetary policy makers in ...
  • The Role of Education and Income in Poverty Alleviation 
    Pervez Zamurrad Janjua; Usman Ahmed Kamal (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2011-06)
    The existing literature on education and poverty considers mostly primary data from an income point of view. However, the benefits of education vary from a direct income effect to positive externalities, which can help ...
  • The Reserve Equation and the Analytics of Pakistan’s Monetary Policy 
    Rubina Hassan (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2011-06)
    This paper deals with the computation and analysis of some fundamental reserve aggregates and associated monetary statistics, which impart important information regarding the design and conduct of monetary policy at the ...
  • Impact of Monetary and Macroeconomic Factors on Wheat Prices in Pakistan 
    Khalid Mushtaq; Abdul Ghafoor; Abedullah; Farhan Ahmad (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2011-06)
    This paper attempts to evaluate the impact of monetary and macroeconomic factors on real wheat prices in Pakistan for the period 1976-2010, using Johansen’s co-integration approach. The Augmented Dickey-Fuller test reveals ...
  • Comparative Advantage of Major Crops Production in Punjab 
    Muhammad A. Quddus; Usman Mustafa (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2011-06)
    This study uses data from 1999/2000 to 2004/05 to determine the relative efficiency of major crops (wheat, rice, sugarcane, and cotton) in Punjab (Pakistan) and their comparative advantage in international trade as measured ...
  • The Trade Potential of Pakistan 
    Nazia Gul; Hafiz M. Yasin (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2011-06)
    This paper attempts to estimate Pakistan’s trade potential, using the gravity model of trade. Panel data for the period 1981-2005 across 42 countries is employed in the analysis. The coefficients obtained from the model ...
  • Prospects for Cooperative Marketing among Surgical Instrument Producers in Pakistan 
    Theresa Thompson Chaudhry (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2011-06)
    Given that clustered firms in developing countries generally sell their goods through multinational firms, we seek to determine under what conditions might clustered surgical instrument firms band together and form a ...
  • Income Tax Revenue as an Indicator of Regional Development in Pakistan 
    Ijaz Hussain; Sumbal Rana (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    The objective of this paper is to highlight the use of income tax revenue as an indicator of regional development in Pakistan. Initially, we identify a dramatic shift in income tax revenue trends at the provincial level ...
  • Competitiveness of Pakistani Fruits in the World Market 
    Waqar Akhtar; M. Sharif; Hassnain Shah (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    This paper examines the global competitiveness of Pakistan’s fruit exports (dates, mangoes, and oranges), using revealed comparative advantage (RCA). It also analyzes domestic consumption trends among selected fruits grown ...
  • An Efficiency Analysis of Punjab’s Cotton-Wheat System 
    M. Ishaq Javed; Sultan Ali Adil; Sarfaraz Hassan; Asghar Al (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    This study examines the technical, allocative, and economic efficiencies of the cotton-wheat farming system in Punjab, Pakistan. It also investigates the determinants of these efficiencies using a non-parametric data ...
  • An Analysis of Host Country Characteristics that Determine FDI in Developing Countries 
    Muhammad Tariq Majeed; Eatzaz Ahmad (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    This paper analyzes a range of host country characteristics that determine foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to developing countries, using panel data on 72 countries for the period 1970-2008. Keeping in view the ...
  • Trade and Income Convergence in Selected South Asian Countries and Their Trading Partners 
    Ahmed Nawaz Hakro; Bashir Ahmad Fida (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    This paper analyzes trade among and the convergence of per capita income for India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The extent of trade and its relationship with the magnitude of income convergence is studied among ...
  • The Role of Satellite Stock Exchanges 
    Jamshed Y. Uppal (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    In many countries, capital markets are often served by multiple stock exchanges, typically with one national or dominant exchange and several regional or satellite exchanges. While multi¬ple exchanges create a competitive ...

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