• 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 

  Muhammad Zeeshan Younas (© Lahore School of Economics Vol.27, Issue 1, 2022, 2022)

  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 

  Iffat Ara; Qazi Masood Ahmed (© Lahore School of Economics Vol.27, Issue 1, 2022, 2022)

  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 ...
• The Impact of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Consumer Confidence in Pakistan 

  Syed Ateeb Akhter Shah; Fatima Kaneez; Riffat Arshad (© Lahore School of Economics, Volume 26;No.2, 2021)

  This study examines the impact of Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) on the consumer confidence index (CCI) in Pakistan. Using a sample from the start of 2012 up to February 2020, a vector error-correction model is used ...
• Predicting Stock Indices Trends using Neuro-fuzzy Systems in COVID-19 

  Muhammad Zubair Mumtaz (© Lahore School of Economics, Volume 26;No.2, 2021)

  Predicting the ebb and flow of stock markets is a complex and challenging exercise owing to the disruptive and uncertain behavior of stock prices. The COVID-19 pandemic is an example of an event that, had a drastic ...
• How Information and Communication Technologies Affect Intensive and Extensive Margins of Firm Exports: Evidence with Micro Data of South Asian Manufacturing Firms 

  Muhammad Luqman; Ghulam Murtaza; Rabia Nazir (© Lahore School of Economics, Volume 26;No.2, 2021)

  International trade plays a pivotal role in growth and development. The use of ICT is profoundly changing the landscape for international trade and expands opportunities especially for developing countries. The key ...
• Mergers and Acquisitions in the Indian Sub-Continent: 2010-2019 

  Ali Metwalli; Jim P. DeMello (© Lahore School of Economics, Volume 26;No.2, 2021)

  With rising growth rates and per capita income levels on the Indian subcontinent, foreign direct investment in the region, especially through mergers and acquisitions, has increased over the past decade. Using transaction ...
• Remittances and Output Volatility: The Role of Financial Development 

  Aisha Tauqir; Muhammad Tariq Majeed (© Lahore School of Economics, Volume 26;No.2, 2021)

  This paper examines the impact of remittances on output volatility through the channel of financial development using data for 158 countries from 1971 to 2017. We estimate the role of financial development by looking ...
• Analysis of Pomegranate Value Chain in Kandahar Province of Afghanistan: Issues and Prospects 

  Muhammad Hasham Daqiq (© Lahore School of Economics, Volume 26;No.1, 2021)

  Pomegranates are one of the most important fruits in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan, which is famous for its pomegranates around the world. Pomegranates play a vital role in the socio-economic life of those who ...
• Do Underlying Risk Preferences explain Individuals’ Cognitive Ability?⁕ Evidence from a Sample of Pakistani Students 

  Mariam Raheem; Ain ul Momina (© Lahore School of Economics, Volume 26;No.1, 2021)

  Emerging research in empirical economics posits a question on the relation between underlying risk preferences and reflective cognitive ability. In an experimental setting, a preliminary sample of 260 participants ...
• The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Income Inequality: A Case Study of Pakistan 

  Suhrab Khan; Ihtsham ul Haq Padda (© Lahore School of Economics Vol.26; No.1, 2021)

  This study investigates the impact of various fiscal policy instruments on the income inequality of Pakistan using an Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model on annual data. We find that direct taxes reduce income ...
• Developing Housing Finance in Pakistan – Challenges and Opportunities 

  Jamshed Uppal (© Lahore School of Economics, Volume 26;No.1, 2021)

  Expanding home-ownership poses a fundament financial challenge arising out of the long-term nature of the asset, which calls for the development of institutions and markets to facilitate the flow of long-term funds. ...
• Estimation and Forecasting of Industrial Production Index 

  Muhammad Ejaz; Javed Iqbal (© Lahore School of Economics, Volume 26;No.1, 2021)

  It is essential that policymakers consider cyclical changes in output. Monthly industrial production is one of the most important and commonly used macroeconomic indicators for this purpose. However, monthly estimates ...

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