Academic Articles in Lahore Journals of Economics: Recent submissions

  • Effects of the Exchange Rate on Output and Price Level 
    Munir A. S. Choudhary; Muhammad Aslam Chaudhry (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    The question of whether devaluation of the currency affects output positively or negatively has received considerable attention both from academic and empirical researchers. A number of empirical studies have supported ...
  • Currency Substitution, Capital Mobility and Functional Forms of Money Demand in Pakistan 
    Yu Hsing (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    The demand for M2 in Pakistan is positively influenced by real GDP and currency appreciation and negatively influenced by the domestic interest rate and the foreign interest rate. These results confirm international ...
  • Financial Development and Economic Growth 
    A.R. Kemal; Abdul Qayyum; Muhammad Nadim Hanif (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    This paper examines the empirical relationship between financial development and economic growth for high income countries. The study focuses on both indirect finance and direct finance, separately as well as jointly. ...
  • The Disappearing Calendar Anomalies in the Singapore Stock Market 
    Wing-Keung Wong; Aman Agarwal; Nee-Tat Wong (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2006-12)
    This paper investigates the calendar anomalies in the Singapore stock market over the recent period from 1993-2005. Specifically, changes in stock index returns are examined surrounding January (the January effect), on ...
  • Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes 
    Somesh K. Mathur (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2006-12)
    This note discusses the workings of the Dispute Settlement Process (DSP) of the WTO, and the major problems concerning the implementation of decisions in the DSP. It provides some suggestions in order for the DSP to work ...
  • Role of the Futures Market on Volatility and Price Discovery of the Spot Market 
    Safi Ullah Khan (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2006-12)
    This paper focuses on the role of the financial futures market in the volatility of Pakistan’s stock market and determines whether the stock futures price is capable of providing some relevant information for predicting ...
  • Comparative Advantage and Competitiveness of Wheat Crop in Pakistan 
    Sofia Anwar; Zakir Hussain; M. Siddique Javed (© Lahore Schoool of Economics, 2005-12)
    This study was conducted to analyze the comparative advantage and competitiveness of wheat crop and its implications for resource allocation towards competing crops. The extent of policy distortion and agricultural protection ...
  • On the Conditioning of the Financial Market’s Reaction to Seasoned Equity Offerings 
    Onur Arugaslan; Louise Miller (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2006-12)
    Consistent with asymmetric information arguments, prior research has shown that the financial market typically responds negatively to the announcement of a seasoned equity offering (SEO). Korajczyk and Levy (2003), however, ...
  • The Death of CAPM: A Critical Review 
    Nawazish Mirza; Ghalia Shabbir (© Lahore Schoool of Economics, 2005-12)
  • Technical Efficiency of Some Selected Manufacturing Industries in Bangladesh 
    Md. Azizul Baten; Masud Rana; Sumonkanti Das; Md. Abdul Khaleque (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2006-12)
    This paper investigates the technical efficiency of selected manufacturing industries of Bangladesh using a stochastic frontier production function approach suggested by Battese and Coelli (1992) applied to panel data. A ...
  • Regulatory Response to Market Volatility and Manipulation 
    Jamshed Y. Uppal; Inayat U. Mangla (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2006-12)
    This study examines the regulatory intervention in India and Pakistan in response to episodes of excessive market volatility and manipulation and its effectiveness in achieving declared objectives. Our empirical analysis ...
  • Impact of Macroeconomic Announcements on the Stock Prices: An Empirical Study on the Turkish Financial Services Sector 
    Feridun, Mete (© Lahore Schoool of Economics, 2005-12)
    The purpose of this study is to test the efficiency of the Turkish Markets in terms of the monthly inflation announcement effect. The study examines the reaction of the financial services sector to monthly inflation ...
  • Population Growth and Economic Development 
    Khalid Mushtaq (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2006-12)
    This paper examines the existence of a long-run relationship between population and per capita income in Pakistan for the period 1960-2001 using cointegration analysis. Unit root results show that population is integrated ...
  • Willingness to Pay for Margalla Hills National Park 
    Himayatullah Khan (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2006-12)
    This study, which is among the first in Pakistan to value recreational benefits, estimates the benefits of the Margalla Hills National Park near Islamabad. The study examines how much park visitors are willing to pay to ...
  • Impact of Ownership and Concentration of Land on Schooling 
    Haroon Jamal; Amir Jahan Khan (© Lahore Schoool of Economics, 2005-12)
    The study argues for land reform in Pakistan by demonstrating an inverse relationship between students’ enrollment and land concentration and landlessness for 50 districts of the Punjab and Sindh provinces. With the help ...
  • Corruption and Trade Liberalization: Has the World Bank Anti-Corruption Initiative Worked? 
    Azam Chaudhry (© Lahore Schoool of Economics, 2005-12)
  • Organizational Culture Assessment of Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises 
    Arshad Zaheer; Kashif ur Rehman; Abrar Ahmad (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2006-12)
    This paper is an ethnographic study defining and assessing the organizational culture exhibited by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). It primarily focuses on four cultural categories: clan, adhocracy, hierarchy and ...
  • The Exchange Rates and Monetary Dynamics in Pakistan: An Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Approach 
    Muhammad Arshad Khan; Muhammad Zabir Sajjid (© Lahore Schoool of Economics, 2005-12)
    In this paper we investigate both the long and short-run relationship between real money balances, real income, inflation rate, foreign interest rate and real effective exchange rate with reference to Pakistan over the ...
  • Technical Efficiency and its Determinants in Potato Production, Evidence from Punjab, Pakistan 
    Abedullah; Khuda Bakhsh and Bashir Ahmad (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2006-12)
    Potato cultivation accounts for 5.71 percent in total cropped area of the Punjab province and it supplements the diet of the growing population at lower prices as compared to grains, meat and chicken. Data from 100 farmers, ...
  • Determinants of Capital Structure 
    Syed Tahir Hijazi; Yasir Bin Tariq (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2006-06)
    This paper attempts to determine the capital structure of listed firms in the cement industry of Pakistan. The study finds that a specific industry’s capital structure exhibits unique attributes which are usually not ...

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