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  • Costs, Capabilities, Conflict and Cash: The Problem of Technology and Sustainable Economic Growth in Pakistan 
    Matthew McCartney (© Lahore School of Economics, 2016-09)
    Growth in Pakistan has been surprisingly sustainable. GDP growth of 5 percent p.a. since independence and no recession since (at least) 1960 according to World Bank data represents a creditable performance when compared ...
  • Credit Flows to Pakistan’s Manufacturing SME Sector 
    Imran Ahmad; Karim Alam (© Lahore School of Economics, 2015)
    This paper profiles the flow of credit to manufacturing SMEs and their subsectors in Pakistan. We discuss the challenges confronting the SME sector as well as the role of the central bank in this context. Based on the ...
  • CRITICAL METHODOLOGY IN POLICY ANALYSIS CRITICAL REALIST APPROACH 
    AURANGZEB SYED (© Lahore School of Economics, 2008-09)
    Most mainstream research in social science is dominated by positivist methodologies such as regression analysis and pays little attention to the larger philosophical considerations of knowledge, thus denying any space ...
  • Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and Regulation: A Review 
    Ayesha Afzal; Aiman Asif (© Lahore School of Economics, Volume 24;No.1, 2019)
    The evolution of money has accompanied the development of civilizations and technological innovations, leading to today’s cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies have become a popular mode of payment globally because of their ...
  • CULTURAL SEGMENTATION OF PAKISTANI WOMEN 
    MOHAMMAD A. QADEER (© Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    Social change is a ubiquitous process. The post-colonial societies have attempted to accelerate the process of social change through the project of national development. This often results in the increased social ...
  • 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 ...
  • The Day of the Week Effect in the Pakistani Equity Market: An Investigation 
    Fazal Husain (© Lahore School of Economics, 2000-06)
    An active area of investigation in finance literature is to explore the existence of a pattern in stock returns. A predictable pattern is evidence against market efficiency. Even if the pattern does not seem to affect the ...
  • The Death of CAPM: A Critical Review 
    Nawazish Mirza; Ghalia Shabbir (© Lahore Schoool of Economics, 2005-12)
  • Debt Maturity Structure, Firm Value and Underinvestment Incentive - The Case of Pakistan 
    Syed Sikander Ali Shah; Ali Murad Syed; Sana Sheikh (© Lahore School of Economics, Volume 06;No.2, 2018)
    This study examines the potential interaction of a firm’s financing and investment decisions. It studies broadly how firms manage underinvestment and liquidity risks. To estimate the effects of these decisions, the study ...
  • A Decomposition Analysis of Capital Structure: Evidence from Pakistan’s Manufacturing Sector 
    Attiya Yasmin Javid; Qaisar Imad (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-06)
    This study investigates the determinants of the various components of debt—short- and long-term debt and their categories—in the case of nonfinancial listed firms in Pakistan for the period 2008–10. We make a significant ...
  • Demand and Supply of Exports in Pakistan __ A Disequilibrium Model 
    Mohammad Afzal (© Lahore Schoool of Economics, 2005-06)
  • Demutualization in Developing and Developed Country Stock Exchanges 
    Muhammad Hammad; Adil Awan; Amir Rafiq (© Lahore School of Economics, 2015)
    This study considers seven different stock exchanges in order to measure the impact of demutualization announcements on stock market return volatility. This is measured based on the daily index prices of all seven indices: ...
  • Deprivation Counts: An Assessment of Energy Poverty in Pakistan 
    Rafat Mahmood; Anwar Shah (© Lahore School of Economics, 2017)
    This paper examines the energy–poverty nexus in Pakistan at the national and provincial level, using the multidimensional energy poverty index. Based on data from the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey ...
  • 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 ...
  • The Determinants of Capital Structure of the Chemical Industry in Pakistan 
    Muhammad Rafiq; Asif Iqbal; Muhammad Atiq (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2008-06)
    This study is an attempt to determine the capital structure of listed firms in the chemical industry of Pakistan. The study finds that by studying a specific industry's capital structure, one can ascertain unique attributes, ...
  • The Determinants of Corporate Dividend Policy in Pakistan 
    Aliya Bushra; Nawazish Mirza (© Lahore School of Economics, 2015-12)
    The objective of this study is to identify the significant determinants of firms’ dividend policy across different sectors in Pakistan. Using data on 75 companies listed on the KSE 100 index for the period 2005 to 2010, ...
  • Determinants of Credit Infections: Evidence from Banking Sector in an Emerging Economy 
    Ayesha Afzal; Nawazish Mirza; Azka Mir (© Lahore School of Economics, Volume 06;No.2, 2018)
    This paper applies dynamic panel estimates on 22 commercial banks in Pakistan to determine the factors that affect their asset quality. Consequently, the study tests for a comprehensive array of both bank-specific and ...
  • The Determinants of Firm Survival among Small Cluster Firms 
    Sana Ullah; Babur Wasim Arif; Muhammad Tariq Majeed (© Lahore School of Economics, Volume 24;No.1, 2019)
    This study analyzes the impact of education, experience, and social capital on firm survival using two waves of a survey conducted in 2008 and 2017 for the electrical fittings cluster based in Sargodha, Pakistan. Estimating ...
  • The Determinants of Food Prices in Pakistan 
    Henna Ahsan; Zainab Iftikhar; M. Ali Kemal (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-06)
    Controlling prices is one of the biggest tasks that macroeconomic policymakers face. The objective of this study is to analyze the demand- and supply-side factors that affect food prices in Pakistan. We analyze their ...
  • The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Pakistan: An Econometric Analysis 
    Mohammad Hanif Akhtar (© Lahore School of Economics, 2000-06)
    This study contributes to an understanding of locational determinants of FDI in Pakistan. Although there exists a great deal of literature in this area, there is hardly any evidence of such a study in the case of Pakistan. ...

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