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  • 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, ...
  • 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 ...
  • Technology in the Sialkot Gloves Manufacturing Sector 
    Saba Firdousi (© Lahore School of Economics, 2016-09)
    This paper uses a unique sample of sports glove manufacturers from Sialkot to develop an index of technological sophistication. The data shows that total factor productivity (TFP) and total revenue productivity (TRP) cluster ...
  • 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 ...
  • Terms-of-Trade Volatility and Inflation in Pakistan 
    Kiran Ijaz; Muhammad Zakaria; Bashir A; Fida (© The 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 ...
  • Testing for Market Efficiency in Emerging Markets 
    Khalid Mustafa; Mohammed Nishat (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    This paper investigates the efficiency of the Karachi stock exchange (KSE) with corrections for thin trading and non-linearity as suggested by Miller, Muthuswamy and Whaley (1994). Daily, weekly, and monthly data on ...
  • Testing the Dynamic Linkages of the Pakistani Stock Market with Regional and Global Markets 
    Zohaib Aziz; Javed Iqbal (© Lahore School of Economics, 2017)
    This article examines the dynamic linkages between Pakistan’s emerging stock market and (i) the US market and (ii) the regional markets of India and Japan. Using data for the daily returns and volatility spillovers of ...
  • Testing the Governance-Productivity Nexus for Emerging Asian Countries 
    Ghulam Mustafa; Muhammad Jamil (© Lahore School of Economics, 2018)
    This paper presents panel data estimates of the relationship between governance, aggregate labor productivity (ALP) growth and total factor productivity (TFP) growth for 12 Asian economies between 1996 and 2013. Our results ...
  • The Textiles and Garments Sector 
    Naved Hamid; Ijaz Nabi; Rafia Zafar (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2014-09)
    The textiles and garments (T&G) sector accounts for almost 50% of Pakistan’s exports and is the largest component of manufacturing. T&G sector, because of recent favorable developments for the industry in Pakistan and the ...
  • Theory at Odds with Best Practice 
    Irfan ul Haque (© Lahore School of Economics, 2015)
    The problems that afflict Pakistan’s manufacturing sector are widely known. It is also recognized that the current state of affairs must change, but there is little agreement as to what that might entail. The lack of ...
  • Toward a Competitive Pakistan 
    Irfan ul Haque (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2014-09)
    This paper’s basic premise is that an improvement in Pakistan’s export performance is crucial to raising economic growth. After examining the reasons generally given for Pakistan’s poor export performance, we conclude that ...
  • Toward a Heterodox Approach: Reconciling Stabilization and Economic Growth in Pakistan 
    Irfan ul Haque; Sahar Amjad (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-09)
    This article attempts to show that a strategy for accelerated growth for Pakistan is both necessary and feasible. Pakistan’s macroeconomic conditions are broadly similar to some of its more rapidly growing neighbors. The ...
  • Towards a New Solution Mechanism for Corporate Bankruptcy 
    Omar Chaudry (© Lahore School of Economics, 2000-12)
  • Towards a Theoretical Framework for an Analysis of Corruption 
    Moazam Mahmud (© Lahore School of Economics, 1997-12)
  • Trade Agreements and Export Creation: An Empirical Analysis of Pakistan’s Exports at Industry Level 
    Tehseen Ahmed Qureshi; Anwar Shah (© Lahore School of Economics, Volume 25;No.2, 2020)
    This paper examines patterns of export creation and diversion by analyzing Pakistan’s trade agreements at the two-digit industry level for all 88 export-oriented industries. We compare the net change in exports with nine ...
  • 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 ...
  • Trade Liberalization and Economic Development: Evidence from Pakistan 
    Bushra Yasmin; Zainab Jehan (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2006-06)
    Unrestricted trade stimulates economic growth and bridges socio-economic gaps existing in different countries of the world. Pakistan has adopted trade liberalization policies since the late 1980s with the same expectations. ...
  • Trade Liberalization and the Lead Role of Human Capital and Job Attributes in Wage Determination 
    Bushra Yasmin (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2009-06)
    This study analyzes the role of human capital and job attributes, i.e., supply-side determinants, in determining wages in a period of trade liberalization. Using the Mincerian earning function and based on data from the ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...

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