• Two Sides of the Same Rupee? Comparing Demand for Microcredit and Microsaving in a Framed Field Experiment in Rural Pakistan 

  Uzma Afzal; Giovanna d’Adda; Marcel Fafchamps; Simon Quinn; Farah Said (John Wiley & Sons, 2017)

  We use a field experiment to test whether saving and borrowing satisfy demand for lump-sum accumulation from regular deposits. Inspired by ROSCAs, we offer different credit and saving contracts to subjects. We find that ...
• The Impact of Market Discipline on Banks’ Capital Adequacy: Evidence From an Emerging Economy 

  Ayesha Afzal (© Lahore School of Economics, 2015)

  This study presents empirical support for the role of market discipline in augmenting bank capital ratios in a competitive banking environment. Using a panel dataset on domestic commercial banks in Pakistan from 2009 to ...
• The Impact of Grade Incentives and Gender on Student Performance: An Experiment 

  Mehreen Amjad Furqan; Sohnia Salman; Sohail Zafar (© Lahore School of Economics, 2015)

  This experiment was conducted to determine the impact of grade incentives and gender on student performance at the university level. We perform a two-way analysis of variance on a sample of three groups of students taking ...
• The Impact of Consumer Ethnocentrism on Purchase Intentions: Local Versus Foreign Brands 

  Mehrukh Salman; Uswa Naeem (© Lahore School of Economics, 2015)

  This study evaluates the impact of consumer constructs, including ethnocentrism, attitudes toward brands, and celebrity endorsement, on purchase intentions for beverages in Pakistan. A quantitative survey was administered ...
• Economic Geography and Misallocation in Pakistan’s Manufacturing Hub 

  Theresa Chaudhry; Muhammad Haseeb; Maryiam Haroon (© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2017)

  In this article, we explore whether localization of industries can reduce economic distortions and dispersion in total factor productivity (TFP) among firms in Punjab, Pakistan’s largest province economically. We consider ...
• Corruption, Tax Evasion and the Role of Wage Incentives With Endogenous Monitoring Technology 

  WAQAR AHMED WADHO (© 2015 Western Economic Association International, 2016)

  The importance of high salaries to circumvent bureaucratic corruption has been widely recognized in the policy debate. Yet, there appears to be much reluctance when it comes to the implementation. In this paper, we argue ...
• What Matters in Child Health: An Instrumental Variable Analysis 

  Uzma Afzal (© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, Child Indicators Research, 2013-04)

  This paper studies factors that affect health and the nutritional status of children under the age of five. It attempts to identify the impact of socioeconomic factors such as household characteristics, parental education, ...
• The State of Health in Pakistan: 

  Uzma Afzal; Anam Yusuf (© Lahore School of Economics, 2013-09)

  Although the Millennium Development Goals provide countries with wellrounded objectives for achieving human development over a period of 25 years, Pakistan is not on track to achieving the health-related goals. With the ...
• Market Discipline in Commercial Banking: Evidence from Market for Bank Equity, 

  Ayesha Afzal; Nawazish Mirza (© Lahore School of Economics, 2011)

  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 Volatility Dynamics in an emerging economy; Case of, Karachi Stock Exchange 

  Mahreen Mahmud; Nawazish Mirza (© Journal of Economic Research, 2011)

  The paper aims to model and forecast the volatility in the stocks traded at the Karachi Stock Exchange before and during the recent financial crisis using the GARCH, EGARCH and GJR-GARCH models. We find the stock return ...
• Size and Value Premium in International Portfolios:Evidence from 15 European Countries, 

  Nawazish Mirza; Ayesha Afzal (© Czech Journal of Economics and Finance, 2011)

  The current study evaluates the performance of the Fama and French three-factor model in a global setting with stocks selected from 15 European countries. We employed the multivariate regression approach after sorting ...
• Determining Education Attainment: A Tehsil Level Study, 

  Aisha Khan (© Pakistan Development Review, 2009)

  This paper attempts to evaluate the status of education in the current districts of Punjab and compare this with the status of education attainment in 1998. The tool used for assessment and comparison is the calculation ...
• The Changing Profile of Development: A Historical Study of the Punjab 1961- 200, 

  Uzma Afzal (© Pakistan Development Review, 2010-11)
• Internal Migration Patterns in Pakistan- The Case for Fiscal Decentralization, 

  Mahreen Mahmud; Tareena Mussadiq; Farah Said (© Pakistan Development Review, 2010)

  This paper analyzes the impact of social sector development on internal migration with a view to ascertaining its importance when formulating fiscal decentralization policies. In order to do so, the study looks at the ...
• Inter-District Inequalities in Social Service Delivery: A Rationalized Approach towards funds disbursement, 

  Muhammad Usman Sikander; Syed Ahsan Ahmad Shah (© Pakistan Development Review, 2010)

  Social sector development in Pakistan has been the focus of researchers over past decades but coverage of these services still remains limited. Although, considerable amount of resources have been allocated for social ...
• Macro level Determinants of Poverty: Investigation through poverty mapping of districts of Pakistan 

  Farah Said; Tareena Musaddiq; Mahreen Mahmud (© Pakistan Development Review, 2011)

  The study explores the spatial patterns of poverty in Pakistan through two dimensions: asset accumulation and basic needs. For this purpose Pakistan Standard of Living Measurement 08-09 is employed to construct an Asset ...
• Factor Underutilisation and „Jobless Growth‟ in Manufacturing: Evidence from Pakistan 

  Sahar Amjad Shaikh; Bismah Haseeb Khan (© Pakistan Development Review, 2011)

  During the past decade, Pakistan has experienced jobless growth with the employment growth in its manufacturing sector lagging behind the growth in its GDP. This is of concern as Pakistan‟s growing labour force, lacking ...
• What Determines Innovation in the Manufacturing Sector? Evidence from Pakistan 

  Mahreen Mahmud; Hamna Ahmed (© Pakistan Development Review, 2011)
• Human Capital Convergence: Evidence from the Punjab 

  Uzma Afzal (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-06)

  While the literature on economic growth provides mixed evidence on convergence across different countries and regions, a large number of studies point toward the widening income gap between rich and poor. In the development ...
• The Opportunities and Pitfalls of Pakistan’s Trade with China and Other Neighbors 

  Naved Hamid; Sarah Hayat (© Lahore School of Economics, 2012-09)

  While Pakistani trade with India could give a boost to Pakistan’s economy, there are other neighbors with whom trade could be equally important. We look at this aspect of regional trade and show that promoting trade with ...

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