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  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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, ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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. ...
  • Economic Rationale, Trade Impact and Extent of Antidumping – A Case Study of Pakistan 
    Ahmed Nawaz Hakro; Syed Hasanat Shah (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    This paper has analyzed the economic and political justification, trade impact and extent of antidumping measures initiated by Pakistan. Screening models for anti-predatory behaviour, Herfindahl-Hireshmann Index (HHI) ...
  • 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 ...
  • An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship between Trade Liberalization and Poverty Reduction 
    Muhammad Shahbaz Akmal; Qazi Masood Ahmad; Mohsin Hussain Ahmad; Muhammad Sabihuddin Butt (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    In this paper, we have addressed a key issue in the current debate on economic development: the effect of trade liberalization on poverty. We investigated the relationship between trade liberalization and poverty levels ...
  • Sustainability of Feed-based Aquaculture in Bangladesh 
    Md. Rais Uddin Mian (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    Six carp and carp based culture technologies were selected to examine the sustainability of supplementary feed-based aquaculture through availability of domestic feeds compared to the total requirement in Bangladesh. ...
  • Analysis of conomic Efficiency and Competitiveness of the Rice Production Systems of Pakistan’s Punjab 
    Waqar Akhtar; Muhammad Sharif; Nadeem Akmal (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    The Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) methodology was used to determine the level of economic efficiency and competitiveness in the production of rice crops in Pakistan’s Punjab. The methodology was also used to assess the ...
  • 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 ...
  • RE-CONCEPTUALIZING PUBLIC POLICY PROCESS REVIEW OF CONCEPTS AND MODELS 
    NASIR ISLAM (© Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    Policy relates to political decision making generally at the level of the government. Policy analysis starts from the vague goals identified by the politicians and involves defining the problem, the objectives, the ...
  • GIVING AND GAINING PHILANTHROPY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN MUSLIM SOCIETIES 
    RIAZ HASSAN (© Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    There is a longstanding tradition of philanthropy and charity in Muslim societies which is grounded in religion. As part of their religious duty Muslims are required to give a proportion of their income to provide for ...
  • THE MUSHARRAF DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY: WILL IT DELIVER? 
    RASHID AMJAD (© Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    The paper examines the major components of the development strategy pursued by the Musharraf regime since it took over in 1999 (called “ The Musharraf Development Strategy”). It examines the extent to which it departs ...
  • DEVOLUTION OF POWER AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION THE MISSING LINK 
    FAYYAZ BAQIR (© Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    This article reviews Devolution of Power as an exercise in shifting power from one group of representatives to another group of representatives. Devolution of Power cannot achieve empowerment of ordinary people because ...

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