This study examines the behavioral aspect of Pakistan’s energy crisis by comparing electricity consumption in the public and private sectors. Specifically, we compare consumption patterns of electricity across a sample of ...

This study explores the long-term dynamic relationship between equity prices and monetary variables for the period June 1998 to June 2008. Monetary variables include money supply, treasury bill rates, foreign exchange ...

We compare Pakistan's energy consumption structures to selected East Asian economies with a view towards ensuring an adequate supply of power for economic catch-up and, at the same time, meeting the greening goals envisioned ...

It is believed that Pakistan’s digital economy will follow a similar growth trajectory to India, but with a lag of about five to six years. This implies that the digital economy in Pakistan carries immense potential and ...

Using firm-level balance sheet data for 20 of the 24 exchange companies in Pakistan for the period 2006–11, we explore the sources of firms’ vulnerability to short-term financing shocks. Based on the probability estimates ...

It is essential that policymakers consider cyclical changes in output. Monthly industrial production is one of the most important and commonly used macroeconomic indicators for this purpose. However, monthly estimates ...

This article studies the supply and demand of major Pakistani crops. We estimate supply elasticities using a Nerlovian partial adjustment process and demand elasticities using the Deaton and Muellbauer Almost Ideal Demand ...

The liberalization of the agricultural sector in general and the rice subsector in particular has been a major component of Bangladesh’s structural adjustment program initiated in 1992. However, the government has ...