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  • An Efficiency Analysis of Punjab’s Cotton-Wheat System 
    M. Ishaq Javed; Sultan Ali Adil; Sarfaraz Hassan; Asghar Al (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    This study examines the technical, allocative, and economic efficiencies of the cotton-wheat farming system in Punjab, Pakistan. It also investigates the determinants of these efficiencies using a non-parametric data ...
  • 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 ...
  • Income Tax Revenue as an Indicator of Regional Development in Pakistan 
    Ijaz Hussain; Sumbal Rana (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    The objective of this paper is to highlight the use of income tax revenue as an indicator of regional development in Pakistan. Initially, we identify a dramatic shift in income tax revenue trends at the provincial level ...
  • Competitiveness of Pakistani Fruits in the World Market 
    Waqar Akhtar; M. Sharif; Hassnain Shah (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    This paper examines the global competitiveness of Pakistan’s fruit exports (dates, mangoes, and oranges), using revealed comparative advantage (RCA). It also analyzes domestic consumption trends among selected fruits grown ...
  • ORIENTALISM AND PAKISTAN 
    ZAHID SHARIFF (© Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    The assumptions and practices associated with Orientalism were essential elements in the domination of colonial and post-colonial societies. Despite the long history of struggles against such oppression, no one else provided ...
  • THE ENVIRONMENTAL CASE OF SINDH 
    MUNIR GHAZANFAR (© Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    This study documents the deteriorating riverine environment of Sindh. Previous studies have also highlighted this issue but the referencing and documentation is generally fragmentary. The environmental case of Sindh is ...
  • RESTRUCTURING THE STOCK EXCHANGES IN PAKISTAN: ECONOMIC AND REGULATORY POLICY ISSUES 
    JAMSHED Y. UPPAL (© Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    The ongoing global financial crisis has forced a paradigm shift in the thinking about the role of free-markets and public regulation which calls for a re-evaluation of the economic and development policies throughout the ...
  • SOCIAL PROFILE OF HIGHER BUREAUCRACY IN PAKISTAN 
    MUNEER AHMAD (© Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    In this paper an attempt has been made to delineate the characteristic social background of a typical civil servant in Pakistan. For this purpose the data on social background of the civil servants of the first twenty-five ...
  • CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT AND AID EFFECTIVENESS 
    FAYYAZ BAQIR (© Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    Civil society1 has played a very important role in Pakistan’s transition from elitist to participatory development culture. This transition has called in to question the assumptions about the role of government in promoting ...
  • 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 ...
  • External Shocks in a Small Open Economy 
    Vaqar Ahmed; Cathal O’Donoghue (2010-06)
    This paper studies the impact of changes in the external balance of Pakistan. We explain why the economic growth achieved during the past decade was highly dependent on improvements in the external balance. Between 2001 ...
  • The Determinants of Pakistan’s Trade Balance 
    Waliullah; Mehmood Khan Kakar; Rehmatullah Kakar; Wakeel Khan (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2010-06)
    This article is an attempt to examine the short and long-run relationship between the trade balance, income, money supply, and real exchange rate in the case of Pakistan’s economy. Income and money variables are included ...
  • Development of Supply and Demand Functions of Pakistan’s Wheat Crop 
    Muhammad Zulfiqar; Anwar F. Chishti (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2010-06)
    A simultaneous-equations model was used to capture the supply and demand functions for Pakistan’s wheat sector at the national level. This model reflects the fact that Pakistan’s domestic wheat supply is priceresponsive and ...
  • Reaction of Stock Prices to Dividend Announcements and Market Efficiency in Pakistan 
    Muhammad Akbar; Humayun Habib Baig (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2010-06)
    This study tests the semi-strong form of market efficiency by investigating the reaction of stock prices to dividend announcements. It analyzes cash, stock, and simultaneous cash and stock dividend announcements of 79 ...
  • Unilateral Liberalization versus Regional Integration 
    Jahangir Khan Achakzai (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2010-06)
    Using an international dataset on bilateral trade for 137 countries in 2005, we estimate a gravity model to address the question of whether intra-Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) trade is too low and whether the ...
  • Asset Allocation for Government Pension Funds in Pakistan 
    Fahd Rehman (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2010-06)
    Reforms have begun in Pakistan to sustain the funded pension scheme for government-operated pension schemes such as the Employees Old Age Benefit Institution (EOBI). Presently, the EOBI operates its own fund and invests ...
  • Pakistan’s Energy Sector Issues 
    Tariq Husain (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2010-09)
    This paper analyzes Pakistan’s energy sector issues and highlights (i) the importance of the link between energy and the environment, and (ii) the central importance of energy efficiency for high return demand-side solutions ...
  • A Panel Data Analysis of Electricity Demand in Pakistan 
    Azam Amjad Chaudhry (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2010-09)
    This paper looks at the economy-wide demand and the firm level demand for electricity in Pakistan. The economy wide estimation of electricity demand uses panel data from 63 countries from 1998-2008, and finds that the ...
  • Dynamics of Circular Debt in Pakistan and Its Resolution 
    Syed Sajid Ali; Sadia Badar (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2010-09)
    This paper examines the circular debt problem in the Pakistani energy sector. After presenting the profile of the energy sector in Pakistan, the paper explains why circular debt has emerged in the sector. Two principal ...
  • Why is it so Difficult to Implement a GST in Pakistan 
    Ehtisham Ahmad (© The Lahore School of Economics, 2010-09)
    This paper discusses the efforts by the Government of Pakistan to implement a General Sales Tax (GST). First, a history of Pakistani tax reform efforts is presented along with the reforms recommended by the National ...

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