Lahore Journal of Economics

2000 - 2021

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Volume 17, issue Special Edition, 2012

Toward a Heterodox Approach: Reconciling Stabilization and Economic Growth in Pakistan pp. 1-32

Irfan ul Haque and Sahar Amjad

The Captivating Vision of the “New Growth Strategy”: The Missing Political Economy Perspective pp. 33-49

S. Akbar Zaidi

Stagflation, the Labor Market Impact, and the Poverty Puzzle in Pakistan: A Preliminary Analysis pp. 51-71

Rashid Amjad

Pakistan’s Power Crisis: How Did We Get Here? pp. 73-82

Kamal A. Munir and Salman Khalid

Industrialization by Fitting in: Acquiring Technology through Collaboration and Subcontracting pp. 83-102

Sikander Rahim

Export Barriers in Pakistan: Results of a Firm-Level Survey pp. 103-134

Rashid Amjad, Ejaz Ghani, Musleh-ud Din and Tariq Mahmood

The Constraints to Industry in Punjab, Pakistan pp. 135-189

Syed Hussain, Usman Khan, Kashif Zaheer Malik and Adeel Faheem

The Birth of Exporters: Entry and Scale of Firms in Punjab’s Export Sectors pp. 191-212

Azam Chaudhry, Marjan Nasir and Maryiam Haroon

Competitiveness and Pakistan: A Dangerous, Distorting, and Dead-End Obsession? pp. 213-241

Matthew McCartney

Pakistan’s Quest for a New Growth Vent: Lessons from History pp. 243-269

Ijaz Nabi

The Opportunities and Pitfalls of Pakistan’s Trade with China and Other Neighbors pp. 271-292

Naved Hamid and Sarah Hayat

The Prospects for Indo-Pakistan Trade pp. 293-313

Hafiz A. Pasha and Muhammad Imran

Sri Lanka’s Free Trade Agreements with India and Pakistan: Are They Leading Bilateral Trade Beyond Normalcy? pp. 315-337

Sirimal Abeyratne

Making Devolution Work in Pakistan pp. 339-357

Aisha Ghaus-Pasha

Adapting Public Sector Services to Local Delivery pp. 359-385

Ishrat Husain

The 18th Constitutional Amendment: Glue or Solvent for Nation Building and Citizenship in Pakistan? pp. 387-424

Anwar Shah

Civil Service Management in Devolved Government: Reconciling Local Accountability and Career Incentives in Pakistan pp. 425-445

Musharraf Cyan

Volume 17, issue 2, 2012

The Impact of Public School Enrolment on Child Labor in Punjab, Pakistan pp. 1-34

Hamna Ahmed

What Does Pakistan Have to Join the Inflation Targeters’ Club—a Royal Flush or a Seven-Deuce Offsuit? pp. 35-62

Akber Rizvi, Bushra Naqvi and Sayyid Salman Rizavi

Human Capital and MultifacetedInnovation: Evidence from the Lahore Knitwear Cluster in Pakistan pp. 63-86

Fahd Rehman

The Harberger-Laursen-Metzler Effect: Evidence from Pakistan pp. 87-110

Tayyaba Idrees and Saira Tufail

A Benefit Incidence Analysisof Public Spending on Education in PakistanUsing PSLM Data pp. 111-136

Zahid Asghar and Mudassar Zahra

Poverty, Income Inequality, and Growth in Pakistan: A Pooled Regression Analysis pp. 137-157

Ahmed Raza Cheema and Ahmed Raza Cheema

Book Review: McCartney, Mathew, Pakistan – The Political Economy of Growth, Stagnation and the State, 1951–2009,Routledge, London and New York, ISBN13: 978-0-415-57747-2 and ISBN13: 978-0-203-81476-5, 2011, pp. 241 pp. 159-161

Nina Gera

Volume 17, issue 1, 2012

A Decomposition Analysis of Capital Structure: Evidence from Pakistan’s Manufacturing Sector pp. 1-31

Attiya Javid and Qaisar Imad

The Consequences of Easy Credit Policy, High Gearing, and Firms’ Profitability in Pakistan’s Textile Sector: A Panel Data Analysis pp. 33-44

Ijaz Hussain

Human Capital Convergence: Evidence from the Punjab pp. 45-61

Uzma Afzal

Does Access to Modern Marketing Channels Improve Dairy Enterprises’ Efficiency? A Case Study of Punjab, Pakistan pp. 63-82

Sana Sadaf and Khalid Riaz

The Impact of Gypsum Application on Groundnut Yield in Rainfed Pothwar: An Economic Perspective pp. 83-100

Hussnain Shah, Muhammad Azeem Khan, Tariq Azeem, Abdul Majid and Abid Mehmood

The Determinants of Food Prices in Pakistan pp. 101-128

Henna Ahsan, Zainab Iftikhar and M. Ali Kemal

Volume 16, issue Special Edition, 2011

Pakistan 2011: Policy Measures for the Economic Challenges Ahead pp. 1-12

Shahid Amjad Chaudhry

Pakistan: Breaking Out of Stagflation into Sustained Growth pp. 13-30

Rashid Amjad Chaudhry, Musleh-ud Din and Abdul Qayyum

Reconstructing the Performance of Pakistan’s Political Economy: Another Paradigm pp. 30-70

Inayat Ullah Mangla

Pakistan, Growth, Dependency, and Crisis pp. 71-94

Matthew McCartney

The Capital Account and Pakistani Rupee Convertibility: Macroeconomic Policy Challenges pp. 95-121

Irfan ul Haque

A Qualitative Analysis of Pakistan’s External and Internal Debt pp. 123-157

Eatzaz Ahmad

Government Budget Deficits and the Development of the Bond Market in Pakistan: Issues and Challenges pp. 159-198

Jamshed Uppal

The Impact of Monetary Policy on Lending and Deposit Rates in Pakistan: Panel Data Analysis pp. 199-213

Hasan Mohsin

The Economics of Inflation, Issues in the Design of Monetary Policy Rule, and Monetary Policy Reaction Function in Pakistan pp. 213-232

Ather Ahmed and Wasim Malik

Market Discipline in Commercial Banking: Evidence from the Market for Bank Equity pp. 233-254

Ayesha Afzal and Nawazish Mirza

Interest Margins and Banks’ Asset-Liability Composition pp. 255-270

Muhammad Khawaja

The Impact of Bank Governance on Bank Performance in Pakistan pp. 271-300

Abid Burki and Shabbir Ahmad

An Evaluation of Mutual Fund Performance in an Emerging Economy: The Case of Pakistan pp. 301-316

Mahreen Mahmud and Nawazish Mirza

Financing Constraints: Determinants and Implications for Firm Growth in Pakistan pp. 317-346

Hamna Ahmed and Naved Hamid

Norms of Cooperation, Trust, Altruism, and Fairness: Evidence from Lab Experiments on Pakistani Students pp. 347-375

Theresa Chaudhry and Misha Saleem

Volume 16, issue 2, 2011

Curruption, Endogenous Fertiltity and Growth pp. 1-29

Matthias Cinyabuguma

Tariffs, Trade and Economic Growth in a Institutionals Quality pp. 31-54

Azam Chaudhry

Trade Openness: New Evidence for Labor-Demand Elasticity in Pakistan's Manufacturing Sector pp. 55-85

Bushra Yasmin and Aliya H. Khan

A Semi-Nonparametric Approach to the Demand for Money in Pakistan pp. 87-110

Haroon Sarwar, Zakir Hussain and Masood Sarwar

The Effect of Ownership Rights on Urban Households' Access to Credit in Lahore pp. 111-139

Misha Saleem

Working Capital Management and the Profitability of the Manufacturing Sector: A Case Study of Pakistan’s Textile Industry pp. 141-178

Shahid Ali

Volume 16, issue 1, 2011

Prospects for Cooperative Marketing among Surgical Instrument Producers in Pakistan pp. 1-22

Theresa Chaudhry

The Trade Potential of Pakistan: An Application of the Gravity Model pp. 23-62

Nazia Gul and Hafiz M. Yasin

Comparative Advantage of Major Crops Production in Punjab: An Application of Policy Analysis Matrix pp. 63-94

Muhammad A. Quddus and Usman Mustafa

Impact of Monetary and Macroeconomic Factors on Wheat Prices in Pakistan: Implications for Food Security pp. 95-110

Khalid Mushtaq, Abdul Ghafoor, Abedullah Abedullah and Farhan Ahmad

The Reserve Equation and the Analytics of Pakistan’s Monetary Policy pp. 111-142

Rubina Hassan

The Role of Education and Income in Poverty Alleviation: A Cross-Country Analysis pp. 143-172

Pervez Janjua and Usman Ahmad Kamal

Book Review: Towards New Developmentalism, Market as Means Rather than Master, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, London and New York, 2011, ISBN13: 978-0-415-77984-5, pp 286 pp. 173-175

Nina Gera