The Pakistan Development Review

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Volume 58, issue 3, 2019

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Economic Growth in Pakistan pp. 225-237

Pervez Zamurrad Janjua, Ghulam Samad and Nazakat Ullah

Dictatorships, Patronage and Public Good Provision: Some Empirics pp. 239-264

Karim Khan and Anwar Shah

Volatility Modelling and Dynamic Linkages between Pakistani and Leading Foreign Stock Markets: A Multivariate GARCH Analysis pp. 265-282

Ghulam Ghouse, Saud Ahmed Khan and Muhammad Arshad

The Production of Terrorism in Pakistan: A Religious Market Explanation pp. 283-305

Faiz Rehman

Political and Economic Uncertainty and Investment Behaviour in Pakistan pp. 307-331

Ahsan Abbas, Eatzaz Ahmed and Fazal Husain

Volume 58, issue 2, 2019

Moral Hazard, Monitoring and Punishment: Evidence from a Field Experiment pp. 109-134

Anwar Shah, Karim Khan and Muhammad Zubair

Policy Failure in Achieving Universal Basic Education: A Theoretical Analysis pp. 135-157

Zahid Siddique, Faisal Jamil, Ayesha Nazuk and Eatzaz Ahmad

The Effects of Agglomeration on Socio-economic Outcomes: A District Level Panel Study of Punjab pp. 159-176

Annus Azhar and Shahid Adil

School Quality and Parental Schooling Decisions for Their Children: Public and Private Schools in Rural Pakistan pp. 177-202

Muhammad Khan

Public Spending, Quality of Bureaucracy and Economic Growth: A Theoretical Analysis pp. 203-221

Shaheen Naseer

Volume 58, issue 1, 2019

Corporate Financing and Firm Efficiency: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach pp. 1-25

Imad Rahim and Attaullah Shah

Sources to Finance Fiscal Deficit and Their Impact on Inflation: A Case Study of Pakistan pp. 27-43

Kashif Ali and Mahmood Khalid

Impact of Micro Hydropower Projects on Household Income, Expenditure and Diversification of Livelihood Strategies in Azad Jammu and Kashmir pp. 45-63

Mahwish Siraj and Humayun Khan

Oil Price Shocks, Systematic Monetary Policy and Economic Activity pp. 65-81

Muhammad Zeshan, Wasim Malik and Muhammad Nasir

Testing the Monthly Calendar Anomaly of Stock Returns in Pakistan: A Stochastic Dominance Approach pp. 83-104

Abdul Rashid and Saba Kausar

Volume 57, issue 3, 2018

Contrarian and Momentum Investment Strategies in Pakistan Stock Exchange pp. 253-282

Jalal Shah and Attaullah Shah

Differing Impact of Liberalisation: The Case of Vertically Integrated Clothing Firms pp. 283-306

Zara Liaqat

Climate Change and Drought: Impact of Food Insecurity on Gender Based Vulnerability in District Tharparkar pp. 307-321

Manzoor Memon, Naveed Aamir and Nadeem Ahmed

Testing for Differences Across Genders: Evidence from Ultimatum Game pp. 333-349

Hamid Hasan and Nauman Ejaz

Business Group Affiliation and Firm Performance—Evidence from Pakistani Listed Firms pp. 351-371

Waseem Ullah and Arshad Hasan

Volume 57, issue 2, 2018

Remittances, Economic Growth and Poverty: A Case of African OIC Member Countries pp. 121-143

Nasim Shirazi, Sajid Amin and Dawood Ashraf

Impact of Project and Programme Aid on Economic Growth: A Cross Country Analysis pp. 145-174

Pervez Janjua, Malik Muhammad and Muhammad Usman

Does Pak-Rupee Exchange Rate Respond to Monetary Fundamentals? A Structural Analysis pp. 175-202

Muhammad Khan and Saima Nawaz

Do Non-farm Enterprises Offer Pathways for Upward Mobility in Rural Pakistan? Evidence from Panel Dataset pp. 203-221

Shujaat Farooq and Zunaira Younais

Exploring the Structure and Performance of Petroleum Retail Outlets in Pakistan pp. 223-247

Omer Siddique and Hanzla Jalil

Volume 57, issue 1, 2018

Determinants of Housing Demand in Urban Areas of Pakistan: Evidence from the PSLM pp. 1-25

Ayaz Ahmad, Nasir Iqbal and Rehana Siddiqui

The Determinants of Services Sector Growth: A Comparative Analysis of Selected Developed and Developing Economies pp. 27-44

Muhammad Salam, Javed Iqbal, Anwar Hussain and Hamid Iqbal

Achieving the Shared Economic Growth pp. 45-71

Sung-Hee Jwa

Forest Wood Consumption and Wood Shortage in Pakistan: Estimation and Projection through System Dynamics pp. 73-98

Naila Nazir, Laura Schmitt Olabisi and Salman Ahmad

Economic Contribution of Copyright-based Industries in Pakistan pp. 99-114

Ghulam Samad, Vaqar Ahmed and Rauf Khalid

Volume 56, issue 4, 2017

Institutions and Innovation: Evidence from Countries at Different Stages of Development pp. 297-317

Zafir Khan, Anwar Hussain and Nasir Iqbal

Trade Liberalisation and Industrial Productivity: Evidence from Manufacturing Industries in Pakistan pp. 319-348

Gulzar Ahmed, Muhammad Khan, Tahir Mahmood and Muhammad Afzal

Fiscal Consolidation and Economic Growth: Insights from the Case of Pakistan pp. 349-367

M. Ali Kemal, Omer Siddique and Ahmed Qasim

Strategic Change in Operating Trends of Public Listed Companies and Its Impact on StockMarket Growth pp. 369-383

Abdul Wahid, Nadeem Talib and Asghar Abbas

Volume 56, issue 3, 2017

The Unreliability of Output-Gap Estimates in Real Time pp. 193-219

Ahsan ul Haq Satti and Wasim Malik

Spatial Differences and Socioeconomic Determinants of Health Poverty pp. 221-248

Nasir Iqbal and Saima Nawaz

Parental Effects on Primary School Enrolment under Different Types of Household Headship: Evidence from Pakistan pp. 249-264

Tariq Mahmood, Najam Saqib and Muhammad Ali Qasim

Spatial Differences in Rice Price Volatility:A Case Study of Pakistan 1994–2011 pp. 265-289

Burhan Ahmad, Ole Gjølberg and Mubashir Mehdi

Volume 56, issue 2, 2017

Financial Regulations, Profit Efficiency, and Financial Soundness: Empirical Evidence from Commercial Banks of Pakistan pp. 85-103

Shumaila Zeb and Abdul Sattar

The Employment Effect of Innovation: Evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan pp. 105-126

Abdul Waheed

Pakistan: State Autonomy, Extraction, and Elite Capture—A Theoretical Configuration pp. 127-162

Muhammad Ahmed

Impact of Climate Change on Crops’ Productivity across Selected Agro-ecological Zones in Pakistan pp. 163-187

Anwar Hussain and Rabia Bangash

Volume 56, issue 1, 2017

The Utilisation of Education and Skills: Non-Pecuniary Consequences Among Graduates pp. 1-17

Shujaat Farooq

Land Use Conflicts in the Developing Countries: Proximate Driving Forces and Preventive Measures pp. 19-30

Habibullah Magsi, Andre Torr, Yansui Liu and M. Javed Sheikh

Pakistan’s Monetary Policy: Some Fundamental Issues pp. 31-58

Zafar Hayat

Pakistan’s Bilateral Trade under MFN and SAFTA: Do Institutional and Non-Institutional Arrangements Matter? pp. 59-78

Nasir Iqbal and Saima Nawaz

Volume 55, issue 4, 2016

Inaugural Address pp. 247-251

Ahsan Iqbal

Governance, Institutional Reforms and Modernisation of Public Sector pp. 257-265

Ugo Pagano

Achieving Sustained, Indigenous and Inclusive Growth pp. 267-287

Sung-Hee Jwa

Private Sector Led Growth and the Entrepreneurship pp. 289-295

Simon Quinn

A Nexus Approach to Food, Water, and Energy: Sustainably Meeting Asia’s Future Food and Nutrition Requirements pp. 297-311

Shenggen Fan

Analysis of Infrastructure Investment and Institutional Quality on Living Standards: A Case Study of Pakistan (1990-2013) pp. 315-329

Ghamz-E-Ali Siyal, Sajjad Haider Khaqan, Ahsen Mukhtiar and Atta Ur Rehman

Replacing Contracts with Handshakes: A Study of Social Networks of Entrepreneurs in the Weaving Sector pp. 331-348

Moina Rauf and Zahid Pervaiz

Restructuring of WAPDA: A Reality or a Myth pp. 349-360

Zainab Khalid and Muhammad Iftikhar ul-Husnain

Importance of Judicial Efficiency in Capital Structure Decisions of Small Firms: Evidence from Pakistan pp. 361-394

Attaullah Shah and Zahoor Khan

The Current Account Deficit Sustainability: An Empirical Investigation for Pakistan pp. 397-419

Tahir Mukhtar and Aliya H. Khan

Spatial Disparities in Socioeconomic Development: The Case of Pakistan pp. 421-435

Haroon Jamal

Financial Sector, Democracy and Economic Growth: A Panel Data Analysis pp. 437-453

Muhammad Ishtiaq, Muhammad Majeed and Muhammad Sohail

Measurement and Determinants of Inclusive Growth: A Case Study of Pakistan (1990-2012) pp. 455-466

Azra Khan, Gulzar Khan, Sadia Safdar, Sehar Munir and Zubaria Andleeb

Social Capital Household Welfare and Poverty: Evidence from Pakistan pp. 467-482

Nuzhat Ahmad and Mahpara Sadaqat

Determinants of GDP Fluctuations in Selected South Asian Countries: A Macro-Panel Study pp. 483-497

Ghulam Mohey-ud-din and Muhammad Wasif Siddiqi

E-government, Economic Growth and Trade: A Simultaneous Equation Approach pp. 499-519

Muhammad Majeed and Amna Malik

Marginality, Social Exclusion, Labour Force Participation and Urban Poverty: A Case Study of Lahore, Pakistan pp. 521-540

Kanwal Zahra, Tasneem Zafar and Mahmood Khalid

Impact of Global Food Price Escalation on Poverty in South Asian Countries pp. 543-559

Muhammad Abdullah and Rukhsana Kalim

Impact of Farm Households’ Adaptations to Climate Change on Food Security: Evidence from Different Agro-ecologies of Pakistan pp. 561-588

Munir Ahmed, Ghulam Mustafa and Muhammad Iqbal

Environmental Pollution and Sustainable Development in Developing Countries pp. 589-604

Munazah Nazeer, Uzma Tabassum and Shaista Alam

Impact of Rising Energy Prices on Consumer’s Welfare: A Case Study of Pakistan pp. 605-618

Shamaila Aziz, Muhammad Rizwan Yaseen and Sofia Anwar

Pakistan?s Governance Goliath: The Case of Non-Professional Chairman, FBR pp. 621-656

Muhammad Ahmed

Authoritarian Regimes and Economic Development: An Empirical Reflection pp. 657-673

Karim Khan, Saima Batool and Anwar Shah

Economic Institutions and Growth Nexus: The Role of Governance and Democratic Institutions—Evidence from Time Varying Parameters’ (TVPs) Models pp. 675-688

Ghulam Murtaza and Muhammad Zahir Faridi

Corruption, Political Stability and Economic Growth pp. 689-702

Ghulam Shabbir, Mumtaz Anwar and Shahid Adil

Is Innovation in Pakistan Driven by Specialisation or Diversity? pp. 705-714

Adeel Ali, Faizan Iftikhar and Muhammad Sabihuddin Butt

Factors Explaining the Risk Attitude towards Entrepreneurship in Pakistan: An Exploratory Analysis pp. 715-723

Mohammed Nishat and Talha Nadeem

New Direction to Evaluate the Economic Impact of Peace for Bilateral Trade among World Economies pp. 725-740

Saima Sarwar, Muhammad Wasif Siddiqi, Abdul Nasir and Zahoor Ahmed

Fiscal Decentralisation, Provincial Economic Growth and Spillover Effects: A Spatial Panel Data Analysis pp. 743-760

Qasim Raza and Hafsa Hina

From Fiscal Decentralisation to Economic Growth: The Role of Complementary Institutions pp. 761-780

Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad Zeeshan Arif and Mahmood Khalid

Does Fiscal Decentralisation Matter for Poverty and Income Inequality in Pakistan? pp. 781-802

Sehrish Shahzad and Bushra Yasmin

Hello Folk: We Are Responsible for What We Will Face in 2025; Evidence from Philosophical Underpinnings of Social Capital pp. 805-822

Ejaz Gul and Maryum Bibi

Indebtedness and Poverty: The Case of Pakistan pp. 823-835

Javeria Naeem and Saadia Sherbaz

Analysing Econometric Bias and Non-linearity in Returns to Education of Pakistan pp. 837-851

Muhammad Nauman Malik and Masood Awan

Impact of Credit on Education and Healthcare Spending in Rural Pakistan pp. 853-870

Abid Hussain, Muhammad Khan and Iftikhar Ahmad

Fiscal Space for Investment in Agriculture—A Review of Taxes and Subsidies in Agriculture in Pakistan pp. 873-887

Stephen Davies, Wajiha Saeed, Muhammad Saad Moeen, Tehmina Tanveer and Aamer Irshad

Inclusive Agricultural Growth in Pakistan—Understanding Some Basic Constraints pp. 889-903

Sohail Jehangir Malik, Asjad Tariq Sheikh and Amir Hamza Jilani

Factors Influencing Choice of Energy Sources in Rural Pakistan pp. 905-920

Muhammad Saad Moeen, Muhammad Asjad Tariq, Saqib Shahzad and Shehryar Rashid

Combating Nutrient Deficiency in Pakistan pp. 921-943

Amna Ejaz, Haseeb Ali, Mubarik Ali and Umar Farooq

Hold-up Problem in Price Cap Regulation with Limited Ability of Commitment in High Inflation pp. 947-953

Takuya Nakaizumi

Impact of Public-Private-Partnership Programmes on Students’ Learning Outcomes: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment pp. 955-1017

Fatima Hafeez, Adnan Haider and Naeem uz Zafar

Socio-Economic Analysis of Household Energy Security: Evidence from 3D Energy Losses Surface Maps (ELSMs)of a Town Using Conjuncture of Factors Matrix, Digital and Mathematical Analysis pp. 1019-1041

Ejaz Gul and Imran Chaudhry

Volume 55, issue 3, 2016

Conducting Monetary Policy in South Asian Economies: An Investigation pp. 161-190

Muhammad Khan and Ather Maqsood Ahmed

The Determinants of Pakistan Exports of Textile: An Integrated Demand and Supply Approach pp. 191-210

Rabia Latif and Attiya Javid

Do Inflation Expectations Matter for Inflation Forecastability: Evidence from Pakistan pp. 211-225

Fayyaz Hussain and Zafar Hayat

Impact of Macroeconomic Variables on Capital Structure Choice: A Case of Textile Industry of Pakistan pp. 227-239

Zia ur Rehman

Volume 55, issue 2, 2016

A Raging Bull or a Long-term Speculative Bubble? The Puzzling Case of the Karachi Stock Exchange pp. 79-93

Ehsan Ahmed, J. Barkley Rosser and Jamshed Uppal

The Nexus of Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Growth and Environment in Pakistan pp. 95-111

Syed Sundus Raza and Anwar Hussain

Does Happiness Adapt to Increase in Income? Evidence from Pakistan Socio-economic Survey (1998-2001) pp. 113-122

Hamid Hasan

Do Workers’ Remittances Boost Human Capital Development? pp. 123-149

Muhammad Azam and Syed Raza

Volume 55, issue 1, 2016

Reconstructing Development Economics: Overcoming Rent for Constructing Capitalism pp. 1-14

Hartmut Elsenhans

An Empirical Analysis of the Implicit Growth Rate for Industrial IPOs Listed in Pakistan pp. 15-28

Muhammad Zubair Mumtaz, Zachary Alexander Smith and Ather Maqsood Ahmed

Impact of Climate Change on Electricity Demand: A Case Study of Pakistan pp. 29-47

Rafat Mahmood, Sundus Saleemi and Sajid Amin

Reforming a Broken System: A New Performance Evaluation System for Pakistan Civil Servants pp. 49-72

Maryam Tanwir Tanwir and Azam Chaudhry