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The Capital Asset Pricing Model: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan
Yasmeen; Masood, Sarwar; Saghir, Ghauri; Muhammad, Waqas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The purpose of this study is to examine the validity of the CAPM in the capital markets of the Pakistan. The study used … daily stock returns of the top 20 companies listed on the KSE (the main equity market in Pakistan) from 16th December 2008 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260298
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How External Shocks and Exchange Rate Depreciations Affect Pakistan? Implications for Choice of an Exchange Rate Regime
Ahmed, Shaghil; Ara, Iffat; Hyder, Kalim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
fluctuations in Pakistan and their importance has increased since September 11, 2001. The primary source of external shocks is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079310
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Gender Inequality and Trade Liberalization: A Case Study of Pakistan
Ahmed, Naeem; Hyder, Kalim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The main focus of this study is to explore the impact of trade liberalization on gender inequalities in Pakistan. The … number of boys’ school ratio are identified as important determinants of overall gender inequality in Pakistan and gender … inequality in labor market of Pakistan. Further, gender inequality in education attainment is explained by per capita GDP, number …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079330
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Poverty, Income Distribution and Social Development in Lahore
Hyder, Kalim; Sikander, Muhammad Usman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper we present a comparative analysis of poverty and income inequality prevalent in the seven towns of Lahore. Further, an analysis of gender inequality and overall social development is presented by considering education, health, and labor market conditions. We have computed the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004155
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Riding for Survival: A Worst Form of Human Trafficking
Safana, Shaheen; Masood, Sarwar; Muhammad, Waqas; Amir, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
children are trafficked from Pakistan to wealthy Gulf States for camel racing. In order to find out the socioeconomic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110261
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Multidimensional Measurement of Poverty in Pakistan: Provincial Analysis
Masood, Sarwar; Muhammad, Waqas; Amir, Aslam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper has estimated multidimensional poverty for four provinces of Pakistan using PSLM dataset for years 2005 … evidence of significant lack of overlap in the identification by the monetary and multidimensional approach in case of Pakistan. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110445