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How do trade openness and public expenditures affect health status in OIC member countries? : an empirical analysis
Farooq, Fatima; Zulkornain Yusop; Chaudhry, Imran Sharif - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 13 (2019) 4, pp. 1041-1056
This paper investigates the impact of trade openness and public expenditures on health status in OIC member countries. Panel data of 47 OIC member countries from 1991 to 2017 is taken from the World Development Indicators (WDI). The econometric results areestimated using GMM technique to avoid...
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Does public education expenditure cause economic growth? : comparison of developed and developing countries
Idrees, Alvina Sabah; Siddiqui, Muhammad Wasif - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 7 (2013) 1, pp. 174-183
The purpose of this paper is to examine the long-run relationship between public education expenditures and economic growth. The social benefits of education exceed its private benefits. Therefore, education is considered a merit good; if not supplied by the public sector, private production is...
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Investigating day-of-the-week effect in stock returns : evidence from Karachi stock exchange ; Pakistan
Haroon, Muhammad Arshad; Shah, Nida - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 7 (2013) 2, pp. 381-393
(KSE) of Pakistan by employing OLS regression approach. Data consists of daily closing prices of KSE-100 Index from January …
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Fiscal policy, institutions and governance in selected South Asian countries
Hussain, Tariq; Siddiqui, Muhammad Wasif - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 7 (2013) 2, pp. 331-345
The objective of the study is to analyze the cyclicality of Fiscal Policy among Institutions (Economic and Political) and governance indicators from 1980-2010 in major South Asian Countries. Fiscal policy is a major source in the hands of the government to achieve higher level of economic...
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Geo-spatial analysis: identification of the central business district of Peshawar, Pakistan
Ali, Amjad; Malik, Sher Muhammad; Sohail, Nadeem - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 13 (2019) 1, pp. 123-149
Likewise, other historic cities of Pakistan, Peshawar has two major commercial areas i.e. old city region and Saddar …
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The mediating role of absorptive capacity in the relationship between intellectual capital and organizational innovation in higher education institutes Punjab, Pakistan
Kousar, Shazia; Zafar, Mahwish; Batool, Syeda Azra; … - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 13 (2019) 3, pp. 656-679
organizational innovation in the context of Higher education institutions (HEI) of Punjab Pakistan. This study used a structured … questionnaire to collect the data from employees of HEI Pakistan. This study usesa covariance-based structural equation modeling … between IC and organizational innovation. The study will help the HEIs of Pakistan to boost innovation activities more …
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Impacts of accessibility on vertical commercial land use pattern in the central business district of Peshawar, Pakistan
Malik, Sher Muhammad; Ali, Amjad - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 13 (2019) 3, pp. 796-805
(CBD) of Peshawar, Pakistan and thoroughly studies this association in detail. The subtypes of accessibility and retailing …
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Decomposition and decoupling analysis of carbon emissions from economic growth : a case study of Pakistan
Khan, Sher; Majeed, Muhammad Tariq - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 13 (2019) 4, pp. 868-891
Decoupling Index and Log MeanDivisa Index (LMDI) decomposition techniques to examine Pakistan's decoupling status between … suggests that Pakistan has experienced four decoupling statuses, where the most prominent is the expensive negative decoupling …
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The role of financial development in human capital development : an evidence from Pakistan
Arif, Imtiaz; Khan, Lubna - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 13 (2019) 4, pp. 1029-1040
The present paper studies the effects of financial development on the human capital development of Pakistan. An annual … enhances human capital development in Pakistan. Similarly, the inflow of remittances increases human capital development.On the … present paper recommend some useful insights for the policymakers of Pakistan. …
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Examining entrepreneurial intentions in adult population in China and Pakistan : GEM data evidence
Soomro, Raheem Bux; Yuan, Honglin - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 12 (2018) 3, pp. 732-757
it is significant in Pakistan; therefore, we can say that males are more likely to hold entrepreneurial intentions in … Pakistan. The results of role model, self-efficacy and perception of economic opportunities are positive and significant …
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