The purpose of this study is to empirically analyze the contagion effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on stock returns of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). In this context, the causal changes of three major macroeconomic indicators i.e. gold prices, prices of real estate, and the US exchange rate...

This paper develops a multi-sector New Keynesian model of a small open economy that includes commodity, manufacturing, non-tradable, and import sectors. Price and wage rigidities are sector specific, modelled à la Calvo-Yun style contracts. Labour and capital are imperfectly mobile across...

Housing prices in Hong Kong have been rising for more than a decade and recent hikes are mainly driven by Mainland developers in the primary market. Local developers and residents seem to be relatively conservative as the prospects for the Hong Kong housing market have been dim due to low...