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...

This study investigates whether spatial agglomeration of textile and leather industry facilitates to enhance its own productivity at establishment level in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The empirical analysis is based on the survey data for the years 1995-96, 2000-2001 and 2005-06 collected...

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...

The immediate health cost of violent armed conflict is in the form of deaths and injuries of the combatants as well as civilians. However, these costs are mostly pertinent to major violent internal and international conflicts. Minor violent armed conflicts and nonviolent/ latent conflicts do not...