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Consolidation in Pakistani Banking Sector
Memon, Ziaul Haque; Shaikh, Faisal A. - In: Journal of Independent Studies and Research (JISR) 1 (2003) 1, pp. 17-22
Pakistan's banking sector has progressed rapidly in the last few years. The trend of consolidation in the industry … crucial remedies. Since Pakistan was following the South East Asian model of financial liberalization, it also adopted …. State Bank of Pakistan became powerful regulator after an amendment in 1997 Act. …
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Agricultural Terms of Trade in Pakistan
Khan, Abdul Aleem - In: Journal of Independent Studies and Research (JISR) 3 (2005) 1, pp. 48-52
The government in Pakistan is designing new policies to cope up with the requirements of free trade regime. Agriculture …
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Child Labour: A Rational Response to Economic Incentives
Jalbani, Dr Amanat Ali - In: Journal of Independent Studies and Research (JISR) 2 (2004) 1, pp. 40-43
This paper is a situational analysis of child labour in Pakistan. Child labour is a pervasive phenomenon in many …
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A Comparative Analysis of Economic Performance in Two Eras: Democratic Era (FY 89 - FY99) & Military Rule (FY00 - FY05)
Parmar, Vishnu; Azam, Shafi - In: Journal of Independent Studies and Research (JISR) 4 (2006) 2, pp. 18-25
Throughout Pakistan's 58 year history two forms of government, namely, military and democratic rule have been imposed …
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Efficiency and economies of scale in academic knowledge production
Felderer, Bernhard; Obersteiner, Michael - 1999
This paper investigates the properties of knowledge production in academic research using a panel of 17 OECD countries reaching from 1989 to 1996. The production process is modelled using capital and labour as inputs and the number of published international journal articles and/or the number of...
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The Rapid Evolution of Homo Economicus: Brief Exposure to Neoclassical Assumptions Increases Self-Interested Behavior
Ifcher, John; Zarghamee, Homa - 2016
Economics students have been shown to exhibit more selfishness than other students. Because the literature identifies the impact of long-term exposure to economics instruction (e.g., taking a course), it cannot isolate the specific course content responsible; nor can selection, peer effects, or...
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Introduction: Telling the Story of MIT Economics in the Postwar Period
Weintraub, E. Roy - 2014
Over the past twenty-five years the Duke history of economics faculty, together with the collection development librarians in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, have been gathering the papers of notable (mostly) twentieth century economists in what is now called The...
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Trendstudie 2018: Lese- und Schreibverhalten der Generationen X, Y, Z
Hilgers-Sekowsky, Julia; Oral, Cansu; Schuster, Gabriele - 2018
This paper describes an integrated research study project developed and conducted with Dual program students of the IUBH University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Hamburg. The project investigates the current reading and writing behavior of generations X, Y and Z. In addition,...
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Development of Political Parties and Party Funding: Models and Characteristics
Matakovic, Hrvoje; Mraovic, Irena Cajner - In: CES Working Papers 7 (2015) 1, pp. 111-125
The first modern political parties were formed at the end of the 18th century and have, from those times up to now, undergone 4 developing phases; each of the phases is bound to ideal-type political party model: cadre parties, mass parties, catch-all parties and cartel parties. Each of these...
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Comparative Assessment of Efficiency in Attracting European Funds by Regions of Eastern European Countries
Lupu, Dan; Asandului, Mircea - In: CES Working Papers 7 (2015) 2a, pp. 531-544
In the current decentralization reforms and severe budget constraints faced by Eastern European countries, we consider as imperative to analyze the effectiveness of structural funds management at regional level. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to estimate the technical efficiency of...
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