PSDE papers presented in 18th AGM.

Note: All the PSDE papers are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).

1

A Broader Definition of Riba

Dr. Muhammad Mazhar Iqbal
Economics Department
Quaid-i-Azam University
Islamabad
Ph (Off): 282-1664
Ph (Res): 226-3952

2

Beyond the Green Revolution: The Growth and Sustainability of Agriculture in the Punjab

Prof. Khalid Mustafa
Zulfiqar Ahmad Gill
Department of Agriculture Marketing
University of Agriculture
Faisalabad
E-mail:
drkmustafa@hotmail.com
Ph: 041-614912

3

Co-integration Approach to Estimating Bilateral Trade Elasticities  between Pakistan and her Major Trading Partners

Hasan Muhammad Mohsin
Usman Qadir

Staff Economists
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
Islamabad.

4

Corruption and Government Regulations: An Empirical Analysis Using Threshold Regressions

Naved Ahmad
Applied Economics Research Centre
University of Karachi
Karachi-75270

5

Digital Opportunity Initiative: For Pakistan

Yousaf Haroon Mujahid
Assistant Director
COMSATS Internet Services
Islamabad.
E-mail:
paperking@hotmail.com
111 700 800

6

Donor’s Relative Share in Pakistan’s International Trade 1960-2000

Dr. Mamoona Rauf

7

E-Commerce & WTO: Digitalizing Trade Liberalization

Prof. Yousaf Haroon Mujahid

Assistant Professor
National Post-Graduate Institute of Telecommunications & Informatics
PTCL.
Plot 19, H-9
Islamabad
E-mail:
prof_haroon@npgiti.edu.pk
Ph: 4430247
Mob: 0300-8563138

8

Economics of Information Technology

Syed Asad Hussain
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutt Institute of Science and Technology
90, Clifton
Karachi.
E-mail:
asad@szabist.edu.pk
Ph: 021-111-922-478, Fax: 021-583-0446

9

Estimating the Dynamics of transient and chronic poverty in the Irrigated Areas

Dr. Waqar A. Jehangir & Mr. Muhammad Ashfaq
Senior Agricultural Economists
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Regional Officer for Pakistan, Iran and Central Asia,
12-Km, Multan Road, Thokar Niaz Beg, Lahore. 53700
Ph: 42-5410050-3/247, Fax: 42-5410054
E-mail:
w.jehangir@cgiar.org

10

Experience of Equity-Based Islamic Shares in Pakistan

Dr. Mohammed Nishat
Professor and Chairman
Department of Economics and Finance
Institute of Business Administration
University Road, Karachi
E-mail: 
mmnishat@yahoo.com
Ph: 111-422-422
Fax: 9243421

11

Farm Tenure and Technological Information Choices for Salinity Management

Dr. Waqar A. Jehangir

12

Financial Development and Economic Growth Relationship: A Case Study of Pakistan

Dr. Abid Hameed
Lahore School of Economics
Lahore

13

Financial Linkage to Technological Development and Economic Growth An Exploratory Analysis of Selected Countries

Syed Mohammad Ali
Department of Economics
University of Karachi
Institute for New Technologies
The United Nations University
Maastricht
E-mail: 
syed@intech.unu.edu

14

Fiscal Incentive, the Cost of Capital and Foreign Direct Investment in Pakistan: A Neo-classical Approach

Zahir Shah
Assistant Professor
Government College of Commerce
Mansehra, NWFP
E-mail: 
zahir4895@yahoo.com

15

Foreign Capital Inflows and Domestic Saving in Pakistan: Cointegration Techniques and Error Correction Modeling

Mohsin Hasnain Ahmad
Applied Economics Research Centre
University of Karachi
Karachi

Dr. Qazi Masood Ahmad
Associate Professor
Institute of Business Administration (IBA)
Karachi.
E-mail:
masood_ahmedqazi@hotmail.com

16

Globalization is Not Inclusive of People, Let Us Make It: A Trade Union Perspective

Dr. Noryuki Suzuki
General Secretary
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Asia and Pacific Regional Organization (ICFTU – APRO)
73 Bras Basah Road
Trade Union House
University of Bremen
SINGAPURE IE 9556
E-mail:
gas@icftu-apro.org

Sabur Ghayur

17

Home Country Characteristics and Foreign Direct Investment: A Developing Countries Case

Ms. Bushra Yasmin

18

Housing-What Does it Mean for Opportunity, Security and Empowerment of the Poor

Hina Nazli
Sohail J. Malik

19

How Do Women Decide to Work in Pakistan?

Zareen F. Naqvi
Senior Economist
World Bank
Islamabad

Lubna Shahnaz
Research Fellow
Mahbub ul Haq Development Centre

20

Impact of  Globalization On Pakistan's Economy

Naima Saeed
Department of Economics
Bahauddin Zakariya University
Multan

21

Industrial Concentration and Economic Power in Pakistan Revised  (ZIP Format)

Dr. Shahida Wizarat
Head Social Sciences at SZABIST
E-mail: 
shahida@szabist.edu.pk

22

Information & Local Governance: Behind Myths, Towards Progress

Arshad H. Bhatti

23

Iqbal’s Iimul Iqtisad, a Critical Perspective

Dr. Pervez Tahir
Chief Economist
Deputy Chairman
Planning Commission
Islamabad.

24

Is Privitization in Pskitan Purposeful

Dr. Akhtar Hasan Khan

25

Key Fundamental Factors and Longrun Price Changes in an Emerging Market --- A Case Study of Karachi Stock Exchange

Chaudhary Mohammad Irfan
M.Phil Research Fellow
Applied Economics Research Centre
University of Karachi
E-mail:
cmirfan@yahoo.com

Dr. Mohammed Nishat
Professor and Chairman
Department of Economics and Finance
Institute of Business Administration
University Road
Karachi
E-mail:
mmnishat@yahoo.com
Phone: 111-422-422
Fax: 9243421

26

Labour Market Dynamics In Pakistan: Evidence From The Longitudinal Data

G.M. Arif

M.F. Khan Kiani
Khalid H. Sheikh

Senior Research Demographer and Research Demographers

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE),

Islamabad.

27

Macroeconomic and Bank Characteristics Affecting Interest Income of Commercial Banks in  Pakistan

Ishrat Hussain
Applied Economics Research Centre,  (Student)
SBP Printing Press
Kamal Ata Turk Road,
Karahi.
Ph: 9212582-5  (Ext. 33)

28

Macroeconomic Impact of Budget Deficit and Monetary Variables on the Foreign Sector of Pakistan

Muhammad Aslam Chaudhary
Associate Professor
Quaid-i-Azam University
Islamabad
E-mail:
aslamchm@hotmail.com

Glum Shabbir

29

Measurement Of Cost Of Capital For Foreign Direct Investment In Pakistan: A Neo-Classical Approach

Zahir Shah
E-mail: zahir4895@yahoo.com

Dr. Qazi Masood Ahmad
E-mail:
masood_ahmedqazi@hotmail.com

30

New Issues in Banking Regulation

 

Dr. Mohsin S. Khan
Director IMF Institute
International Monetary Fund
Washington
D.C. 20431
U.S.A.
E-mail:
mkhan@imf.org

31

Performance of Commercial banks in Pakistan: A Study in Profitability Analysis

Dr. Salman Ahmad
Professor of Economics
Lahore School of Economics
104-c/2, Gulberg-III
Lahore

32

Privatization, Regulation and Competition in the Indian Subcontinent

Prof. T.N. Srinivasan
Department of Economics,
Economic Growth Centre
Box 1987, Yale Station, Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, 06520
E-mail:
t.srinivasan@yale.edu

33

Prospects of Investment in Agricultural Crops in Pakistan

Mr. Arshad Mahmood Malik

34

Public Capital and Economic Growth: Heterogeneous Dynamic Panel Data Evidence from Asian Countries

Ms Shaista Aslam
Muhammad S. Butt

35

Quantifying the Impact of Information D.I. Khan

Dr. Muhammad Bashir
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural,
Sociology Dept
NWFP Agricultural University
Peshawar.

36

Regulatory Gaps and Market Distortions in the Tourism Industry of Pakistan

Dr. Naheed Zia Khan
Fatima Jinnah Women University
The Mall
Rawalpindi
E-mail:
zfk2000@maganet.comp.pk
Tel: 9270047, 9270050-57
Fax: 9271168

37

Research, Extension and Information: Key Inputs in Agricultural Productivity Growth

Boris E. Bravo-Urta
Executive Director
University of Connecticut in Storrs

38

Role of E-Commerce in the Development of SMEs

Dr. Mehboob Ahmad
AIOU
Islamabad
E-mail: 
mmehboobahmad@yahoo.com

39

Role of Money in Removing World-Wide Growth Barriers

Zafar H. Ismail
Senior Principal Specialist & Company Secretary
Social Policy Development Centre

40

Social Expenditure and Economic Growth: A Multivariate Co-integration and Causality Panel Data Results for Asian Countries

Ms Shaista Alam (shaista_alam@hotmail.com)
Muhammad S. Butt
(
aerc@cyber.net.pk)
Research Assistant & Project Economist respectively
Applied Economics Research Center
University of Karachi
Karachi

41

Social Risk Management: From Safety Net to Spring Board: Implications for Pakistan

Sohail J. Malik
Chairman, Innovative Development Strategies (Pvt) Ltd.
5, Street 38, F-8/1
Islamabad
Ph: 2853080-1
Fax: 2256356

42

Stock Prices and Exchange Rates: Are they Related? Evidence from South Asian Countries

Naeem Muhammad
Department Economics & Finance
Institute of Business Administration
Karachi University Campus
Karachi-Pakistan
E-mail:
naeem_muhammad_pk@yahoo.com

Abdul Rasheed
Applied Economics Research Center
Karachi University
Karachi-Pakistan

43

The Knowledge-Based Economy: Trends and Implications for Pakistan

Dr. Rukhsana Kalim
Associate Professor
Institute of Leadership and Management
Lahore

Suleman Aziz Lodhi
Information Systems Manager
All Pakistan Textile Mills Association [APTMA]

44

The Legal Framework of The Nonprofit Sector in Pakistan

Zafar H. Ismail

45

Towards Divine Economics: Some Testable Propositions

Syed Nisar Hussain Hamdani
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir

Dr. Eatzaz Ahmad
Professor & Chairman
Department of Economics
Quaid-i-Azam University
Islamabad.

46

Trading Volume and Serial Correlation in Stock Returns in Pakistan

Khalid Mustafa
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
University of Karachi
E-mail:
khalidku2000@yahoo.com

Mohammad Nishat
Prof. and Chairman
Finance and Economics
Institute of Business Administration
Karachi
E-mail: 
mmnishat@yahoo.com
Ph: 111-422-422
Fax: 4983867

47

Transfer of Technology: A Path Towards Competition or Cooperation

Toseef Azid
Professor of Economics
Bahauddin Zakariya University
Multan

Mohammad Aslam
District Officer Planning
Bahawalpur

Mohammad Omer Chaudhry
Lecturer
Department of Economics
Bahauddin Zakariya University
Multan

48

United Roots and Structural Breaks: The Case of Pakistan Agriculture

Dr. Khalid Mushtaq
Lecturer
Dept. of Agri. Economics
Lecturer
University of Agriculture
Faisalabad

49

Why Private Investment In Pakistan Has Collapsed And How Can It Be Restored

Kalim Hyder
Research Officer
Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC)

Dr. Qazi Masood Ahmed
E-mail: masood_ahmedqazi@hotmail.com

50

Wood- Based Cottage Industry in Khurram Agency

Dr. Pervez Khan Khalil
E-mail:
EconomistPk2002@yahoo.com
Tel: 92-091 243411

51

X-efficiency Analysis of Commercial Banks in Pakistan: A preliminary Investigation

Dr. Mohammad Hanif Akhtar
Associate Professor of International Business
Department of Commerce
B.Z. University, Multan, Pakistan.
E-mail:
hanifakhtar@yahoo.com
Ph (Off): 61-224990
Ph (Res): 61-9210104

 

       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
 
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