Muhammad Akram Gilal
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View article: Economic Policy Uncertaity and Exchange Market Pressure: Panel Evidence
Economic Policy Uncertaity and Exchange Market Pressure: Panel Evidence Open
Controlling for macroeconomic indicators and trade openness, this study examined the impact of economic policy uncertainty on exchange market pressure for a panel of 25 countries from 2003Q2 to 2021Q3. The pooled mean group estimator, whic…
View article: The Impact of Multinationalism and Solvency on Profitability of Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Multinational Enterprises
The Impact of Multinationalism and Solvency on Profitability of Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Multinational Enterprises Open
The current study examined the impact of multinationality and solvency on the profitability of multinational firms. In this study, a panel framework of forty-five FMCG has drawn from 2005 to 2017. This study adopted the dynamic generalized…
View article: Sustainability of Global Economic Policy and Stock Market Returns in Indonesia
Sustainability of Global Economic Policy and Stock Market Returns in Indonesia Open
Interdependence in trade and financial globalization has increased the vulnerability of developed and developing countries to external shocks alike, whereas emerging markets are more vulnerable to the shocks originating from the world’s le…
View article: The Impact of GDP and Its Expenditure Components on Unemployment Within BRICS Countries: Evidence of Okun’s Law From Aggregate and Disaggregated Approaches
The Impact of GDP and Its Expenditure Components on Unemployment Within BRICS Countries: Evidence of Okun’s Law From Aggregate and Disaggregated Approaches Open
This article examines the responsiveness of changes in the unemployment rate to changes in output for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) using aggregate and disaggregated data from 1991 to 2018. We also split the entire…
View article: Sectoral Growth of Pakistan: Evidence from ARDL Approach
Sectoral Growth of Pakistan: Evidence from ARDL Approach Open
In this research paper, we followed the general to specific approach for finding out the factors that determine sectoral growth in Pakistan. The objective was to see which of these factors have relevancy in explaining sectoral growth. Auto…
View article: Credit Risk and Profitability of Commercial Banks in Pakistan
Credit Risk and Profitability of Commercial Banks in Pakistan Open
Credit risk in the credit portfolio of financial institutions has dented their profitability. This study examines the relationship between credit risk and profitability of commercial banks in Pakistan. For this purpose three performance me…
View article: Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth: A Time-Series Study on Pakistan
Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth: A Time-Series Study on Pakistan Open
In Socio-Economic development, the role of energy is very crucial, and often its consumption indicates the level of economic development and is considered as a vital ingredient of sustainable economic growth. Electricity as a key input var…
View article: Structural Changes And Economic Growth In Pakistan
Structural Changes And Economic Growth In Pakistan Open
Over the time period, the structure of the economy does not remain same. This study examines the interaction between economic growth and its determinants for Pakistan. Since fixed parameter approaches do not take into account effect of str…
View article: FACTORS DETERMINING ECONOMIC GROWTH IN PAKISTAN: An ARDL Bound Testing with General to Specific Approach
FACTORS DETERMINING ECONOMIC GROWTH IN PAKISTAN: An ARDL Bound Testing with General to Specific Approach Open
This is an empirical study which follows general to specific approach for finding relevant macroeconomic variables affecting Pakistan’s economic growth. Annualized data between 1976 and 2014, and the auto regressive distributed lag is empl…
View article: Absorptive Capacity in Optimum Internal Utilization of Foreign Direct Investment in Pakistan
Absorptive Capacity in Optimum Internal Utilization of Foreign Direct Investment in Pakistan Open
This paper examined the effect of Absorptive Capacity (ABC) on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in optimum internal utilization using Auto Regressive Distributed Lag Approach (ARDL). The results reveal the relevancy of human capital, patent…
View article: External Shocks and the Macroeconomic Response of Small Open Economy: A Structural-VAR Approach for Pakistan
External Shocks and the Macroeconomic Response of Small Open Economy: A Structural-VAR Approach for Pakistan Open
Objective: This study examines the impact of external economic shocks on the macroeconomic variables of Pakistan.The external economic shocks consist of the world oil prices, productivity and financial conditions of the main trading partne…
View article: Review of Exchange Market Pressure Indices
Review of Exchange Market Pressure Indices Open
In this paper, we reviewed empirical exchange market pressure indices. The objective was to find out similarities and differences among them in terms of their components and weights assigned to them. The review shows that apart from Girton…
View article: Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Components in Context of Pakistan
Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Components in Context of Pakistan Open
Objective of this paper was to evaluate the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on trade components (exports and imports) of Pakistan using annual data from 1975 to 2013. Engle and Granger two step cointegration method was used for c…