PREVIOUS ISSUES

Volume-VI

, Issue-IV

(FALL 2021)



01 - Water, Sanitation, and Malnutrition in Pakistan: Challenge for Sustainable Devel...

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).01
10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).01      Published : Dec 2021

    This paper aims to analyze the water, sanitation, and malnutrition situation in Pakistan and to evaluate the sustainable development goals situation. To find the association, this study applies a chi-square test utilizing a sample of 3,575 children of age less than five years, extracted from the data of Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS) 2017-18. The results of chi-square show that unde... Details
    Malnutrition, Water, Sanitation, SDGs, PDHS, Pakistan
    (1) Rafit Saheed
    MPhil Scholar, School of Public Policy, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Hafsa Hina
    Assistant Professor, Head of PIDE School of Social Sciences, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Shahid
    Former MPhil Scholar, Department of Health Economics, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, Pakistan.

02 - Colonialism to Neo-Colonialism: The Chinese Use of Foreign Direct Investment and...

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).02
10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).02      Published : Dec 2021

    The practice of neo-colonialism was initially introduced by the United States through the establishment of institutions like the Bretton Woods Institutions (IMF and World Bank) and continuing the legacy, China soon took over and had been using FDI to further its neo-colonial agenda in various parts of the world, including Pakistan. This research explores the history of colonization in the Sub-Cont... Details
    Colonialism, Neo-Colonialism, Foreign Direct Investment, China, Pakistan, United States
    (1) Rao Raza Hashim
    Professor, School of Management, Forman Christian College, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Bushra Arfeen
    Research Associate, Forman Christian College, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

03 - Macroeconomic Factors Determining the Growth of Pakistan.......

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).03
10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).03      Published : Dec 2021

    This study attempts to explore the relation of External Debt, Terms of Trade, Education,Military expenditures, Consumer Price Index, and Gross Domestic Production of Pakistan throughout 1997-2019. To estimate the targeted objectives of this research Auto Regressive Distributive Lags (ARDL) technique was used. The results revealed some facts that Military expenditures an deducation were essential t... Details
    Economic Growth, Macroeconomic Variables, ARDL
    (1) Nighat Hanif
    MPhil Scholar, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Irfan Hussain Khan
    Ph.D. Scholar, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Faisal Shahzad
    Ex-MPhil Scholar, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.

04 - Corporate Governance's Role in Mitigating Earnings Manipulations: Evidence from ...

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).04
10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).04      Published : Dec 2021

    The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between corporate governance and earnings management in Asian emerging economies Pakistan,India, and Malaysia. The annual financial data of 196 listed non-financial firms for ten years (2010 - 2019) was used as a sample of the study. Panel data fixed-effect method was appropriate for this study. The findings of the current study establish... Details
    Corporate Governance, Audit Committee, Earnings Management, Asian Economies
    (1) Yasar Abbas
    Ph.D. Scholar, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Zaheer Abbas
    Associate Professor, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

05 - Gender-based Comparison of Management Practices of Principals: A Study of the Co...

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).05
10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).05      Published : Dec 2021

    The main purpose of the present study was to compare the current management practices of boys and girls degree colleges of AJ and K. The study was descriptive in nature, and the cross-sectional survey was used for the collection of data. Seventy principals and 140 teachers of the Mirpur Division were the populations of this study, out of which 50principals (23 male and 27 female) and 100 teachers ... Details
    Management Practices, College Principals, Azad Jammu, and Kashmir
    (1) Nazir Haider Shah
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Naqeeb ul Khalil Shaheen
    Lecturer, Department of Education, University of Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
    (3) Asghar Abbas
    Teacher, Department of School Education, Punjab, Pakistan

07 - Asset Price Channel of Monetary Policy in Pakistan...

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).07
10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).07      Published : Dec 2021

    This study has used Vector Auto-Regressive (VAR)model approach to analyze the Asset Price Channel of Monetary Transmission (APCMT) regarding Pakistan. Study use the date period of 34 years from 1980 to 2 14. Major findings of the study are; stock prices have bi-directional causality with industrial price index and money rte. Granger causality test was employed to check multi-directional causality ... Details
    Asset Price Channel, Monetary Transmission, Money Supply, VAR Model
    (1) Saleem Shah
    PhD Scholar, Department of Economics, Clark University, MA, USA.
    (2) Irfan Hussain Khan
    PhD Scholar, Department of Economics, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Alamgir Khan
    Lecturer, Department of Economics, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.

08 - Rational Choice Theory: An Economic Analysis of Hardy's The Return of the Native...

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).08
10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).08      Published : Dec 2021

    Rational Choice Theory is a fundamental theory of economics deals with the behavior of an individual in which an actor chooses an action rationally in order to minimize costs and maximize benefits. Several studies have been accomplished on RTC in the frame of reference to the law,criminology, sociology, etc., but only in a small number of researches, RCT has been applied to literature. A realistic... Details
    Benefits, Choices, Economics, Hardy, Rational, Offenders
    (1) Shahbaz Afzal Bezar
    Head of English Department, Government Graduate College Satiana Road, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Munnzza Noreen
    PhD Scholar, Department of English, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Rana Imran Ali
    Head of English Department, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

09 - The Dynamic Effect of Fiscal Decentralization on Economic Growth: Role of Govern...

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).09
10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).09      Published : Dec 2021

    This study investigates the effects of decentralization on output growth in the case of South Asian countries over the period of 1996 to 2018. Further, the study investigates the existence of complementarities between fiscal decentralization with the quality of institutions and macroeconomic stability is affecting economic growth. In order to obtain some flawless results, the study uses a more sta... Details
    Fiscal Decentralization, Governance, and Macroeconomic Stability
    (1) Zenab Faizullah
    Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Zilakat Khan Malik
    Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan

10 - The Impact of Knowledge Sharing on Relationship between Organizational Commitmen...

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).10
10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).10      Published : Dec 2021

    The aim of this research is to study the impact of organizational commitment on employee motivation with the knowledge sharing mediation effect.The study was conducted in the localities of Karachi city with a population of banking sector employees; sample sizes of 200 employees were drawn from the population. Structural Equation modeling was used as a major technique to carry out the analysis. SMA... Details
    Organizational Commitment as (OC), knowledge Sharing as (KS)
    (1) Fauzia Ahmed
    Lecturer/Ph.D. Scholar, Institute of Management Sciences(IMS), University of Balochistan, Balochistan, Pakistan.