Research
Publications
Institutional Governance, Aid and Economic Growth: A case of South Asian Countries, 2015, (with Usman Mustafa), European Journal of Business Research, Volume 15(1), p45-54.
Key Factors Contributing to Agricultural Growth in Pakistan, 2013, (with Usman Mustafa) Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development, Volume 2(1), pp. 006-013.
Working papers
IMF Credit, Institutions, and Economic Growth (JMP)
Economic Freedom and Growth, (with Joshua Hendrickson)
Work in Progress
Entrepreneurship, Investment, and Institutions
Public Finance, Economic Freedom, and Growth
Invited Seminars and Conferences Presentations
Southern Economic Association (SEA): research paper “Entrepreneurship, Investment, and Institutions” presented in SEA 93rd Annual Meeting., November 18-20, 2023, New Orleans, USA.
The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE), Presented a research paper “Economic Freedom and Growth” at the 47th APEE Meeting, April 16-18, 2023, in Cancun, Mexico.
Graduate Economic Freedom Colloquium, Participated in the Second Annual Graduate Economic Freedom Colloquium held at the Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom, June 1-3, 2022, Dallas, TX, USA.
Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF), Presented a research paper “Foreign Direct Investment and Institutional Quality: Empirical Evidence from Countries with Different Income Levels” at the 2016 APEF, July 27-28, 2016, held at East Asia Institute of Management Campus, Singapore.
International Academy of Business and Economics (IABE), Presented a research paper “Institutional Governance, Aid and Economic Growth: A Case of South Asian Countries” at the IABE-2015 Orlando – Winter Conference, March 22-24, 2015, Orlando FL, USA.
Research Projects Supervised at UCP
“The relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in Pakistan”, Ms. Rimsha Imtiaz (2016).
“Impact of Domestic Financing on the Renewable Energy Consumption”, Mr. Muhammad Hasnain (2016).
“Urbanization, Economic Growth & Energy Consumption in Pakistan”, Ms. Sehrish Kanwal (2016).
“Student performance, teacher expectation & Pygmalion effect”, Ms. Ayesha Javed (2016).
“Effect of Foreign Aid on GDP Growth of Pakistan”, Ms. Ammara Riaz (2015).
“Impact of Terrorism on FDI Inflows of Pakistan”, Ms. Zainab Yousuf (2015).
“Foreign aid and fiscal Behavior of Government of Pakistan”, Mr. Adeel Raza (2015).