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About the School

Now the economics is no more a mere bookish theory rather the practical aspect of it which is needed to be incorporated in the real life. Policy making and the pragmatism at micro, meso & macro levels are the need of the hour; so that the fruits of the subject may be attained. Moreover, the courses of economics require a specific dimension which must provide the students a guideline and enable them to see through the complex economic life of present era & find the fruitful aspects of economics.

To meet these ends efficiently, the School of economics at Minhaj University Lahore is providing training of skills of Economic Sciences to the students of Undergraduate, Graduate and Research Scholars. We have designed the courses in such a way as to fulfill all the requirements of economic life of today and we train & prepare the young economists to shoulder the requirements of the practical life and become the useful pillars of society.

The School possess expertise on Economic history, the contemporary economic theory development, present day economic issues and the economic policy formulation with rigorous research. Additionally, the School schedules seminars at times and training workshops at regular intervals for research and techniques. The expertise concerning the use of software packages i.e. SPSS, E Views, and STATA, related to the modern & pragmatic research in Economics, are the key features of most of these workshops.

We are also trying to synthesize the Islamic economic history and theory with present day western economic thought and to make a new orientation most suitable for today’s economic needs & challenges. 
In today’s global world, sharing of experiences and ideas promotes the capabilities and capacity to work. Keeping this in view, the School of economics has established links with international economics publication institutions and top level universities of the world so that the students may be benefitted by the latest publishing economic research journals & books by the legends of economics. We have also established our own library where updated material concerning to the economic theory & literature is available in reasonable & modern quality and quantity.
Furthermore, the School has also established its online link named “minhaj economists” group at yahoo, for the guidance of and an easy access to the students. Latest economic books, research work and other material are available on the link and the access to every economics learner and student is totally free.
 

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Dr. M. Tayyab

Dr. M. Tayyab

Message

As the Head of School, I am pleased to welcome you to the School of Economics and Finance at Minhaj University Lahore where the main focus is to effectively train you in the field and address new global challenges. I invite you to gain a full range of knowledge, awareness, and expertise in economics to meet the challenges of the future, as well as acquire the analytical tools necessary for policy-oriented economic research for Pakistan. It is the need of the hour to produce economists for the sustainable development of Pakistan. For this purpose, the School of Economics and Finance has the objective of enabling the students to make significant contributions to the field of applied economics and solve the economic problems of Pakistan. With us you will have the support of our distinguished faculty that always helps the students analyze, synthesize, and evaluate complex intellectual and real-life economic issues through their knowledge and skills because this is our social responsibility; to provide excellent global citizens and leaders. Regarding this, we also provide conducive space for you to explore your passions and engage in research that addresses the complex current economic issues of Pakistan.

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Objectives

  • Train the students with hands-on knowledge of essential branches of economics for a comprehensive understanding of economic issues.
  • Efficiently teach the application of quantitative and analytical tools of economics and econometrics for policy-oriented research in the context of Pakistan.
  • Help students in analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating complex intellectual and real-life economic issues by providing them with the needed knowledge and skills.

Salient Features

  • Highly qualified and specialized faculty in the fields of microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, monetary economics, public sector economics, international economics and environmental economics.
  • Advanced research centers and robotic & digital library.
  • Thoroughly engaging and empowering environment for practical solutions to economic problems.
  • Industrial linkages, Chamber of Commerce, and Industries, etc., for placement and internship of students.
  • Well-equipped classrooms, seminar rooms, lecture halls, and computer labs.

Publications

Title Volume.# Issue.# Pages Year
An Empirical Analysis of Electricity Demand in Pakistan
Volume # 1 Issue # 4 Page # 116-139 Year of Publication: 2011
How Immigration affects the Health and Subjective Well-being: Evidence from Destination Countries
Journal Name: Journal of Applied Economics and Business Studies
 Volume # 6 Issue # 4 Page # 17-38 Year of Publication: 2022
Medicine Affordability and Accessibility: A Case of Low and Middle-Income Group of Gujranwala District
Journal Name: International Journal of Management Research and Emerging Sciences
 Volume # 12 Issue # 3 Year of Publication: 2022
Economics of Nations during Austerity? Does Government Size Matters?
Journal Name: Iranian Economic Review
 Year of Publication: 2022
Do Climate Changes influence the Agriculture Productivity in Pakistan? Empirical Evidence from ARDL Technique
Journal Name: Forman Journal of Economic Studies
 Volume # 18 Issue # 1 Page # 97-116 Year of Publication: 2022
Can a Path to Peace Promote Export Growth? Evidence from Pakistan and its Trading Partners
Journal Name: Quality and Quantity: International Journal of Methodology
 Year of Publication: 2021
Optimum Fiscal Spending at Aggregated and Disaggregated level in Pakistan
Journal Name: PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology
 Year of Publication: 2021
Profiling Crime in Pakistan: An Aggregated and Disaggregated Socioeconomic Analysis
Journal Name: Forman Journal of Economic Studies
 Volume # 17 Issue # 1 Page # 77-97 Year of Publication: 2021
Profiling Crime in Pakistan: An Aggregated and Disaggregated Socioeconomic Analysis
Journal Name: Forman Journal of Economic Studies
 Volume # 17 Issue # 1 Page # 77-97 Year of Publication: 2021
The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Employment and Wages: Panel Evidence from Developing countries
Journal Name: Journal of Economics and Management Sciences
 Volume # 2 Issue # 1 Year of Publication: 2021
Does Peace Promote Bilateral Trade Flows? An Economic Analysis of Panel Data in Asian Perspective
Journal Name: Comparative Economic Studies
 Volume # Vol. 43 Page # 350-361 Year of Publication: 2021
Exploring the Relationship between Earnings and Job Satisfaction: A Case Study of Home-based Workers in Gujranwala
Journal Name: PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology
 Year of Publication: 2021
Inflation Dynamics, Globalization and Monetary Policy: Empirical Evidence from Selected South and South East Asian Countries
Journal Name: Forman Journal of Economic Studies
 Volume # 16 Page # 113-132 Year of Publication: 2020
A Spatial Analysis of Terrorist Attacks in Pakistan
Journal Name: Pakistan Economic and Social Review
 Volume # Vol. 58 Issue # 2 Page # 237- 267 Year of Publication: 2020
Impacts of Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate on Green Investment in Pakistan
Year of Publication: 2020
Sectarian Terrorism in Pakistan: Causes, Impact and Remedies
Journal Name: Journal of Policy Modeling
 Volume # Vol. 43 Page # 350-361 Year of Publication: 2020
The Informal Economy of Pakistan: An Institutional and Fiscal Policy Perspective
Journal Name: Al-Qalam
Year of Publication: 2020
Probing Real Economic Growth through Institutional Quality and Fiscal Policy in Pakistan
Journal Name: Elementary Education Online
 Year of Publication: 2020
SEM Estimates: The long-term analysis of Pakistan’s electricity demand and supply gaps
Journal Name: European Online Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Year of Publication: 2019
An Empirical investigation of Banking sector performance in Pakistan and Srilanka, by using CAMELS approach
Year of Publication: 2024
The Measurement of Pakistan’s Black Economy: A Modified Currency Demand Approach
Journal Name: Pakistan Economic and Social Review
 Volume # 56 Issue # 2 Page # 211-229 Year of Publication: 2018
Transmission Mechanism of Intergenerational Mobility in Socio-Economic Status.
Journal Name: Forman Journal of Economic Studies
 Volume # 15 Page # 227-245 Year of Publication: 2018
Analysis of Food Demand Patterns of Sindh Province, Pakistan
Year of Publication: 2024
Insight of the Quality of Housing of Pakistani Households: Using New Methodology and the Country Unit Record Data
Journal Name: Forman Journal of Economic Studies
 Volume # 13 Page # 121-133 Year of Publication: 2017
Military Expenditure and Economic Growth: A Panel Data Analysis
Journal Name: Forman Journal of Economic Studies
 Volume # 13 Page # 161-175 Year of Publication: 2017
Causal Linkages between Terrorism and Economic Growth; Evidence from the four Provinces of Pakistan
Journal Name: Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
 Volume # 24 Issue # 1 Year of Publication: 2017
Macroeconomics instability and its role on income inequality in developing countries: A panel data analysis
Year of Publication: 2024
Causes and Incentives for Terrorism in Pakistan
Journal Name: Journal of Applied Security Research
Volume # 10 Issue # 2 Page # 181-206. Year of Publication: 2015
Economic development and banking sector growth in Pakistan
Year of Publication: 2024
Economic development and banking sector growth in Pakistan
Year of Publication: 2024
An RCA Analysis of Textiles and Clothing in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh
Year of Publication: 2024
Poverty and the Quality of the Housing: Construction of Index Using FFDP Approach
Journal Name: Forman Journal of Economic Studies
 Volume # 19 Issue # 1 Page # 31-66 Year of Publication: 2014
Historical Patterns of Terrorism in Pakistan
Journal Name: Defense and Security Analysis
Volume # 30 Issue # 3 Year of Publication: 2014
Poverty, Inequality, Political Instability and Property Crimes in Pakistan: A Time Series Analysis
Journal Name: Asian Journal of Law and Economics.
 Volume # 4 Issue # 1-2 Page # 1-28 Year of Publication: 2013
Modeling Demand for Money in Pakistan: An ARDL Approach
Journal Name: Forman Journal of Economic Studies
 Volume # 7 Page # 75-88 Year of Publication: 2011
Exchange Rate Exposure on the Automotive Industry: Evidence from USA and Japan
Journal Name: Forman Journal of Economic Studies
 Volume # 7 Page # 25-54 Year of Publication: 2011
Economic Impact of Climate Change on The Agricultural Sector of Punjab
Journal Name: Pakistan Development Review Papers and Proceedings Part II
 Volume # 49 Issue # 4 Page # 771-798 Year of Publication: 2010
Public Policy and Private Investment
Journal Name: Forman Journal of Economic Studies
 Volume # 3 Page # 100-110 Year of Publication: 2007
The Behavior of FDI in South Asian Countries
Journal Name: Forman Journal of Economic Studies
 Volume # 2 Page # 18-27 Year of Publication: 2006
The Incidence of Government Expenditure on Health: A Case Study of Pakistan
Volume # 2 Page # 39-47 Year of Publication: 2006
Insights into Selected Features of Pakistan’s Most Wanted Terrorists. Terrorism and Political Violence
Journal Name: Terrorism and Political Violence
 Volume # 30 Issue # 1 Page # 47-73 Year of Publication: 2016
Shair, W., Majeed, M. T., & Ali, A. (2021). Labour Participation Decision and Preferences towards Different Employment Status in Response to Remittances: Evidence from the Provincial Capital of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KPK), Pakistan. Iranian E
“Recession in the BRI States” published in The Nation, dated 09-07-2022.
Shair, W., Naeem, S., & Rasul, F. (2021). Nexus Of Covid-19 News With Stock Market Returns And Volatility In Pakistan. Bulletin of Business and Economics (BBE), 10(2), 92-99. HEC recognized.
“Conflicts And The US” published in The Nation, dated 02-04-2022.
Ali, M., Shair, W., Rahman, F., & Naeem, S. (2021). The Relationship between Cash Flow Volatility and Dividend Payout Ratio: Evidence from Pakistan’s Non-Financial Firms. Empirical Economic Review, 4(2), 32-48. HEC recognized.
“Economic Sovergneity Under the NSP” published in The Nation, dated 02-03-2022.
Shair, W. (2020). Is Optimizing or Non-optimizing objective of a Firm in the Gig Economy? A Chronological Approach. Bulletin of Business and Economics Vol 9(2 ), pp. 101 -107. HEC recognized.
“Exchange rate Instability and Foreign Debt” published in Daily Times, dated 25-09- 2021.
Labor Market Outcomes of Non-migrant Members in Response to Remitances Evidance from Provincial Capital of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KPK)
“Pakistan’s Blue Economy: An unexpected potential” published in Daily Times, dated 03-07-2021.
“The gig economy is helping tackle COVID-19 unemployment in Pakistan” published in Global Village Space, dated 22-07-2020.
Shair, W., Hussain, S., & Idrees, M. (2023). Social Safety Net Programs and Food Insecurity in Pakistan. Social and Economic Studies within the Framework of Emerging Global Developments.
Volume # II Page # 105-120
Shair, W. & Majeed, M.T. (2020). Labor Market Outcomes of Non-Migrant Members in Response to Remittances : Evidence from Provincial Capital of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KPK), Review of Socio-Economic Perspectives, Vol 5(1 ), pp. 1 -22.
Shair, W., Waheed, A., Kamran, M. M., & Kubra, N. (2022). Digital Divide in Pakistan: Barriers to ICT Usage among the Individuals of Pakistan. Journal of Economic Impact, 4(3), 196-204. HEC recognized.
Shair, W., Zahra, T., Tayyab, M., & Kubra, N. (2022). The Impact of the Digital Divide on Wage Gaps among Individuals in Pakistan. Journal of Policy Research, 8(4), 97-107. HEC recognized.
“Deregulation of Petroleum Prices in Pakistan: A Way Forward” published in The Nation, dated 06-10-2022. Also published in E-Newsletter of Pak China Study Centre Vol. 4, Issue 13, page 4.
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