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Fiscal, Monetary Policies and Institutions’ Role (Political, Social and Economic) in Pakistan
Get PDFThe purpose of this study is to test the fundamental
relationship between fiscal, monetary policies and institutions in Pakistan
from 1976 to 2008. These policies are roadmap in the progress of a
country. No doubt both these policies are useful tools in the hands of the
government to increase the per capita GDP of the country. Such policies
depict the performance level of institutions of a country. Better
institutions leads to higher level of growth. Institutions perform
significant role in the progress of any country. The growth targets can be
achieved through institutions. Higher the quality of institutions, higher
the performance would be shown by economy. Countries can reach
middle-income levels despite some corruption, but further growth
requires much better institutions (Easterly, 2001, pp. 234-235, 245-248,
Rodrik, 2003, pp. 16-17).
Kwiatkowski et al (1992) test is used to test unit root and short run
relationship is analyzed through ECM. Auto regressive distributed lags
(ARDL) shows that there is long run relationship among growth policies
and institutions’ role in Pakistan
Fiscal Policy, Institutions and Governance in Selected South Asian Countries
Get PDFThe objective of the study is to analyze the cyclicality of Fiscal Policy among Institutions (Economic and Political) and governance indicators from 1980-2010 in major South Asian Countries. Fiscal policy is a major source in the hands of the government to achieve higher level of economic growth. This policy can perform efficiently in the presence of strong institutions with good governance. The main purpose of fiscal policy is to bring stability in the economy. Therefore, developed countries adopt counter cyclical policies but developing countries adopt pro cyclical fiscal policy. Developing countries adopt pro cyclical fiscal policy due to weak institution and poor governance. Pooled OLS, Fixed effects and 2SLS approaches are used to evaluate whether the fiscal policy is counter cyclical or pro cyclical. It is found that fiscal policy is pro cyclical, economic and political institutions don’t perform effectively and governance is poor. In order to bring stability in economic growth in South Asian countries, counter cyclical growth policies should be adopted
Spatial Agglomeration and Productivity of Textile and Leather Manufacturing the Punjab Province of Pakistan
Get PDFThis study investigates whether spatial agglomeration of textile and leather industry facilitates to enhance its own productivity at establishment level in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The empirical analysis is based on the survey data for the years 1995-96, 2000-2001 and 2005-06 collected from the Punjab Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The production function framework has been utilized. The results of production function suggest that spatial agglomeration of textile and leather industry plays a vital role in determining the productivity of establishments. The impact of localization (specialization) is positive and stronger than urbanization (diversification) which implies that locating manufacturing establishments in a particular district leads to enhance the productivity of establishments. Therefore, government policy should be biased to promote localization of textile and leather industry
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
GDP Fluctuations and Private Investment: A Macro Panel Analysis of Selected South Asian Countries
Get PDFThe current study examines the relationship between GDP fluctuations and private investment by using macro panel approach in a panel of five selected South Asian countries (SSAC) including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka for the period of 1980-2010. The study applies modern non-stationary panel techniques such as cross section dependence test, unit root test under cross sectional dependence, panel cointegration and Group Mean Fully Modified OLS (GM FMOLS) estimation.
The study finds a long-run co-integrating relationship between GDP fluctuations and private investment in the SSAC. GM-FMOLS estimates show that this link is negative. Thus, the results indicate that GDP fluctuations have a significant negative impact on private investment in SSAC as GDP volatility gives a negative signal to private investors. The study also suggests that GDP volatility may be harmful for private investment in developing countries and negative effect on private investment will also be transferred to growth as the investment is a key determinant of growth. So, the governments of developing countries should equally focus on managing the volatility of GDP to increase private investment along with other measures for creating an investment-friendly environment. Additionally, an increase in private investment will further help in maintenance of stability
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