Office Number: E-107
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Name: Dr. Ghulam Shabbir

Designation: Professor of Economics

Department: Economics

Extension Number: 390

Email ID: ghulamshabbir@fccollege.edu.pk

Office Number: E-107 

Brief Profile

Dr. Ghulam Shabbir is a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University). He is an HEC-approved Ph.D. supervisor and has about 30 years of experience in research and teaching with a diversified research portfolio. He has published 24 research articles in the HEC-recognized international and national economic journals including Quality & Quantity, Comparative Economic Studies, The Pakistan Development Review, The Lahore Journal of Economics, and Pakistan Economic and Social Review. In his research, he has investigated the linkages between institutions and innovation, peace and trade, institution and inclusive growth, trade liberalization and employment, corruption and growth, FDI and growth. Besides, he has also examined the issues of balance of payments, purchasing power parity, and military expenditures in his research work. His main areas of research interest are international economics, economic growth, and institutional economics.

Dr. Shabbir is also active in community services, such as being a member of the various bodies of different universities, and a reviewer/referee of international and national journals. Presently, he is working as the editor of the Forman Journal of Economic Studies and also served the said journal for more than 10 years as a Managing Editor.

Education

• Postdoc, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Ph.D. (Economics), National College of Business Administration &Economics, Lahore
• M Phil (Economics), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

Research and Publications

1. Naveed, A., Shabbir, G., (2022). Effect of Formal and Informal Institutional Indicators on Innovation Activities: An Empirical Analysis for a Global Sample. Social Indicators Research, 164(2): 665-691 (Online publication date: July 13, 2022), 
2. Naveed, A., Shabbir, G., Syed., S. H., Ashfaq, M., & Khan, M. A. (2022). Can a path to peace promote export growth? Evidence from Pakistan and its trading partners. Quality, and Quantity, 56(5): 3309-3324. (Online publication date: 26-10-2021) 
3. Shabbir, G., Naveed, A., Khan, M. A. & Syed, S. H. (2022). Does peace promote bilateral trade flows? An Economic Analysis of Panel Data in Asian Perspective. Comparative Economic Studies, 64(1): 113-158. (Online publication date: 28-06-2021)

4. Farooq, A., Anwar, A., Ahad, M., Shabbir, G., Imran, Z. A. (2021). A validity of environmental Kuznets curve under the role of urbanization, financial development index and foreign direct investment in Pakistan. Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, (Online publication date: 31-12-2021).
5. Aslam, A., Naveed, A., & Shabbir, G. (2021). Is it an institution, digital or social inclusion that matters for inclusive growth? A panel data analysis, Quality, and Quantity, 55(1): 333-355. (Online publication date: 27-06-2020). 
6. Akbar, M., Tariq, M. & Shabbir, G. (2021). Role of gender bias and parental education as determinants of couples’ fertility decision in Pakistan: Bayesian econometric analysis. Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research, 55(3): 171-186. (Publication date: September 2021).

7. Mughal, N. Shabbir, G. & Syed, S. H. (2021). The impact of trade liberalization on employment and wages: Panel evidence from developing countries. Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, 2(1): 1-17. https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/92469753/Article-2-Ghulam_Shabbir-1-17-libre.pdf?1665826514=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DThe_Impact_of_Trade_Liberalization_on_Em.pdf&Expires=1700564501&Signature=c5oEtKgyb~T8dlYZawg~4Z07Y96VQaVm1ppTR8a4ACrq~jxj4kLJ-psSjSY5EEK4z8vDu9rLgveX7IKKMjHSBeLlLngUZR06VId5w6ats7kAVxz8evXGwrRSY02yLJ40yIstle6i5iWAhcVU1HmQ5inlTZzfA47N7qyIAIAmlZ4y0ahiBntcBcl~Of5M2zei3dKftK4BmrfMGiWYGIO5uu5fqBZ4cCAOJaju3B-irzDyFoVquHGvq6scuOsMibKwwal2mqca7gxhh0vlKuUNXf8huM8S0vgtRVa~9NnlLyzKe7GFZom-4SOXCqhe4hPubosso41biLPm~F~qLop8Cg__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA

8. Aslam, A., & Shabbir, G. (2019). Socio-Digital Inclusion for Inclusive Growth: Evidence from World Level Data. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 39(2): 567-581.
9. Farooq, A., Hamid, K., Aslam, A., & Shabbir, G. (2019). Triangular Nexus between Institutional Quality, Trade Liberalization, and Agricultural Growth in Pakistan. Paradigms, 13(2): 10-27. 
10. Manzoor, M., Shabbir, G., & Syed, S. H. (2018). The Measurement of Pakistan’s Black Economy: A Modified Currency Demand Approach. Pakistan Economic and Social Review, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Winter, 2018), pp. 211-229.

11. Arshad, A., Syed, S. H., & Shabbir, G. (2017). Military Expenditure and Economic Growth: A Panel Data Analysis. Forman Journal of Economic Studies, 13, pp 161-176. 
12. Shabbir, G. (2017). Corruption, Democracy, and Economic Growth: Does Conditionality Matter? Pakistan Economic and Social Review, Vol. 55, No. 1 (Summer 2017), pp. 99-117. 
13. Shabbir, G., Anwar, M, & Adil, S. (2016). Corruption, Political Stability, and Economic Growth. The Pakistan Development Review, 55, No. 4 (Winter), pp. 689-702. 
14. Ahmad, , Ahmed, T., & Shabbir, G. (2016). Impact of Embodied Characteristics and Sensory Variables on the Price of Milk at Retail Level. Forman Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 12, pp 103-114.

15. Shabbir, G., Farooq, , & Ahmed T. (2015). Sociopolitical Institutions and Corruption: Does Conditionality Matter? Forman Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 11, pp. 33-52.
16. Ahmad, , Ahmed, T., & Shabbir, G. (2015). Determinants of Textile Firms’ Profitability in Pakistan. Forman Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 11, pp 87-102. 
17. Shabbir, G & Butt A. R. (2014). Socioeconomic Determinants of Corruption: A Cross Country Evidence and Analysis. Forman Journal of Economic Studies, 10, pp 79-104.
18. Shabbir, G & Naveed, (2010). Growth, FDI, and Exports in Pakistan: A Co-integration Analysis. Forman Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 6, 2010, pp. 65-84. 
19. Shabbir, G & Naveed, (2008). Purchasing Power Parity and Black-Market Exchange Rate Nexus. Forman Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 4, 2008, pp. 59-71. 
20. Shabbir, G & Mumtaz, (2007). Determinants of Corruption in Developing Countries. The Pakistan Development Review, Vol. 46: 4, Part II (winter), pp. 751-764.
21. Naveed, & Shabbir, G. (2006). Trade Openness, FDI, and Economic Growth: A Panel Study. Pakistan Economic and Social Review, Vol. XLIV, No: 1 (summer), pp. 137-54. 

22. Chaudhary, A. & Shabbir, G. (2005). Macroeconomic Impacts of Budget Deficit on Pakistan’s Foreign Sector. Pakistan Economic and Social Review, Vol. XLIII, No: 2 (winter), pp. 185- 98. 

23. 23. Chaudhary, A. & Shabbir, G. (2004). Macroeconomic Impacts of Monetary Variables on Pakistan’s Foreign Sector. The Lahore Journal of Economics, Vol. 9(1), pp. 63-84.
    24. Chaudhary, A. & Shabbir, G. (2004). The Impact of Domestic Credit, Deficit and changing exchange regimes on Foreign Reserves of Pakistan. Pakistan Economic and Social Review, Vol. XLII, (1&2), pp. 1-20.