Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences: Volume 30 Issue 1

Tracing the evolution of the Dubai Government Excellence Program

Thomas Ahrens

The purpose of this paper is to report on the development of the excellence awards of the Dubai Government Excellence Program (DGEP). The programme reports directly to the Dubai…

The dynamics of banking sector and stock market maturity and the performance of Asian economies : Time series evidence

Rudra P. Pradhan, Mak B. Arvin, Neville R. Norman, John H. Hall

The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of causal relations between banking sector maturity, stock market maturity, and four aspects of performance and operation of the…

Meeting the demand for statisticians in UAE: challenges and experiences

Rafiq Hamed Hijazi

– The purpose of this paper is to explore the supply of and perceived demand for statisticians in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the past decade.

In defense of profit-seeking

Jonathan Lingenfelter, Walter E. Block

Profits have a bad press. They are associated in the public mind with greed, avarice, self-seeking. The purpose of this paper is to make the case in behalf of profit-seeking, so…

Impact of political events on stock market returns: empirical evidence from Pakistan

Mian Sajid Nazir, Hassan Younus, Ahmad Kaleem, Zeshan Anwar

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between uncertain political events and Pakistani Stock Markets from May 1999 to December 2011.