Purpose: This research intends to determine the role of terrorism in defying foreign direct investment (FDI) in top terror effected economies. Design/methodology/approach: Panel data on FDI and terrorism from top terror effected economies spanning from 1987 to 2018 were used and the...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of trade and financial sector openness and their simultaneous openness on financial development of South Asia. Design/methodology/approach: To serve the purpose, a panel data set of four South Asian economies, namely, India, Pakistan,...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of foreign aid (FA) on corruption in selected Asian countries (Pakistan, India, Srilanka and Bangladesh) using the panel data from 2000 to 2014. Design/methodology/approach: The author used Levin-Lin-Chu and Im-Pesaran-Shin panel unit...

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the effect of corruption on military expenditures in three income level countries. An annual data series of 97 countries covering high-income, middle-income, and low-income regions from 1997 to 2015 is used. Design/methodology/approach: The...

Purpose: This paper aims to explore the impact of liquidity risk, credit risk, funding risk and corruption on bank stability of the banking system in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach: The empirical analysis is confined to 24 retail banks, which include 5 Islamic and 19 conventional banks...