Azam Chaudhry
Dr. Azam Chaudhry is Professor of Economics, the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Pro Rector of the Lahore School of Economics. He has a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Economics from the London School of Economics (UK) where he specialized in Monetary Economics, Econometrics and Corporate Finance and a M.A. and PhD in Economics from Brown University (USA) where he specialized in theoretical and empirical macroeconomics.
He teaches undergraduate and graduate Econometrics and Macroeconomics at the Lahore School of Economics and his research interests include Innovation and Technological Change, Institutional Economics, Economic Growth and Development, Behavioral Economics, Economic and Social Networks, Political Economy and Industrial Organization
Measuring the Barriers to Industrial Upgrading using Evidence from Pakistan (with David Atkin, Amit K. Khandelwal and Eric Verhoogen)
Measuring Innovation in the Pakistani Textile Sector (with Matthew McCartney and WaqarWadho)
Benchmarking of Productivity in the Pakistani Garments Sector (with Theresa Chaudhry, Rocco MacChiavelloand Chris Woodruff)
Developing an Optimal Industrial Strategy in the Context of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) (with Theresa Chaudhry,Maryiam Haroon and Nida Jamil)
Impact assessment of start-up loans to female run micro-enterprises (with Farah Said, Naved Hamid and Mahreen Mahmud)
How Network Centrality Affects Electoral Politics in Pakistan (with Mahnoor Asif)
Measuring the effects of agglomeration on new firms in Punjab (with Maryiam Haroon)
Spillovers in technology adoption: evidence from a randomized experiment in Pakistan (with David, Amit K. Khandelwaland EricVerhoogen)
Patron-client relations in rural Punjab (with Kate Vyborny)
Working Papers
Understanding Productivity in the Pakistani Garment Sector, (with Theresa Chaudhry, Rocco MacChiavello, and Chris Woodruff), IGC Working Paper, 2016
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Survey of IFC Firms on Local MBA Quality,World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, Number 3182, World Bank, Washington D.C., 2004
Procurement and the World Bank’s Anti-Corruption Initiatives,Operations Evaluation Department Working Paper, World Bank, Washington D.C., 2000
A Review of the Country Assistance Strategies and FY98 Lending for the World Bank’s Anti-Corruption Strategy, Operations Evaluation Department Working Paper, World Bank, Washington D.C., 1998
Journal Articles
Home-based Enterprises: Experimental Evidence on Female Preferences from Pakistan(with Giovanna d’Adda, Mahreen Mahmud andFarah Said),Economic Development and Cultural Change, (2022).
Innovation Strategies and Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Firm level Evidence from Pakistani Manufacturers ( with Waqar Wadho), Journal of Asian Economics (2022), Vol 81
Where to Locate? The Correlation Between Spatial Proximity and Location Choice of New Firms: The Case of Pakistan (with Maryiam Haroon), Asian Economic Journal, Volume 35, Issue 2, 187–208, 2021
First integrals of Hamiltonian systems: The inverse problem (with F. M. Mahomed and R. Naz),Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems-S, Volume 13, Issue 10,2829-2840, October 2020
It is not power,but how you use it: Experimental evidence on altruism from households in Pakistan (with Giovanna d'Adda, Mahreen Mahmud andFarah Said),Applied Economics Letters, Volume 27, Issue 5, 426-431, 2020
Do young innovative companies create more jobs? Evidence from Pakistani textile firms (with Micheline Goedhuys and WaqarWadho),World Development, Volume 117, 139-152, May 2019
Closed-form solutions of the Lucas-Uzawa model with externalities via the partial Hamiltonian approach (with R. Naz),Computational and Applied Mathematics, Volume 37, Issue 4, 5146–5161, September 2018
Innovation and Firm Performance in Developing Countries: The case of Pakistani Textile and Apparel Manufacturers (with WaqarWadho), Research Policy, Volume 47, Issue 7, 1283-1294, September 2018
Closed-form Solutions for the Lucas-Uzawa Growth Model with Logarithmic Utility Preferences via the Partial Hamiltonian Approach (with R. Naz),Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series S, Volume 11, Issue 4, 643-654, 2018
Organizational Barriers to Technology Adoption: Evidence from Soccer-Ball Producers in Pakistan (with David Atkin, ShamylaChaudry, Amit K. Khandelwal and Eric Verhoogen), the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 132, Issue 3, 1101–1164, August 2017
Comparison of Closed-Form Solutions for the Lucas-Uzawa Model via the Partial Hamiltonian Approach and the Classical Approach (with R. Naz),Mathematical Modelling and Analysis, Volume 22, Issue 4, 464-483, 2017
Pakistan's Experience with the Pak-China Free Trade Agreement: Lessons for CPEC (with Theresa Chaudhry and Nida Jamil), the Lahore Journal of Economics, Volume 22, Issue SE, 1-24, September 2017
On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster (with David Atkin, ShamylaChaudry, Amit K. Khandelwal and Eric Verhoogen),World Bank Economic Review, Volume 30, Issue Supplement 1, S34 - S41, March 2017
Closed-form solutionsfor the Lucas –Uzawa model of economic growth via the partial Hamiltonian approach (with F. M. Mahomed and R. Naz), Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Volume 30, Issues 1–3, 299-306, 2016
A partial Lagrangian method for dynamical systems (with F. M. Mahomed and R. Naz),Nonlinear Dynamics, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1783–1794, May 2016
A Panel Data Analysis of Electricity Demand in the Pakistani Industrial Sector,Energy Sources Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy, Volume 11, Issue 1, 73-79, March 2016
Innovation in the Textiles Sector: A Firm-Level Analysis of Technological and Nontechnological Innovation(with WaqarWadho), the Lahore Journal of Economics, Volume 21, Issue SE, 129-166, September 2016
Markup and Cost Dispersion across Firms: Direct Evidence from Producer Surveys in Pakistan(with David Atkin, ShamylaChaudry, Amit K. Khandelwal and Eric Verhoogen), the American Economic Review, Papers & Proceedings, Volume 105, Issue 5, 537–544, 2015
The effects of external migration on enrolments, accumulated schooling and dropouts in Punjab(with RabiaArif),Applied Economics, Volume 47, Issue 16, 1607-1632, 2015
Does genetic proximity to high growth countries affect a country's own growth?(withRabiaIkram), Economic Modelling, Volume 51, 444-453, December 2015
A Partial Hamiltonian Approach for Current Value Hamiltonian Systems (with F. M. Mahomed and R. Naz), Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Volume 19, Issue 10, 3600-3610, October 2014
The Need for a Coordinated Industrial Strategy to Boost Pakistani Exports: Lessons from Asia(with Gul Andaman), the Lahore Journal of Economics, Volume 19, Issue SE, 177-206, September 2014.
Patronage in Rural Punjab: Evidence froma New Household Survey Dataset (with Kate Vyborny), the Lahore Journal of Economics, Volume 18, Issue SE, 183-209, September 2013
A Structural V AR analysis of the impact of macroeconomic shocks on Pakistan's textile exports,Economic Modelling, Volume 32, 302-315, May 2013
The Political Economy of Income Comparisons and Economic Growth, inEconomic Modelling, Volume 31, 214-222, March 2013
The Birth of Exporters: Entry and Scale of Firms in Punjab’s Export Sectors(with Maryiam Haroon and Marjan Nasir), the Lahore Journal of Economics, Volume 17, Issue SE, 191-212, Sept. 2012
Tariffs, Trade and Growth: Do Institutions Matter?theLahore Journal of Economics, Volume 16, Issue 2, 31-54, Winter 2011
A Panel Data Analysis of Electricity Demand in Pakistan, the Lahore Journal of Economics, Volume 15, Issue SE, 75-106, Sept. 2010
Total FactorProductivity Growth in Pakistan: An Analysis of the Agricultural and Manufacturing Sectors, the Lahore Journal of Economics, Volume 14, Issue SE, 1-16, Sept. 2009
The Effects of Rising Food and Fuel Costs on Poverty in Pakistan(with Theresa Thompson Chaudhry), the Lahore Journal of Economics, Volume 13, Issue SE, 117-138, Sept. 2008
Do Governments Suppress Growth? Institutions, Rent-Seeking and Innovation Blocking in a Model of Schumpeterian Growth (with Phillip Garner),Economics and Politics, Volume 19, Issue 1, 35-52, Mar. 2007
Political Competition Between Countries and Economic Growth (with Phillip Garner),Review of Development Economics, Volume 10, Issue 4, 666-682, Nov. 2006
Corruption and Trade Liberalization: Has theWorld Bank Anti-Corruption Initiative Worked?theLahore Journal of Economics, Volume 10, Issue 2, 111-140, Winter 2005
Book Chapters
Beyond the Poverty Line: A Multi-dimensional Analysis of Poverty in Pakistan, (with Uzma Afzal, Theresa Chaudhry and Muhammad Haseeb), in Rashid Amjad and ShahidJavedBurki (ed.) Pakistan: Moving the Economy Forward, Cambridge University Press, 2015
Other Publications
Does Institutional Quality Affect the Success of Privatization Policies in Developing Countries?with Phillip Garner, Manuscript, Brigham Young University, 2003