Research At COMSATS

Economic Policy

Dr. Asim Afridi

	Designation:	Associate Professor
	Email:	asimafridi@cuiatd.edu.pk
	Phone No. :	N/A
	Role:	Faculty
	Research Interests:	N/A

Academics/ Degrees

PhD, Aix Marseille School of Economics, Aix-Marseille University, France

Projects

Translating Postpartum Family Planning Strategy Into Action In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Publications/Papers

2024

Journal

Asim Afridi "Evaluating the Kuznets curve relationship between economic growth and child labor in an emerging economy" , International Journal of Social Economics ,Volume 1 ,Issue 1 ,Page 1-16 , 2024

Asim Afridi "Fiscal Resilience or Vulnerability? Assessing Public Debt Sustainability in the Developing Countries during 1996-2020" , Journal of Knowledge Economy ,Volume 1 ,Issue 1 ,Page 1-40 , 2024

Syed Muhammad Shuja,Asim Afridi,Jan, N. "Bank Lending Channel of Monetary Policy: Empirical Evidence from Bank Level Data of Selected Emerging Economies" , Qlantic Journal of Social Sciences ,Volume 5 ,Issue 1 ,Page 277-289 , 2024

2023

Journal

M.Tahir,Asim Afridi "Is Trade Openness Relevant in Reducing Food Deficit? Evidence from African Countries" , Iranian Economic Review ,Volume 27 ,Issue 1 ,Page 153-170 , 2023

Syed Sadaqat Ali Shah,Asim Afridi "Empirical examination of public debt sustainability in African economies: A panel data analysis" , Journal of Public Affairs ,Volume 24 ,Issue 1 ,Page 1-14 , 2023

Syed Sadaqat Ali Shah,Asim Afridi "Cyclical variation of fiscal multipliers in Caucasus and Central Asia economies: an empirical evidence" , Economic Change and Restructuring ,Volume 56 ,Issue 6 ,Page 4531–4563 , 2023

Asim Afridi,M.Tahir "What drives small and medium enterprises to establish and terminate banking relationships?" , EconomiA ,Volume 24 ,Issue 2 ,Page 230-248 , 2023

Ismail Khan,Asim Afridi "Evaluating sustainability reporting on GRI standards in developing countries: a case of Pakistan" , International Journal of Law and Management ,Volume 65 ,Issue 3 ,Page 189-208 , 2023

Muhammad Wasif Hanif,Asim Afridi,Hafeez, S. "Does wastophobia bring sustainability in consumers’ responsible behavior? A case of electricity waste management" , International Journal of Energy Sector Management ,Volume 17 ,Issue 2 ,Page 265-287 , 2023

2022

Journal

Naila Bibi,Saeed, B. B.,Asim Afridi "An Integrated Approach to Linking Job Love with Contextual Factors and Performance: An Empirical Study from Pakistan" , An Integrated Approach to Linking Job Love with Contextual Factors and Performance: An Empirical Study from Pakistan ,Volume 9 ,Issue 5 ,Page 157-169 , 2022

Syed Sadaqat Ali Shah,Asim Afridi,Sarmad Jadoon "Relevance of twin deficit hypothesis in the presence of structural breaks: an evidence from Pakistan" , Quality & Quantity , 2022

2021

Journal

Asim Afridi,Imran khan,Muddassar Khan "The Relationship between Intellectual Capital and Banks’ Productivity in Pakistan" , Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences , 2021

Ismail Khan,Asim Afridi,Iftikhar Khan "Does Board Diversity Matter for the Quality of CSR Disclosure? Evidence from the Financial Sector of Pakistan" , REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE GESTÃO DE NEGÓCIOS ,Volume 23 ,Issue 1 ,Page 104-126 , 2021

Hafeez, S.,S.A.M.Shah,Iqbal, N.,Asim Afridi "Wastophobia: A path towards Sustainability in Responsible Behavior - A Case study of Domestic Sector electricity Waste Management" , International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy ,Volume 11 ,Issue 5 ,Page 121-129 , 2021

2020

Journal

Asim Afridi,M.Tahir,Aziz Ullah Sayal,m. shah "Loan Quality: Does Bank Corporate Governance Matter?" , Applied Economics Letters , 2020

M.Tahir,Arshad Hayat,K.Rashid,Asim Afridi,Tariq, Y. B. "Human Capital and Economic Growth in OECD: Some New Insights" , Human Capital and Economic Growth in OECD: Some New Insights ,Volume 36 ,Issue 4 ,Page 367-380 , 2020

M.Tahir,Ahmad Ali Jan,Syed Quaid Ali Shah,Md Badrul Alam,Asim Afridi,Bashir, M.F.,Tariq, Y. B. "Foreign Inflows and Economic Growth in Pakistan: Some New Insights" , Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, Volume 13, Issue 3, pp97-113 ,Volume 13 ,Issue 3 ,Page 97-113 , 2020

Asif Ali,Asim Afridi,Bashir, M.F. "Do Islamic Banks Perform Better than Conventional Banks? " , Turkish Journal of Islamic Economics ,Volume 8 ,Issue 1 ,Page 1-17 , 2020

Asim Afridi,Imran Abbas Jadoon,Jan, N.,Usman Ayub "Capital Asset Pricing Model and Artificial Neural Networks: A Case of Pakistan’s Equity Market" , Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences ,Volume 40 ,Issue 2 , 2020

2019

Journal

M.Tahir,Tooba Mazher,Asim Afridi "Trade openness and sectoral growth in developing countries: some new insights" , Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies , 2019

Asim Afridi "Antecedents of Careerism: A Mediated- Moderated Model" , Global Social Science Review , 2019

Asim Afridi,M.Tahir,I.NASEEM "Per capita income, trade openness, urbanization, energy consumption and CO2 emissions: An empirical study on SAARC Region" , Environmental Science and Pollution Research , 2019

M.Tahir,Asim Afridi,I.NASEEM,Saeed, B. B. "Terrorism and its Determinants in the Sub‐Saharan Africa Region: Some New Insights." , African Development Review ,Volume 31 ,Issue 3 ,Page 393–406 , 2019

Asim Afridi "Determinant of Productivity Growth: Evidence from Emerging Asian Countries" , Central Asia ,Volume 85 ,Page 119-131 , 2019

Asim Afridi,I.NASEEM,M.Tahir,Saeed, B. B. "A Descriptive Analysis of Research Culture in Pakistan" , FWU Journal of Social Sciences, Fall 2019, Vol.13, No.2 ,Volume 13 ,Issue 2 ,Page 36-50 , 2019

Asim Afridi,M.Tahir,I.NASEEM,Saeed, B. B. "Terrorism and its determinants in the sub‐Saharan Africa region: Some new insights" , African Development Review ,Volume 31 ,Issue 3 ,Page 393-406 , 2019

Asim Afridi,M.Tahir,I.NASEEM "Per capita income, trade openness, urbanization, energy consumption, and CO 2 emissions: an empirical study on the SAARC Region" , Environmental Science and Pollution Research ,Volume 26 ,Issue 29 ,Page 29978-29990 , 2019

2018

Journal

Saeed, B. B.,Bilal Afsar,Hafeez, S.,Imran khan,M.Tahir,Asim Afridi "Promoting employee’s pro-environmental behavior through Green Human Resource Management practices" , Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management , 2018

M.Tahir,Estrada, Mario Arturo Ruiz,Asim Afridi "FOREIGN INFLOWS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE SAARC REGION" , Economic Systems , 2018

Asim Afridi,Aziz Ullah Sayal "Impact of Foliar NPK and NAA Blended with Organic Material on Tomato Yield Attributes and Properties of Soil" , Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research ,Volume 31 ,Issue 4 ,Page 323-331 , 2018

M.Tahir,Asim Afridi "Intellectual Capital and Financial Performance of Banks in Pakistan." , Dialogue (Pakistan) ,Volume 13 ,Issue 1 , 2018

Conference

Asim Afridi "What Matters for Banks’ Performance? Market Power or Efficient Structure" , International Conference on "Management for Economic Growth" Islamabad, Pakistan, in collaboration with Coventry University UK, March 25-29, 2018. , 2018

2017

Journal

M.Tahir,Asim Afridi,Syed Sadaqat Ali Shah "Assessing nature of competition in banking sector of Pakistan" , The Journal of Finance and Data Science ,Volume 2 ,Issue 1 ,Page 244-253 , 2017

2016

Journal

Asim Afridi "Role of Socialization on Safety Behavior of Employees" , International Journal of Business Studies Review , 2016

2015

Journal

Asim Afridi,Muhammad Ehsan Javaid "Determinants of Competitiveness in Textile Industry of Pakistan" , International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences ,Volume 61 ,Page 105-115 , 2015

M.Tahir,Imran khan,Asim Afridi,Ruiz Estrada, M., "The role of trade openness for industrial sector development: panel data evidence from SAARC region. " , Journal of Asia Business Studies ,Volume 10 ,Issue 1 ,Page 93-103 , 2015

2013

Journal

Asim Afridi "Impact of health aid in developing countries: The public vs. the private channels" , Economic Modelling ,Volume 31 ,Page 759-765 , 2013

Asim Afridi "FLUX INTERNATIONAUX D’AIDE À LA SANTÉ, TAUX DE MORTALITÉ ADULTE ET PIB Le « triangle d’or » du développement ? *" , Revue Tiers Monde ,Volume 215 ,Page 93-110 , 2013

Asim Afridi "Is the role of international health aid on adult mortality efficient? Evidence from developing countries using DEA approach " , The Empirical Econometrics and Quantitative Economics Letters, Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University , 2013

Asim Afridi "1. Granger causality between international foreign aid, health outcomes and GDP: evidence from panel analysis " , European Economics Letters , 2013

2011

Conference

Asim Afridi "Impact of health aid in developing countries" , Annual Meeting of the Association of Southern European Economic Theorists (ASSET), Evora, Portugal, October 2011 , 2011

Asim Afridi "Does foreign aid buy health and wealth? Granger-Causality tests on panel data" , 3rd International Conference and Workshop on Health Financing in Developing and Emerging Countries, Clermont Ferrand, France , 2011