Department of Economics

Dr Samia Nasreen

Dr Samia Nasreen
Dr Samia Nasreen

Associate Professor
Department of Economics
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Experience

  • Associate Professor in Economics, 18-02-2020, Lahore College for women University, Lahore

  • Assistant Professor in Economics, 14-10-2014 to 17-02-2020, Government College Women University Faisalabad, Faisalabad.

  • Lecturer in Economics, 01-08-2006 to 15-12-2011,
    Lahore College for women University, Jhang Campus    

HEC Approved Supervisor

HEC Indigenous PhD Scholarship, Phase II, Pakistan

Memberships

  • Pakistan Society of Development Economists
  • Pakistan Society of Applied Economists
  • Economic Research Forum (ERF), Egypt.

Graduate Students/ Postdocs/Undergraduate Students/ Honour Students

Thesis Supervised

Years                    Degree                           Name

2015-2017                            M-Phil                   Amina Ashra

2015-2017                            M-Phil                 Pricilla Pervez

2015-2017                             M-Phil                 Iqra Naseem

2015-2017                             M-Phil                 Freeha Naz

2015-2017                             M-Phil               Irum Naseem

2018-2020                             MS                 Fatima Mubashir

Thesis Co-Supervised

2013-2017                               PhD                  Sadia Ali 

2017-2021                               PhD                   Aysha Nazir

2017-2021                               PhD               Khalid Naeem                                                       
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Service Activity

  • Convenor BOS, Lahore College for Women University Lahore
  • Advisor MS Economics, Lahore College for Women University Lahore
  • Member BOS, Government College University Faisalabad
  • Member BOS, Government College Women University Faisalabad
  • Member Research Ethics Committee, LCWU
  • Member Academic Council, LCWU

Brief Statement of Research Interest

Applied Econometrics, Financial Economics, environmental Economics

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Abakah, E.J.A., Trabelsi, N., Tiwari, A.K., Nasreen, S. (2024). Bitcoin, Fintech stocks and Asian Pacific equity markets: A dependence analysis with implications for portfolio management. Journal of Risk Finance, 25 (5), 792-839. https://doi.org/10.1108/JRF-04-2024-0095. IF 5.70.
  2. Abbas, S., Dastgeer, G., Nasreen, S., Kousar, S., Riaz, U., Arsh, S., & Imran, M. (2024). How Financial Inclusion and Green Innovation Promote Green Economic Growth in Developing Countries. Sustainability, 16, 6430. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16156430. IF 3.3.
  3. El-Sayed, A., Khalfaoui, R., Nasreen, S., & Gabauer, D. (2024). The impact of oil shocks on green, clean, and socially responsible markets. Energy Economics, 136, 107729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107729. IF 13.6.
  4. Naheed, Z., Nasreen, S., Tiwari, A.K., & Arsh, S. (2024). Analyzing the effectiveness of energy aid for driving the transition towards energy decarbonization; Evidence from Asian developing countries. Journal of Environmental Management, 360,121125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121125. IF71
  5. Nasreen, S., Tiwari, A. K., Goodell, J.W., & Tedeschi, M. (2024). Asymmetric and Frequency-Domain Spillover Effects among Industrial Metals, Precious Metals and Energy Future Markets. Internal Review of Economics and Finance, 93, 1556-1592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2024.04.010. IF 4.5. 
  6. Sharma, S., Tiwari, A. K., & Nasreen, S. (2024). Are FinTech, Robotics, and Blockchain index funds providing diversification opportunities with emerging markets? Lessons from pre and post out break of COVID-19. Electronic Commerce Research, 24(1), 341-370.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10660-022-09611-2. IF 3.7.
  7. Nasreen, S., Tiwari, A. K., Nisa, M., & Ishtiaq, F. (2024). Evaluating the Role of GDP Per Capita, Air Pollution and Non‐Economic Factors in Determining Health Expenditure: Evidence from Asian Region Using Instrumental Variables Techniques. Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, 43(1), 63-90. https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-3441.12404. IF 0.9.
  8. Nasreen, S., Ishtiaq, F., & Tiwari, A. K. (2023). The role of ICT diffusion and institutional quality on financial inclusion in Asian region: empirical analysis using panel quantile regression. Electronic Commerce Research.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10660-023-09727-z. IF 3.9.
  9. Tiwari, A. K., Trabelsi, N., Abakah, E. J. A., Nasreen, S., & Lee, C. (2023). An empirical analysis of the dynamic relationship between clean and dirty energy markets. Energy Economics, 124, 106766. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106766. IF 12.8.
  10. Nasreen, S., Gulzar, M., Afzal, M., & Farooq, M. U. (2023). The role of Corruption, transparency, and Regulations on Asian Banks’ performance: An Empirical analysis. Journal of the Knowledge Economy,30, 53712–53724 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-023-01153-8. IF 3.3.
  11. Nasreen, S., Ishtiaq, F., & Nghiem, X. (2023). The effects of financial development and technological progress on environmental sustainability: novel evidence from Asian countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 18, 53712-53724. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-26139-6, IF 5.8.
  12. Nasreen, S., & Anwar, S. (2023). Financial Stability and Monetary Policy Reaction Function for South Asian Countries: An Econometric Approach. The Singapore Economic Review, 68(03), 1001–1030.  https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217590819500395
  13. Abakah, E. J. A., Nasreen, S., Tiwari, A. K., & Lee, C. (2023). U.S. leveraged loan and debt markets: Implications for optimal portfolio and hedging. International Review of Financial Analysis, 87, 102514.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102514. IF 8.235.
  14. El-Sayed, A. F., Naifar, N., & Nasreen, S. (2023). Financial stability and monetary policy reaction: Evidence from the GCC countries. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 87, 396–405.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2022.03.003. IF 4.324.
  15. Nasreen, S., Tiwari, A. K., Jiang, Z., & Yoon, S. (2022). Dependence Structure between Bitcoin and Economic Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from Time–Frequency Quantile-Dependence Methods. International Journal of Financial Studies, 10(3), 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijfs10030049.
  16. Saleem, R., Nasreen, S., & Azam, S. (2022). Role of financial inclusion and export diversification in determining green growth: evidence from SAARC economies. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(40), 60327–60340.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20096-2. IF190.
  17. El-Sayed, A. F., Naifar, N., Nasreen, S., & Tiwari, A. K. (2022). Dependence structure and dynamic connectedness between green bonds and financial markets: Fresh insights from time-frequency analysis before and during COVID-19 pandemic. Energy Economics, 107, 105842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.105842. IF 9.252.
  18. Tiwari, A. K., Nasreen, S., & Anwar, M. (2022). Impact of equity market development on renewable energy consumption: Do the role of FDI, trade openness and economic growth matter in Asian economies? Journal of Cleaner Production, 334, 130244.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.130244. IF 072.
  19. Bhanja, N., Nasreen, S., Dar, A. B., & Tiwari, A. K. (2021). Connectedness in international crude oil markets. Computational Economics, 59(1), 227– https://doi.org/10.1007/s10614-020-10068-4. IF 1.741.
  20. Nasreen, S., Tiwari, A. K., & Yoon, S. (2021). Dynamic Connectedness and Portfolio Diversification during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Evidence from the Cryptocurrency Market. Sustainability, 13(14), 7672.  https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147672 . IF 3.251.
  21. Anwar, M., Nasreen, S., & Tiwari, A. K. (2021). Forestation, renewable energy and environmental quality: Empirical evidence from Belt and Road Initiative economies. Journal of Environmental Management, 291, 112684.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112684. IF 5.647.
  22. Nasreen, S., Mubashir, F., Anwar, A. M. (2021). Foreign Direct Investment, Financial Development and Economic Growth: New Empirical Evidence from Pakistan, International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 15(4), 653-675. https://www.ijicc.net/images/Vol_15/Iss_4/15454_Nasreen_2021_E1_R.pdf.
  23. Nasreen, S. (2021). Association between health expenditures, economic growth and environmental pollution: Long‐run and causality analysis from Asian economies. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 36(3), 925–944.  https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3132. IF 1.367.
  24. Naeem, M. K., Anwar, S., & Nasreen, S. (2021). Empirical analysis of CO2 emissions and sustainable use of energy sources in Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(13), 16420–16433. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-11927-1. IF 3.056.
  25. Tiwari, A.K., Nasreen, S., & Iqbal, Z. (2021). Nexus between tourism and environmental pollution in South Asia: a comparative analysis using time-varying and non-parametric techniques. Current Issues in Tourism, 24(21), 2996-3020. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2020.1862070. IF 3.2.
  26. Tiwari, A. K., Nasreen, S., Hammoudeh, S., & Selmi, R. (2021). Dynamic dependence of oil, clean energy and the role of technology companies: New evidence from copulas with regime switching. Energy, 220, 119590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.119590. IF 5.747.
  27. Shah, S. a. R., Naqvi, S. a. A., Nasreen, S., & Abbas, N. (2021). Associating drivers of economic development with environmental degradation: Fresh evidence from Western Asia and North African region. Ecological Indicators, 126, 107638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107638. IF, 4.958.
  28. Nazir, A., Anwar, S., & Nasreen, S. (2020). Tax Structure and Economic Growth: Middle-Income Asian Countries analysis. Forman Journal of Economic Studies, 16, 53-80. https://doi.org/10.32368/fjes20201603.
  29. Tiwari, A. K., Nasreen, S., Ullah, S., & Shahbaz, M. (2020). Analysing spillover between returns and volatility series of oil across major stock markets. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 26(2), 2458–2490. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.1916. IF 0.943.
  30. El-Sayed, A. F., Nasreen, S., & Tiwari, A. K. (2020). Time-varying co-movements between energy market and global financial markets: Implication for portfolio diversification and hedging strategies. Energy Economics, 90, 104847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104847. IF 5.203.
  31. Nasreen, S., Mahalik, M. K., Shahbaz, M., & Abbas, Q. (2020). How do financial globalization, institutions and economic growth impact financial sector development in European countries? Research in International Business and Finance, 54, 101247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2020.101247. IF,1.801.
  32. Nasreen, S., Naqvi, S. a. A., Tiwari, A. K., Hammoudeh, S., & Shah, S. a. R. (2020). A Wavelet-Based Analysis of the Co-Movement between Sukuk Bonds and Shariah Stock Indices in the GCC Region: Implications for Risk Diversification. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 13(4), 63. https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm13040063.
  33. Nasreen, S., Tiwari, A. K., Eizaguirre, J. C., & Wohar, M. E. (2020). Dynamic connectedness between oil prices and stock returns of clean energy and technology companies. Journal of Cleaner Production, 260, 121015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121015. IF 6.395.
  34. Nasreen, S., Mbarek, M. B., & Rehman, M. a. U. (2020). Long-run causal relationship between economic growth, transport energy consumption and environmental quality in Asian countries: Evidence from heterogeneous panel methods. Energy, 192, 116628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116628 . IF 537.
  35. Tiwari, A. K., Nasreen, S., Shahbaz, M., & Hammoudeh, S. (2020). Time-frequency causality and connectedness between international prices of energy, food, industry, agriculture and metals. Energy Economics, 85, 104529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.104529. IF 5.203.
  36. Nasreen, S., & Anwar, S. (2020). Financial Stability and the Role of Economic and Financial Integration in South Asia: Evidence from Time-Series Data. The Singapore Economic Review, 65(02), 303–333. https://doi.org/10.1142/s0217590817500011.
  37. Umar, Z., Nasreen, S., Solarin, S. A., & Tiwari, A. K. (2019). Exploring the time and frequency domain connectedness of oil prices and metal prices. Resources Policy, 64, 101516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2019101516. IF 3.185.
  38. Nasreen, S., Saidi, S., & Öztürk, İ. (2018). Assessing links between energy consumption, freight transport, and economic growth: evidence from dynamic simultaneous equation models. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25(17), 16825–16841. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-1760-5. IF 2.714.
  39. Nasreen, S., Anwar, S. (2018), How Financial Stability Affects Economic Development in South Asia: A Panel Data Analysis, European Online Journal of Natural and Social Sciences, 7(1), 54-66.
  40. Ali, S. S., Anwar, S., & Nasreen, S. (2017). Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy and its Impact on Environmental Quality in South Asian Countries. Forman Journal of Economic Studies, 13, 177–194. https://doi.org/10.32368/fjes.20170009.
  41. Anwar, A., Shehzadi, H., Nasreen, S. (2017). Determinants of Financial Development for Selected SAARC Countries: A Panel Data Analysis, Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological sciences, 7(7),109-118.
  42. Anwar, A., Hashmi, F., Nasreen, S. (2017), Impact of Environmental Degradation and Income Inequality on Health Status in South Asian Countries, Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences, 7(6),178-190.
  43. Nasreen, S., Anwar, S., & Öztürk, İ. (2017). Financial stability, energy consumption and environmental quality: Evidence from South Asian economies. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 67, 1105–1122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.09.021, IF 6.85.
  44. Shahzadi, M., Riaz, M.F., Anwar, S.& Nasreen, S. (2017). How unequal is the size of middle class in the rural urban areas of Punjab province: Evidence from micro data analysis.  International Journal of Social Economics, 44(2), 253-266. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-06-2015-0170.
  45. Shahbaz, M., Nasreen, S., Ahmed, K., & Hammoudeh, S. (2017). Trade openness–carbon emissions nexus: The importance of turning points of trade openness for country panels. Energy Economics, 61, 221–232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2016.11.008, IF 2.86.
  46. Nasreen, S., Anwar, S., & Shahzadi, H., (2015). Financial stability and Macroeconomic Environment: Evidence from panel data analysis of South Asian countries. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 35(1), 145–160. https://pjss.bzu.edu.pk/index.php/pjss/article/view/297.
  47. Mbarek, M. B., Nasreen, S., & Feki, R. (2015). The contribution of nuclear energy to economic growth in France: short and long run. Quality & Quantity, 51(1), 219–238. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-015-0302-1. IF 0.867.
  48. Riaz, M.F., Nasreen, S., & Anwar, S. (2015). Polarization: Its Determinants and Decomposition over Time in Pakistan. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, 6(4), 77-89.4018/IJSESD.2015100106.
  49. Nasreen, S., & Anwar, A. (2015). How Economic and Financial Integration Affects Financial Stability in South Asia: Evidence from Panel Cointegration Analysis. Journal of Applied Economic Sciences, 10 (32), 207-221.
  50. Nasreen, S.and Anwar, S. (2015). The impact of economic and financial development on environmental degradation: An empirical assessment of EKC hypothesis.  Studies in Economics and Finance, 32(4), 485-502. https://doi.org/10.1108/SEF-07-2013-0105
  51. Nasreen, S., Anwar, S., & Waqar, M. Q. (2015). Institutions, Investment and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country and Panel Data Study. Singapore Economic Review, 60(04), 1550061. https://doi.org/10.1142/s0217590815500617.
  52. Shahbaz, M., Nasreen, S., Abbas, F., & Omri, A. (2015). Does foreign direct investment impede environmental quality in high-, middle-, and low-income countries? Energy Economics, 51, 275–287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2015.06.014. IF 2.708.
  53. Kandil, M., Shahbaz, M., & Nasreen, S. (2015). The interaction between globalization and financial development: new evidence from panel cointegration and causality analysis. Empirical Economics, 49(4), 1317–1339. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-015-0922-2. IF 0.693.
  54. Nasreen, S., & Anwar, S. (2014). Foreign direct investment, growth and local financial markets: new evidence from Pakistan. International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 7(3), 336. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijebr.2014.060373.
  55. Shahbaz, M., Nasreen, S., Ling, C. H., & Sbia, R. (2014). Causality between trade openness and energy consumption: What causes what in high, middle and low income countries. Energy Policy, 70, 126–143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2014.03.029. IF 2.743.
  56. Nasreen, S., & Anwar, S. (2014). Causal relationship between trade openness, economic growth and energy consumption: A panel data analysis of Asian countries. Energy Policy, 69, 82–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2014.02.009. IF 2.743.
  57. Nasreen, S., & Anwar, S. (2014). Political risk and foreign direct investment: Evidence from Pakistan economy. International Journal of Social and Economic Research, 4(1), 24. https://doi.org/10.5958/j.2249-6270.4.1.005.
  58. Anwar, S., Nasreen, S., Batool, Z., & Husian, Z. (2013). Maternal and child nutritional status in Bangladesh: Evidence from Demographic and Health Survey data. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Science, 11(1), 77–84.
  59. Anwar, S., Shabbir G., & Nasreen, S. (2012). Time-Series Analysis of the Relationship between Financial Sector Development and Social Sector Development: Evidence from Pakistan. Empirical Economic Letters, 11(8), 879-888.
  60. Anwar, S., Rana, M.A., & Nasreen, S. (2012). Evaluation of the Contribution of Public Health Expenditure on Health in Pakistan: A Time-Series Analysis. Empirical Economic Letters, 11 (10), 1017-1026.
  61. Nasreen, S., Anwar, A., & Ahmad, N. (2012). Health Status, Income Inequality and Institutions: Evidence from Pakistan Economy. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Science, 10 (2), 139-144.
  62. Nasreen, S., & Rehman, H. (2012), Export-led Growth Hypothesis in South Asian Region: An Empirical Analysis.  Empirical Economic Letters, 11 (12), 1201-1214.
  63. Asghar, N., Nasreen, S. & Rehman, H. (2012). Relationship between FDI and Economic Growth in Selected Asian Countries: A Panel Data Analysis. Review of Economics and Finance, 2, 84–96. 
  64. Nasreen, S. (2011). Export-led growth hypothesis in selected Asian developing Countries: Evidence from panel data analysis. Asian Journal of Empirical Research, 1(1), 1–12. 

Funded Research Project

  1. Principla Investigator (“Cooperation in Sustainable Energy Transition: France’s Experience and Oppertunities for Pakistan”) - Pak-France PERIDOT Research Program( Phase-XI)- Higher Education Commision (HEC) Pakistan, Applied and Received (Rs. 1.3 Million), Feb. 2025.

Book Chapters 

  1. Arsh, S., Nasreen, S., & Nghiem, X-H. (2024). The Role of ICT and Infrastructure in Tourism Development: New Evidence from Asian Economics. The Emerald Handbook of Tourism Economics and Sustainable Development (pp.119-146). Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83753-708-220241007.
  2. Nasreen, S. & Rafay, A. (2022). Technological Innovation and Financialization for Environment: The Case of Pakistan. In A. Rafay (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Energy and Environmental Finance 4.0 (pp. 333-353). IGI Global. http://doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8210-7.ch013.
Book
  1. Sergi, B. S., Tiwari, A.K., & Nasreen, S. (2024). Modeling Economic Growth in Contemporary India. Emerald Publishing Limited. https://bookstore.emerald.com/media/preview/9781803827520-23-2.pdf

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