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Dr. Jamshaid Ur Rehman

Dr. Jamshaid Ur Rehman

Assistant Professor
Department: Entrepreneurship
Email: jamshaidrehman@gcu.edu.pk
Research Interests: Monetary economics, energy-environment nexus, and economic integration in emerging Asia through applied econometric analysis
Biography

Jamshaid ur Rehman is an accomplished academician with over 18 years of experience in Economics education and research. He began his journey as a Lecturer at Government College University Lahore in January 2008 and ascended to the position of Assistant Professor in 2019. Specializing in Econometrics, he demonstrates excellence in teaching both undergraduate and graduate students. In addition to his expertise in Econometrics, he also teaches courses in Industrial Economics, Urban Economics, and Agricultural Economics. His leadership extends beyond the classroom, as he serves as an advisor for the MS Entrepreneurship & SME Management program and coordinates the B.Com Program. Dr. Rehman earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Government College University Lahore, and his scholarly contributions are evidenced by 33 publications in esteemed journals, including Journal of Environmental Management, Resources Policy, European Journal of East Asian Studies, Cogent Economics & Finance, and Quality & Quantity. Furthermore, Dr. Rehman is committed to fostering a robust research culture, as demonstrated through his mentorship of students and collaborative efforts with colleagues.

Education
2018  PhD in Economics, Government College University Lahore Lahore, Pakistan
2010  MS/MPhil in Economics, Applied Economic Research Centre, University Of Karachi Karachi, Paksitan
2004  Masters in Economics, Department Of Economics, University Of The Punjab Lahore, Pakistan
1997  BA/BSc(Hons) in Commerce, University Of The Punjab Lahore, Pakistan
Post-Graduate Diploma in Applied Economics, Department of Economics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan: Session 2000-2001.
Post-Graduate Diploma in Statistics & Computing, Institute of Statistics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan: Session 1999-2000
Banking Diploma (Stage-I), The Institute of Bankers Pakistan, Karachi.
Certificate of Arabic Language, Department of Islamic Studies, GC University Lahore: Session 2017.
Certificate in French Language, Department of French, University of the Punjab: March 2002 to July 2002.
Certificate in Total Quality Management (Marketing & Financial Management), Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology, University of the Punjab, September 2002-March 2003.
Certificate of Data Entry Operators, Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Science and Technology, In collaboration with COMSATS Institute of Information Technology From 17th July 2000 to 16th September 2000.

Teaching Areas

• Principles of Economics
• Introduction to Econometrics
• Applied Econometrics
• Urban Economics
• Industrial Economics
Experience
From To Designation Firm/Institution
Apr 2019 Continue Assistant Professor Department Of Economics, GC University Lahore.
Jan 2008 Apr 2019 Lecturer Department Of Economics, GC University Lahore.
Dec 2006 Feb 2007 Teaching Assistant Applied Economics Research Centre University Of Karachi, Karachi
Sep 2006 Nov 2006 Project Economist Applied Economics Research Centre University Of Karachi, Karachi
Jun 2005 Feb 2006 Teaching Assistant Applied Economics Research Centre University Of Karachi, Karachi

Journal Papers

Xuguang Wang, Romesa Bilal, Jamshaid ur Rehman (2025). "Economic development and carbon emissions across world regions: Exploring heterogeneous drivers." Journal of Environmental Management, 396 , 128048. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.128048 | Impact Factor: 8.4
Jamshaid ur Rehman, Tasneem Zafar & Muhammad Nadeem Javaid (2025). "Insights into Asian Integration: What Does Empirical Literature Reveal?." European Journal of East Asian Studies, 24 (3), 247-284. | Impact Factor: 0.21 [Link]
Jamshaid ur Rehman, Muhammad Nadeem Javaid & Nisar Ahmad (2025). "Prospects for connectivity and integration between Pakistan and ASEAN + 3 + 3 countries through the lens of optimal currency area theory." Quality & Quantity, 59 (3), 2825–2859. | Impact Factor: 4.69 [Link]
Muzammil Khurshid, Muhammad Azeem, Nisar Ahmad, Jamshaid Ur Rehman & Sajjad Umar (2024). "Diaspora of Energy: A Case of Oil Production and Consumption." International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 14 (4), 195-206. | Impact Factor: 2.36 [Link]
Yue Han, Mengqi Bao, Yanfang Niu & Jamshaid ur Rehman (2024). "Driving Towards Net Zero Emissions: The Role of Natural Resources, Government Debt and Political Stability." Resources Policy, 88 , 104479. | Impact Factor: 10.4 [Link]
Muhammad Aamir & Jamshaid ur Rehman (2024). "Dynamic nexus among fossil fuels utilization, economic growth, and urbanization: a tri-regional selected countries analysis." Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31 , 43381–43395. | Impact Factor: 5.4 [Link]
Shabbir Ahmad, Jamshaid ur Rehman, Maria Faiq Javaid, Mohammad Naeem & Ghulam Saghir (2024). "Economic Growth, Renewable Energy, and Land Use: Their Impact on Carbon Emissions in Europe and Asia.." Contemporary Journal of Social Science Review, 2 (4), 2151-2158. [Link]
Shabbir Ahmed, Maria Faiq Javaid, Jamshaid ur Rehman, Mohammad Naeem & Adnan Ali Shahzad (2024). "Maximizing Welfare: The Impact of Human Capital and Globalization in Developed and Developing Countries." Contemporary Journal of Social Science Review, 2 (4), 2125-2137. [Link]
Nisar Ahmad, Jamshaid ur Rehman, Khurram Shahzad & Kamran Hasan (2024). "Sustainable Green Irrigation: A Comparative Economic and Environment Analysis of Solar VS Micro-Hydroelectric Tube Wells.." Journal of Asian Development Studies, 13 (3), 346-359. [Link]
M. Azeem, Nisar Ahmad, Safyan Majid, Jamshaid Ur Rehman & Bilal Nafees (2023). "Corporate governance, financial constraints, and dividend policy: Evidence from Pakistan." Cogent Economics & Finance, 11 (2), 1-29. DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2023.2243709 | Impact Factor: 2.5
Nisar Ahmad, Mehboob Alam, Bilal Nafees, & Jamshaid Ur Rehman (2023). "Does Perceived Organizational Support Matter? Sequential Mediation Analysis of Job Satisfaction." Journal of Policy Research, 9 (2), 636–651. [Link]
Nisar Ahmad, Muhammad Tayyeb Khalil, Jamshaid Ur Rehman (2023). "Impact of Environmental Performance of Automobile Companies on their Sustainable Financial Performance." Bulletin of Business and Economics, 12 (3), 44-54. [Link]
Jamshaid ur Rehman, Aneel Salam & Hadiya Bahadur (2023). "Impact of USA and Chinese Exchange Rate Shocks on Macroeconomic Fundamentals of ASEAN+3+3 Countries: The Combine Forecasting Analysis." Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics, 33 (2), 133-173. [Link]
Jamshaid ur Rehman, Khalil Ahmad & Javeria Saeed (2023). "Income Inequality and Public Health Status: The Role of Government Expenditures of Pakistan." Journal of Asian Development Studies, 12 (3), . [Link]
Muhammad Azeem, Bilal Nafees, Muzammil Khurshid, Jamshaid Ur Rehman, & Nisar Ahmad (2022). "Corporate governance mechanisms and payout policy: a case of Pakistan." Multicultural Education (ISSN 1068-3844), , 8. DOI: 3 | Impact Factor: h-index 23 [Link]
Jamshaid Ur Rehman, Sehrish Fareen, Shabbir Ahmad, & Aftab Anwar (2022). "Dynamic Impact of External Shocks on Macroeconomic Fundamentals of Selected South Asian Countries." Bulletin of Business and Economics, 11 (1), 197-207. [Link]
Adnan Ali Shahzad, Shabbir Ahmad, Naveed Hayat, Muhammad Imran, Jamshaid Ur Rehman (2022). "Impact of Oil Price, Exchange Rate, and Interest Rate on Stock Market of Pakistan." Bulletin of Business and Economics, 11 (1), 172-183. [Link]
Jamshaid ur Rehman, Tasneem Zafar, Shabbir Ahmad, & Aftab Anwar (2022). "In Search of Common Currency Anchor for ASEAN+3+3 Countries." Journal of Policy Research, 8 (3), 237-264. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152376
Hina Fayyaz, Jamshaid Ur Rehman, & Ajmal Waheed (2022). "Stress: Can it Drive Immorality? Illegitimate Tasks as an Antecedent of Employee Expediency and the Moderating Role of Perceived Organization Obstruction." Bulletin of Business and Economics, 11 (1), 37-45. DOI: https://bbejournal.com/BBE/article/view/297
Naveed Hayat, Muhammad Imran, Shabbir Ahmad, Adnan Ali Shahzad & Jamshaid ur Rehman (2022). "The Effect of Mobile Phone Use on the Students’ Budget, Social Behavior and Academic Performance: A Case Study of Bacha Khan University, Charsadda." Journal of Policy Research, 8 (3), 122-134. [Link]
Jamshaid ur Rehman, Khalil Ahmad & Jawaria Arif (2022). "Transmission Mechanism of Monetary Policy in BRICS Countries: A comparative Response with the USA." Journal of Policy Research, 8 (4), 23 – 34. [Link]
Siddiqua, A., Anwar, A., Anwar, M. M. and Rehman, J. (2021). "Cotton Yield and Climate Change Adaptation in Pakistan: Application of Multinomial Endogenous Switching Regression Model." Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 7 (3), 491-502. DOI: 10.26710/jbsee.v7i3.1828 | Impact Factor: 0.133 [Link]
Muhammad Arsalan Ali, Muhammad Nazim, Shahid Hussain, Jamshaid Ur Rehman, Saad Ur Rehman (2021). "Impact of Islamic Financial Literacy, Subjective Norms, Risk Perception and Perceived Behavioral Control on Adoption of Islamic Banking in Pakistan." Revista Geintec-Gestao Inovacao E Tecnologias, 11 (3), 220-233.
Nazima Ellahi, Jamshaid ur Rehman, Numair Ahmad Sulehri, Muhammad Abrar Ahmad, Tanzeela Qureshi (2021). "Investigating the Impact of COVID 19 Outbreak on Stock Market Returns: Evidence from Pakistan." International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 15 (5), . | Impact Factor: 0.30 [Link]
Jamshaid ur Rehman & Tasneem Zafar (2018). "Credibility, Macroeconomic Fundamentals and Asian Monetary Unit: A State Space Analysis of ASEAN+3." Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics, (Special Issue), 431-479. [Link]
Habib, A., Rehman u. Jamshaid, Zafar T. and Mehmood H. (2016). "Does sustainability hypothesis hold in developed countries? A panel co-integration analysis." Quality and Quantity, 50 (1), 1–25. | Impact Factor: 4.69 [Link]
Ahmad, Nisar, Parvez Azim and Rehman u. Jamshaid (2013). "Does Working Capital Management Affect the Operational Liquidity Position of Firms? A Case of Pakistani Manufacturing Firms." Journal of Global Economy, 9 (1), 53-68. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1956/jge.v9i1.285
Jamshaid ur Rehman (2012). "An Empirical Nexus between Consumer and Wholesale Price Indexes for Pakistan." Journal of Global Economy, 8 (2), . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1956/jge.v8i2.24
Nisar Ahmad, Parvez Azim & Jamshaid ur Rehman (2012). "Does Working Capital Management Efficiency Affect the Profitability & Operational Liquidity of Manufacturing Firms in Pakistan?." Journal of Global Economy, 8 (4), 327-344. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1956/jge.v8i4.271
Younas, Z. Irshad, Wasif S., Rehman, u. Jamshaid, and Bilal Mehmood (2011). "Does Disclosure Quality Reduce Default Risk? Empirical Evidence from Pakistan." Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 3 (1), 170-179. DOI: ISSN 2073-7122 [Link]
Rehman, u. Jamshaid, Asim Iqbal and Wasif S. (2010). "Cointegration-Causality Analysis between Public Expenditure and Economic Growth in Pakistan." European Journal of Social Sciences, 13 (4), 556-565. [Link]
Rehman, u. Jamshaid and Shahida Wizarat (2010). "Cost and Productivity Experiences of Pakistan with Aggregate Learning Curve." World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Economics and Manage, 4 (3), 280-287. DOI: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1333494 [Link]
Jamshaid ur Rehman (2010). "Learning-by-doing and Cost Structure of Pakistan’s Manufacturing Sector." Government College Economic Journal, 43 (1&2), . [Link]
Shahbaz M., Rehman, u. Jamshaid and Waqar Hussain (2008). "Does Foreign Remittances Reduce Government Spending? Long and Short Run Phenomenon." International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, (14), .

Conference Papers

Session Chair at International Conference on “Contemporary Challenges in Global Sustainability: Navigating towards a Resilient Future with a Focus on Economic, Environment and Gender Dynamics (2024), Department of Economics, Environment Sciences and Gender and Development Studies, Lahore College for Women University (LCWU). Lahore, Pakistan. Jamshaid ur Rehman. , Paper: "Public Education and Awareness Campaign"
International Conference on Decade of CPEC and BRI: from Vision to Reality (2023), Ministry of Planning Development & Special Initiatives in collaboration with Embassy of the Republic of China. Islamabad, Pakistan. Jamshaid ur Rehman. , Paper: "Optimum Currency Area Arrangements among ASEAN+3+3 Countries: Connectivity Prospects for Pakistan held on 24th-25th July,"
International Conference on Migration and Displacement (2017), Department of Political Science, GC University Lahore. Lahore, Pakistan. Saqib Khan Waraich & Jamshaid ur Rehman. , Paper: "City Development and Issues of Migration in Walled City of Lahore"
24th Annual General Meeting and Conference (2009), Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE). Islamabad, Pakistan. Afzal, M. Hafeez Rehman and Rehman, u. Jamshaid. , Paper: "Causal Nexus between Economic Growth, Export and External Debt Servicing: The Case of Pakistan"