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Dr Cheema joined LUMS in 1999 after completing his PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge, England. His PhD research examines the effect of state-created rents and rent-seeking on the productivity growth performance of Pakistans spinning sector companies during 1981-94.
Dr Cheema's current research interests include; institutional and development economics, rent seeking theory, small firm growth, productivity analysis and industrial economics. He has recently co- authored an article titled "Technology, Trade and Industrial Policy for Developing Countries: An Institutional, Political & Technological View", with Dr H. J. Chang of the University of Cambridge, forthcoming in the special issue of Economics of Innovation and New Technology, due for publication in 2000.