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Kordalska, Aleksandra; Olczyk, Magdalena - 2019

The goal of the paper is to decompose gross exports/imports to/from Germany for seven selected economies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE): the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and Slovakia for 2000 and 2014, to identify the role of German in absorbing, reflecting,...

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The indirect effect of the Russian-Ukrainian war through international linkages : early evidence from the stock market

Biermann, Marcus; Leromain, Elsa - 2023

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Macro-financial linkages in Egypt : a panel analysis of economic shocks and loan portfolio quality

Love, Inessa; Turk Ariss, Rima - 2013

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Pyramid capitalism : cronyism, regulation, and firm productivity in Egypt

Diwan, Ishac; Keefer, Philip; Schiffbauer, Marc - 2016

Using a large, original database of 385 politically connected firms under the Mubarak regime in Egypt, we document for the first time the negative impact of cronyism on economic growth. In the early 2000s, a policy shift in Egypt led to the expansion of crony activities into new, previously...

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Codependent VAR models and the pseudo-structural form

Trenkler, Carsten; Weber, Enzo - 2012

This paper investigates whether codependence restrictions can be uniquely imposed on VAR and VEC models via the so …

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Inference in VARs with conditional heteroskedasticity of unknown form

Brüggemann, Ralf; Jentsch, Carsten; Trenkler, Carsten - 2014

We derive a framework for asymptotically valid inference in stable vector autoregressive (VAR) models with conditional … heteroskedasticity of unknown form. We prove a joint central limit theorem for the VAR slope parameter and innovation covariance … parameter estimators and address bootstrap inference as well. Our results are important for correct inference on VAR statistics …

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The Potential of Design Thinking in Sustaining Development Efforts in Egypt

El Aidi, D. - 2018

The potential of design thinking as a strategic discipline is well known on the international level. A considerable body of literature about design history demonstrates the role design has long played in the development process. Victor Papanek (1984) has shed the light on the emergence of design...

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Dis-Integrity in National Projects in Egypt a Special Case on Heritage Character Projects

Moosa, Hanaa - 2018

The study is concerned with the missing aspects that should have been put in consideration while designing and planning public or major projects in Egypt. A number of projects failed to fulfill essential aspects, as achieving the project's concept itself, or neglecting the needs of users with...

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Livable Streets : Assessing the Impact of Vehicle Traffic on the Residential Quality of Life Case Study: El-Attarin, Alexandria, Egypt

Elsawy, Ahmed Atef - 2018

Quality of life (QoL) in cities and towns is of increasing concern to the public; this term nowadays is linked to the rapid urbanization process in cities. A major threat to quality of life is the high volume of vehicle traffic which is associated with different physical, health, social and...

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Quality of Life of Children in the Egyptian Communities : Investigating Current Situations, Cairo as a Case Study

Elkhouly, A. - 2018

This paper aims at investigating relationship between Quality of Urban Life (QOUL) in different cities' contexts and children urban needs, their services, amenities, and security. The paper argues that current approaches of planning are not inclusive of all residents' needs, it calls for an...

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