organizational theory, innovation economics, and industrial organization should therefore be critically examined …

We analyze the relationship between legal institutions, innovation and growth. We compare a rigid (law set ex … welfare, amount of innovation and output growth at intermediate stages of technological development - periods when legal …

This paper takes stock of the economic performance of resource rich countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA … poorly when going beyond the assessment based on standard income level measures. Resource rich countries in MENA have … important source of concerns. Looking forward we argue that the success of economic reforms in MENA rests on the ability of …

America, Asia and MENA). It covers the period 1979-2004, and carries out “second-generation” tests for non-stationary panels … of the RER in the long run. Further, RER misalignments take the form of an under-valuation in most MENA countries and an …

Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) economies have had the highest degree of dependency on received remittances … developing countries. We examine the role of remittances in the trade balance of 11 labor-abundant MENA countries. Our panel …

simultaneous-equation panel data models for a panel of 12 MENA countries over the period 1990-2011. Our results indicate that there …

(MENA) region, as well as the main determinants of the profitability of both domestic and foreign banks. The empirical …

This paper empirically investigates whether emigrants from MENA countries self-select on cultural traits such as …

dioxide emissions, energy consumption, and real GDP for 12 Middle East and North African Countries (MENA) over the period 1981 … hypothesis. Thus, our findings suggest that not all MENA countries need to sacrifice economic growth to decrease their emission …