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Altruism and Workers' Remittances : Evidence from Selected Countries in the Middle East and Central Asia
Bouhga-Hagbe, Jacques - 2006
. EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION -- IV. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- A. Egypt -- B. Jordan -- C. Morocco -- D. Pakistan -- E …. Tunisia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012691145
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Basel Capital Requirements and Credit Crunch in the MENA Region
Naceur, Sami Ben; Kandil, Magda E. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
covering 1989–2004 for banks in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia. The results provide clear support for a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142023
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The Real Exchange Rate and External Competitiveness in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia
Brixiova, Zuzana - 2013
Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia face challenges competing on the global markets, as shown by their relatively low and … misalignment, including in recent years, the exchange rates in Morocco and Tunisia have broadly reflected the underlying … countries' real exchange rate misalignments during the past three decades. While Egypt experienced periods of substantial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071447
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Female Labor Force Participation in Five Selected MENA Countries : An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia)
Lassassi, Moundir; Tansel, Aysit - 2021
namely, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia. Low FLFP rates in these countries, as it is in other MENA countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315083
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Did the Arab Spring Reduce MENA Countries' Growth?
Arayssi, Mahmoud - 2019
This paper examines the economic ramifications of the recent political reconfigurations that the MENA region witnessed, commonly known as the Arab Spring, utilizing MENA countries data during period 2005-2016. Using the Arellano-Bond dynamic panel estimation, the paper estimates a growth model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870335
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Regulation, Trust, and Cronyism in Middle Eastern Societies : The Simple Economics of 'Wasta'
Barnett, Andy - 2013
Despite being a fixture of everyday life in the Arab world, wasta, which may be thought of as special influence by members of the same group or tribe, has received little attention from social scientists. Our casual empiricism suggests that wasta is an important determinant of how economic...
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The Classical Liberal Case for Israel
Block, Walter; Futerman, Alan G. - 2021 - 1st ed. 2021.
Commentary by Benjamin Netanyahu -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Why Judea is Jewish -- Chapter 2. Zionism -- Chapter 3. The Palestinian Fiction Factory and the Historical Record -- Chapter 4. Peace Process ≠ Peace -- Chapter 5. The True Nature of Anti-Zionism and the BDS Movement -- Chapter 6....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660154
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Enterprise, Organization, and Technology in China : A Socialist Experiment, 1950−1971
Scranton, Philip - 2019
-- 4. Commerce and Socialist Construction -- 5. Industry: From Trial-and-Error to Technology Reform -- 6. Agriculture as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396099
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Government and Merchant Finance in Anglo-Gascon Trade, 1300–1500
Blackmore, Robert - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
The Late Middle Ages (c.1300–c.1500) saw the development of many of the key economic institutions of the modern unitary nation-state in Europe. After the ‘commercial revolution’ of the thirteenth century, taxes on trade became increasingly significant contributors to government finances,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012399224
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Middle East Transitions: A Long, Hard Road
Yusuf, Shahid - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Since the onset of the Arab Spring, economic uncertainty in Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen (Arab … and social tensions have constrained reform efforts. Assessing policy options as presented in the voluminous literature on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142081