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Digitalization and Gender Equality in Political Leadership in Sub-Saharan Africa
Gomes, Diego - 2023
We examine the impact of digitalization on people's perceptions of women as political leaders in 34 Sub-Saharan African countries. We find that being a social media or internet user is linked to a higher likelihood of people supporting gender equality in political leadership. However, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015059364
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Are Islamic Banks More Resilient during Financial Panics?
Farooq, Moazzam; Zaheer, Sajjad - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
Rapid growth of Islamic banking in developing countries is accompanied with claims about its relative resilience to … financial crises as compared to conventional banking. However, little empirical evidence is available to support such claims …. Using data from Pakistan, where Islamic and conventional banks co-exist, we compare these banks during a financial panic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242424
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To Peg or Not to Peg : A Template for Assessing the Nobler
Husain, Aasim M - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DE FACTO REGIMES IN KAZAKHSTAN AND PAKISTAN -- III. TEMPLATE -- IV …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012690970
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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 …
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Inflation in Pakistan : Money or Wheat?
Khan, Mohsin S - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012691177
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Analysis of the Yield on Foreign Exchange Bearer Certificates : Rationality and Financial Behavior in Pakistan
Abdel-Motaal, Karim - 1994
The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409370
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Corporate Vulnerabilities in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan in the Wake of COVID-19 Pandemic
Abidi, Nordine - 2022
This paper analyzes corporate vulnerabilities in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan (MENAP hereafter) in the …
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Bank capital adequacy in Australia
Jang, Byung K.; Sheridan, Niamh - 2012
The paper finds that, given Australia's conservative approach in implementing the Basel II framework, Australian banks' headline capital ratios underestimate their capital strengths. Given their high capital quality and the progress in their funding profiles since the global financial crisis,...
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Bank funding structures and risk : evidence from the global financial crisis
Vázquez, Francisco; Federico, Pablo - 2012
failure, providing a case for the introduction of a macro-prudential approach to banking regulation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009423928
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Systemic risk and asymmetric responses in the financial industry
Lopez-Espinosa, German; Moreno, Antonio; Rubia, Antonio; … - 2012
the asymmetric response of the banking system to positive and negative shocks to the market-valued balance sheets of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009618560