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Types of banking institutions and economic growth: An endogenous growth model
Elmawazini, Khaled; Khiyar, Khiyar Abdalla; Al Galfy, Ahmad - 2015
There is mixed support for the hypothesis that the banking sector is a channel for economic growth. While most studies on economic growth in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have not distinguished between conventional banks and Islamic banks, this study contributes to the empirical...
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Finance and growth: Schumpeter might be wrong in our era. New evidence from Meta-analysis
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2013
Purpose - In a meta-study on the finance-growth nexus, we have bridged the gap between Schumpeterian authors and … sympathizers of a questionable finance-growth nexus. Design/methodology/approach - Over 20 fundamental characteristics that have … focused on the finance-growth nexus. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390831
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Finance and growth: New evidence from Meta-analysis
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2013
Purpose - In a meta-study, we have bridged the gap between the pros and cons of a questionable finance-growth nexus … genuine effect exists between financial development and economic growth. A finance-growth nexus might not be appealing in our … consistent with the mainstream positive finance-growth nexus should provide new scholarly insights into the relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390843
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New Economy or Leveraged Hype?
Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2002
The U.S. stock market is driven more by mergers and acquisitions than by the so-called "real economy." Until another merger boom develops, don't expect a new bull market.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011644924
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The Global Political Economy of Israel
Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - 2002
Over the past century, Israel has been transformed from an agricultural colony, to a welfare-warfare state, to a globally integrated “market economy” characterised by great income disparities. What lies behind this transformation? Why the shift in emphasis from “war profits” to “peace...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646687
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Differential Accumulation and Middle East Wars: Beyond Neo-Liberalism
Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - In: Global Regulation. Managing Crises After the Imperial Turn, (pp. 43-60). 2004
It is popular these days to talk about the "discontent" of neoliberal globalization. This "discontent" is no longer the prerogative of intellectuals. Increasingly, it comes from below, with opposition from the grassroots. But there may be another type of discontent lurking behind the scenes....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646692
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The Impermanent War Economy? Peace Dividends and Capital Accumulation in Israel
Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - In: The Political Economy of Middle East Peace. The Impact …, (pp. 73-108). 1999
The purpose of this article is to offer an alternative analytical framework for understanding the long term transformation in Israel. First, we argue against the conventional separation between the “political system” and the “economic system.” This separationist approach has been popular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646694
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The Weapondollar-Petrodollar Coalition
Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - In: The Global Political Economy of Israel, (pp. 198-273). 2002
A theoretical and historical account of the global political economy of oil, armament and capital accumulation in the Middel East.
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Mergers, Stagflation and the Logic of Globalization
Nitzan, Jonathan - In: Rethinking Political Global Economy. Emerging Issues, …, (pp. 109-146). 2003
The chapter offers a new approach for analysing capitalist development and crisis, tying together mergers and acquisitions, stagflation and globalization as integral facets of accumulation. The framework builds on the concept of differential accumulation, emphasizing the power drive by dominant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646696
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Inflation As Restructuring. A Theoretical and Empirical Account of the U.S. Experience
Nitzan, Jonathan - 1992
The thesis offers a new framework for inflation as a process of restructuring. Contrary to existing theories of inflation, which tend to take structure and institutions as given for the purpose of analysis, we argue that inflation could be understood only in terms of ongoing structural and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646704