The export-led growth hypothesis states a positive relationship between the growth of exports and long-run economic growth. This study examines the validity of the export-led growth hypothesis of services exports in 5 emerging economies, including Brazil, India, Nigeria, China, and South Africa...

The paper examines the energy-growth nexus in ten oil-exporting developing Eurasian countries: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the UAE over the period 1997–2014.Lack of enough energy-growth nexus studies on the oil exporters of the Middle...

The paper examines the energy-growth nexus in ten oil-exporting developing Eurasian countries: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the UAE over the period 1997– 2014. Lack of enough energy-growth nexus studies on the oil exporters of the Middle...

Financial intermediation is one of the vital determinants of long-run economic growth. It might carry extra relevance in natural resource-rich developing economies, challenged by the long-term negative effects of windfall revenues, namely the resource curse. This study explores whether financial...