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Avoiding the Pitfalls: Can Regime-Switching Tests Reliably Detect Bubbles?
van Norden, Simon; Vigfusson, Robert - In: Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics 3 (1998) 1
Our paper uses simulation methods to examine the size and power of regime-switching tests for bubbles. We find that … tests conservative; they understate the significance of the evidence of bubbles. Despite this, the tests display … considerable power to detect bubbles even when using the conservative asymptotic critical values. We also find that the frequency …
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Blood, Sweat, and Tears: The Rise and Decline of the East German Economy, 1949–1988 / Blut, Schweiß, Tränen: Aufstieg und Niedergang der ostdeutschen Wirtschaft, 1949–1988
Blum, Ulrich; Dudley, Leonard - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 220 (2000) 4, pp. 438-452
Summary The rise of the East-German economy in the 1950s and 1960s and its decline in the 1970s and 1980s is difficult to explain by neoclassical economics. However; the observed life cycle may be explained by the inclusion of concepts from old and new institutional economics and from functional...
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Urbanization in Saudi Arabia and sustainability challenges of cities and heritage sites: heuristical insights
Alqahtany, Ali; Aravindakshan, Sreejith - In: Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable … 12 (2021) 4, pp. 408-425
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the trajectories of the urbanization process in Saudi Arabia in its regional context from the unification of the country by King Abdul Aziz Al Saud in 1932 to the present time, and the urbanization impact on the status and management of cultural...
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Investigating the constraints for managing the protection of historic buildings in remote areas of Saudi Arabia: a DEMATEL modelling approach
Sodangi, Mahmoud; Kazmi, Zaheer Abbas - In: Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable … 13 (2021) 4, pp. 952-963
Purpose The paper is aimed at identifying, analysing and prioritizing the critical constraints affecting efficient management of historic buildings in remote areas of Saudi Arabia. Design/methodology/approach Thematic content analysis and expert-based evaluation approaches were used to identify...
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Measuring consumer satisfaction with consumer protection agencies: some insights from Saudi Arabia
Al‐Ghamdi, Salem M.; Sadiq Sohail, M.; Al‐Khaldi, … - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 24 (2007) 2, pp. 71-79
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of consumer protection agencies. In the light of growing importance of consumerism in developing countries, the paper measures the level of satisfaction with the performance provided by five different consumer protection agencies, in a...
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Internet adoption by Saudi public relations professionals
Al‐Shohaib, Khalid; Al‐Kandari, Ali A.J.; … - In: Journal of Communication Management 13 (2009) 1, pp. 21-36
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of individual, organizational, and social contexts on internet adoption by Saudi public relations professionals. Design/methodology/approach – Using the diffusion of innovations model, this study investigates the responses of...
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Evaluation of information sources in industrial marketing: implications for media planning in the Arabian Gulf
Tuncalp, Secil - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 14 (1999) 1, pp. 49-60
The top executives of 67 companies located in Saudi Arabia were surveyed to determine the importance of 14 sources of marketing information for making industrial purchases. The study included seven impersonal sources: Arabic magazines and newspapers; English magazines and newspapers; Gulf...
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The competition and market structure in the Saudi Arabia banking
Al‐Muharrami, Saeed - In: Journal of Economic Studies 36 (2009) 5, pp. 446-460
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is twofold: to investigate the market structure of Saudi Arabia banking industry; and to evaluate the monopoly power of banks during the years 1993‐2006. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is examining the market structure using the most frequently...
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Human capital, foreign direct investment stock, trade and the technology diffusion in Saudi Arabia 1974-2011
Sillah, Bukhari M. S. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 42 (2015) 1, pp. 101-116
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors of technology diffusion in Saudi Arabia. It is a relevant study for Saudi Arabia, which has embarked on high gears of economic modernization that is supposed to be driven by technology and knowledge. Thus, an up-to-date research...
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Rethinking creativity in the accounting profession: to be professional and creative
Al‐Beraidi, Abdullah; Rickards, Tudor - In: Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 2 (2006) 1, pp. 25-41
Purpose – The purpose of this research is to investigate creativity within the context of a more regulated accounting functional area (audit and tax) and a less regulated non‐accounting functional area (consulting). Accordingly, this research aims at developing insights into how current...
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