It has been over one year since the invasion of Russia into Ukraine in February 2022. Several sanctions were applied, and its effects on the global economy in general, and Russian and Ukrainian economy in particular were serious. This aims to review the economic impacts of Russia and Ukraine war...

The dissemination of news reports and communication is inherently constrained by limitations in space, time, and attention. Consequently, news sources often base their decision to share information on the congruence between the signal and the pre-existing beliefs of the audience, leading to a...

German and European banks have demonstrated remarkable resilience amidst episodes of stress within global markets in March 2023. Recent reports indicate a notable increase in bank profits, alongside stable capital and liquidity ratios. Since the global financial crisis, regulatory measures have...

Following a period of subdued consumer price changes, inflation has recently surged to levels that are significantly impacting the behavior of households and firms. Although the underlying sources of inflation differ across major advanced economies, central banks have progressively tightened...

This study presents compelling experimental evidence indicating that the core intertemporal choice anomalies, encompassing extreme short-run impatience, present bias, hyperbolicity, and transitivity violations, are primarily attributable to complexity rather than time or risk preferences....

The efficient functioning of financial markets heavily relies on the seamless flow of information, enabling optimal capital allocation. To safeguard against conflicts of interest that may hinder such information flows, the concept of information governance encompasses a comprehensive framework...

During the 1980s and the 1990s, private investment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has on average shown a decreasing or stagnant trend. This contrasts with the situation of the Asian economies, where private investment has always been more dynamic. In this paper, it is empirically...

Rising exchange rates strengthen the dollar and lower prices on imported consumer goods. Lower import prices have two effects. (1) A substitution effect that shifts demand from domestically produced goods to imports. (2) An income effect that increases demand for imports even further. However,...

We analyze the IMF as a lender to countries in financial distress highlighting the fact that it is a senior creditor. An advantage of delegating senior lending in a single institution rather than on competitive markets is that it would be able to reach the socially optimal solution. This would...