This paper, using quarterly Iranian data for the period 1966-1998, extends the literature by investigating the stability of the interest-free money demand function. The study also examines the stability of economic agents behavior in demanding interest bearing and interest- free money. It was...

The main objective of this study is to analyze and test the patterns and determinants of inter-governorate migration flows in Egypt by direction of move. Four directional moves of internal migration have been distinguished and employed in the study. Data analysis shows that the highest migration...

More than five years have passed since the onset of the Barcelona process. It is time to review and assess the results. This paper specifically discusses this matter in terms of aid, trade and cooperation, raising several issues: What role for EU development assistance is needed for the EuroMed...

This paper compares the ICT market in both Egypt and the Gulf countries. Both are lagging behind the developed countries, but Egypt has higher supply, while the Gulf countries have higher demand and spending. The two sides correlation between ICT and economic development is verified. ICT...

The purpose of the paper is to study selected aspects of Turkish accession to the EU. Joining the EU will require that Turkey attain macroeconomic stability, adopt the Common Agricultural Policy, and liberalize its services and network industries. Integration will boost allocative efficiency in...

The paper aims at putting forward recommendations with respect of the new association agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Palestinian Territories which will be negotiated soon. In the process, the earlier association agreement is reviewed within the context of the EU's...

External challenges frequently offer an impetus for internal unification. The challenges emerging post September 11, the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the declared war on terrorism, are strategic opportunities that the Arab countries should grasp to create turning point in the history of the...

The purpose of this study is two-fold: assessing trade policy towards textiles in the main exporting south Mediterranean countries and in their major export markets (the EU and the USA) and analyzing the likely impact of full implementation of the Agreement on Textile and Clothing (ATC) in light...

The relationship between openness and economic growth is rather complex. As Taylor (91) put it: ‘thinking about it involves several levels of abstraction: empirical; theoretical; political and ideological’. The present view focuses on the empirical level per se, but with minor excursions to...

Dans ce papier nous tenterons de cerner et de modéliser le phénomène de dépendance de court et de long terme de la volatilité des cours de change au travers d’une approche fondée sur le processus de mémoire longue. Notre étude empirique porte sur un échantillon couvrant les cours...