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Risk management in private higher education: an asymmetric information approach

Belarbi, Abdelhafid K.; El-Refae, Ghaleb A. - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 5 (2013) 2, pp. 226-238

Given government's budget cuts and the spread of free market economy mechanisms, some Arab countries opened the field of higher education, which was a state monopoly, to the private sector. Many private universities and colleges have been established in these countries. It has been more than a...

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Islamic banks' income structure and risk: evidence from GCC countries

Grassa, Rihab - In: Accounting Research Journal 25 (2012) November, pp. 227-241

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the income structure of Islamic banks in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and to explore the effect of the diversification of banks' earning on risks that may harm these latter. Design/methodology/approach – Using data from...

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The priceâ€“volume relationship in Gulf Cooperation Council stock markets

Abdalla, Abdelgader M.A.; Al-Khouri, Ritab S. - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 3 (2011) 1, pp. 15-28

significant and positive impact on volatility in four markets and no impact in three markets, namely Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Doha. …

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Gulf Cooperation Council trade integration: a new empirical examination

Abdmoulah, Walid - In: International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 4 (2011) 4, pp. 383-404

This paper investigates GCC countries' trade integration. The gravity equation is estimated using Panel Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial specification and COMTRADE aggregate and disaggregated flows. Results confirm GCC countries' integration deficit on exports side, while being integrated to some...

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Analyzing the technical efficiency of insurance companies in GCC

Al-Amri, Khalid; Gattoufi, Said; Al-Muharrami, Saeed - In: Journal of Risk Finance 13 (2012), pp. 362-380

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the performances of the insurance sector in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and carry out a comparative analysis for its different units. Design/methodology/approach – The authors analyse the technical efficiency of insurances in the...

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Arab Gulf states: an assessment of nationalisation policies

Hertog, Steffen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Gaps in labour rights and labour prices between nationals and migrant workers are the main causes explaining the low participation of GCC citizens in the region’s private labour markets. Past policies of “Gulfization” have not directly addressed these structural constraints but have rather...

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The State of People and Knowledge in the GCC Countries per a New Index and the Future Ahead

Bakry, Saad Haj; Alfantookh, Abdulkader - In: International Journal of Knowledge Society Research (IJKSR) 8 (2017) 4, pp. 34-74

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, with their rich oil resources, are facing the problem of fallen oil prices on the one hand, and reduced oil reserves on the other. As a result, they are moving toward less dependence on oil, and increasing dependence on people and knowledge. This...

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Quality traits of date palm fruits in a center of origin and center of diversity.

Jaradat, A.A.; Zaid, A. - 2004

countries were: 63% for Bahrain, 70% for Saudi Arabia, 75% for Oman and 79% for United Arab Emirates. A Mahalanobis distance … associations among single principal components with a minimum 52% (United Arab Emirates) and a maximum 72% (Kuwait) variance being … fruit quality traits was quantified as a diversity index (I) and ranged from 0 in one region of Oman for fruit softness to 1 …

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Decomposing fundamental and non-fundamental volatility in GCC stock markets

Onour, Ibrahim A. - In: International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance 3 (2010) 1, pp. 1-12

Given the change in oil price reflects change in observable economic fundamentals of Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) economies, in this paper non-parametric co-integration and variance bound tests are employed to decompose volatility into fundamental and non-fundamental components. Findings of...

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Decomposing fundamental and non-fundamental volatility in GCC stock markets

Onour, Ibrahim A. - In: International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance 3 (2010) 1, pp. 1-12

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