The role of institutions in economic development / Mohamed Sami Ben Ali and Sorin M.S. Krammer. - Sources of economic growth in MENA countries : technological progress, physical or human capital accumulations? / Senay Acikgoz, Mohamed Sami Ben Ali and Merter Mert. - The Middle East and North...

In this paper, the authors analyze the relationship between banking concentration and financial stability for a sample of 173 developed and developing countries over the period 1980-2011. First, they empirically examined the direct effect of banking concentration on financial stability by using...

Existing country and regional studies show that the effect of corruption on public spending on health and education is mixed. This letter reveals that the effect of corruption on health and education spending is significant and non-linear in a panel of 134 countries observed over two decades:...

This paper analyzes the role of economic development in curbing corruption by focusing on political and economic freedoms for a sample of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries over the period 1984-2013. In addition, the analysis investigates whether political and economic freedoms...

1. Introduction -- 2. Quality of institutions and the macro-return to education: The case of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) -- 3. Short and Long Run Causality Between Remittances and Economic Growth in MENA Countries: A Panel ARDL Approach -- 4.Asymmetric impact of oil price shocks on...

Using cases on individual countries, Economic Development in the Middle East and North Africa offers diverse theoretical and empirical evidence on a variety of issues facing policymakers, investors, and other stakeholders in the region

This paper analyzes the role of economic development in curbing corruption by focusing on political and economic freedoms for a sample of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries over the period 1984-2013. In addition, the analysis investigates whether political and economic freedoms...