This paper investigates the relationship between macroeconomic variables and Bahraini stock market development by using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag model. The development of a financial market is closely related to the overall development in the national economy. Well functioning...

This paper investigates the economic determinants of corruption in Egypt under Mubarak regime. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach which yields precise estimates of long run parameter and valid t-statistics even in the presence of endogenous variables is used. The main findings...

Arabic Abstract:المستخلص: يستعرض البحث الأسباب المختلفة للأزمات المالية والاقتصادية التي تعرضت لها دول العالم، ويبين أن المعضلة ليست في النقود المستخدمة أيا كان...

The main objective of this paper is to assess the impact of Zakat on poverty and income inequality in Bahrain. To achieve this, the author analyzes the failure of conventional economy tools in the treatment of problems of poverty and inequitable distribution of income, then presents the ability...

The paper investigates determinants of economic growth in GCC countries using VECM approach. The results report that in a 10-year horizon, FDI accounts 15.87%, 10.29%, 16.58%, 0.89% and 6.88% for Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates respectively in shocks in their...

This study aims at investigating the impact of Zakat on aggregate consumption and poverty alleviation in Egypt. To achieve this, the study presents the concept of poverty and the strategies of poverty alleviation in a conventional economy, and then discusses the concepts of poverty in Islam and...

No doubt that the revolutions of the Arab Spring in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Syria affect macroeconomic variables and stock markets in the national economy. The revolution in Egypt began by a series of popular movements on Tuesday, January 25, 2011. This paper investigates the impact of...

The emigration of human resources leads to many losses for the labor expelling country. Such losses would, without doubt, adversely affect the economic and social development programs in multiple aspects including state loss of migrants efforts in producing the desired growth whether in the...