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THE LEVERAGE EFFECT ON THE VALUE PREMIUM VOLATILITY: FROM AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
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Qatar University
, 2015 , Article)
This paper investigates the leverage effect on the value premium volatility using
GARCH and TARCH models utilizing a unique dataset, for twenty nine countries. The
findings show that value premium returns are bigger in ...
Incipient activism of Sovereign Wealth Funds and the need to update United States securities laws
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Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals
, 2015 , Article)
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) lie at the cutting edge of a tectonic transformation in global
business and international law embodying the sweeping changes in the global order. Illustrating
the new financial and legal ...
Assessing the relevance of multilateral trade law to sovereign investments: Sovereign Wealth Funds as “investors” under the General Agreement on Trade in Services
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Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals
, 2015 , Article)
The variety of investments made by powerful Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) is often directed to
the globally booming service sector which is regulated by the General Agreement on Trade in
Services (GATS). This paper ...
Sovereign Wealth Funds: Problems of international law between possessing and recipient States
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Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals
, 2015 , Article)
As the influence of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) is increasing in the world economy, the legal problems between the possessing States and recipient States become very important. The famous Santiago Principles are self-pledges ...
Maladministration and life beyond legality: The European Ombudsman's paradigm
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Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals
, 2015 , Article)
The ambition of this article is to illustrate the attractions of thinking beyond legality and the ability
of the concept of maladministration to modify established administrative dogma when utilised in
a creative and ...
The politics of constitutional amendments in Bangladesh: The case of the non-political caretaker government
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Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals
, 2015 , Article)
The Fifteenth Amendment to the Bangladesh Constitution removed the provision for elections
under a non-political caretaker government, which allowed for three successful elections in the
country. The removal of the ...
Convergence and divergence: the treatment of certain aspects of real property under the Civil Codes of Qatar and California
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Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals
, 2015 , Article)
This paper compares and contrasts the treatment of certain aspects of real property under the civil
codes of Qatar and California, two jurisdictions with very different histories and cultures but
somewhat less different ...
Admissibility conditions of a constitutional suit in the Islamic judicial system
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Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals
, 2015 , Article)
A constitutional Suit, like any other Suit, must satisfy certain conditions, and while there are
common and general conditions applicable to all types of Suits, there are special conditions that
are only relevant to a ...
Investigation of Factors Affecting Online Knowledge Sharing of Knowledge Training Centers in the MENA Region
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Qatar University
, 2015 , Article)
The study applied Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of
Technology (UTAUT) Model in the voluntary context of online knowledge
sharing of knowledge training centers in the MENA region. Quantitative data
were collected ...
Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth in Jordan: A Multivariate Approach
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Qatar University
, 2015 , Article)
This paper aims to examine the impact of electricity consumption
on economic growth in Jordan using annual data over the period 1985-2013.
To achieve the goal, an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach is
implemented ...