Browsing by Author "Alsamara M."
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Asymmetric impacts of foreign exchange rate on the demand for money in Turkey: new evidence from nonlinear ARDL
Alsamara M.; Mrabet Z. ( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Article)Using the nonlinear ARDL bounds test for cointegration, this empirical study explores the long and the short run asymmetric impact of exchange rate shocks on the demand for money in Turkey from 1986:Q1 to 2014:Q4. Two ... -
Asymmetric import cost pass-through in GCC countries: Evidence from nonlinear panel analysis
Alsamara M.; Mrabet Z.; Dombrecht M. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)This paper investigates the asymmetric impacts of import costs on inflation in GCC countries. We utilize data from GCC countries and their trading partners over the period of 1990:Q1-2014:Q4 to construct a new import cost ... -
The environmental Kuznets curve relationship: a case study of the Gulf Cooperation Council region
Alsamara M.; Mrabet Z.; Saleh A.S.; Anwar S. ( Springer Verlag , 2018 , Article)By using panel data over the 1980?2017 period and two alternative indicators of environmental pollution (carbon dioxide (CO2) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions), this paper investigates the validity of the environmental ... -
The Impact of Foreign Agricultural Aid and Total Foreign Aid on Agricultural Output in African Countries: New Evidence from Panel Data Analysis
Barkat K.; Alsamara M. ( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2019 , Article)Official Development Assistance may play an important role in increasing the resources to finance the agriculture sector and improve agricultural outcomes in African countries. Although this is a relevant issue, very few ... -
The impact of parallel market exchange rate volatility and oil exports on real GDP in Syria: Evidence from the ARDL approach
Mrabet Z.; Alsamara M. ( Routledge , 2018 , Article)This paper investigates the impact of parallel market exchange rate volatility and trade on real GDP and real GDP growth in the Syrian economy over the period of 1990Q1–2010Q4. To this end, we first construct a parallel ... -
The switching impact of financial stability and economic growth in Qatar: Evidence from an oil-rich country
Alsamara M.; Mrabet Z.; Jarallah S.; Barkat K. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)This paper investigates the relationship between financial stability and economic growth in the Qatar economy over the period 1980:Q1–2013:Q4. The paper estimates the short- and long-run impact of real GDP growth on real ... -
Urbanization and non-renewable energy demand: A comparison of developed and emerging countries
Mrabet Z.; Alsamara M.; Saleh A.S.; Anwar S. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)Much of the current literature that deals with the effect of urbanization on energy demand focuses only on a specific region or a single country. This research extends the current literature by concentrating on a sample ...