Browsing by Author "Barkat, Karim"
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Assessing Foreign Aid's Influence on Tourism Demand for Developing Economies: When More Isn't Better
( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2025 , Article)The existing literature has largely overlooked the effects of foreign aid on tourism demand in developing countries, and the channels through which this relationship operates. This study fills this gap by examining the ... -
Asymmetric responses of money demand to oil price shocks in Saudi Arabia: a non-linear ARDL approach
( Routledge , 2017 , Article)Saudi Arabia is an open oil-based economy with fixed exchange rates; therefore, it has limited monetary policy autonomy. Using non-linear autoregressive distributed lag approach, this article investigates the asymmetric ... -
Can exchange rate policies and trade partners' income enhance the trade balance in Algeria? Evidence from the nonlinear ARDL model
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2022 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to examine the effects of the real exchange rate on trade balance in Algeria and investigates whether it represents a viable tool to sustain and improve trade performance using the nonlinear ... -
Do Exchange Rate Changes Improve the Trade Balance in GCC Countries: Evidence from Nonlinear Panel Cointegration
( Routledge , 2022 , Article)This study examines the asymmetric impact of the nominal effective exchange rate (NEER) on the trade balance in GCC countries over the period of 2000:Q1 to 2017:Q4. The empirical findings of the nonlinear pooled mean group ... -
Do Oil and Gas Revenues Promote Economic Diversification in Qatar?
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)The aim of this paper is to explore the short- and long-run asymmetric impact of oil prices shocks and oil and gas revenues changes on the total real GDP, and the level of economic diversification of the Qatar economy. To ... -
Does Official development assistance for health from developed countries displace government health expenditure in sub-saharan countries?
( Economics Bulletin , 2016 , Article)This paper empirically examines the foreign aid fungibility in the health sector of 45 Sub-Saharan countries over the period of 1995-2012. The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of foreign health aid on government ... -
Does trade openness mitigate environmental degradation in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries? Implications for achieving sustainable development
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2024 , Article)The link between trade openness and CO2 emissions is a key research focus in times of pressing global sustainability needs and ongoing climate change discussions. In this study, we address the critical issue of the impact ... -
The effects of food affordability on life expectancy in emerging countries
( John Wiley and Sons , 2024 , Article)The relationship between food prices and life expectancy in emerging countries has significant implications for public health and socioeconomic development in these regions. This study examines this relationship using a ... -
Examining the impact of ecological deficit on life expectancy in GCC countries: a nonlinear panel data investigation
( Springer Nature , 2024 , Article)The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have witnessed remarkable economic growth over recent decades. Arguably, this progress of these major oil and natural gas producers has come to the detriment of the environment ... -
Short- and long-run asymmetric effect of oil prices and oil and gas revenues on the real GDP and economic diversification in oil-dependent economy
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)The aim of this paper is to explore the short- and long-run asymmetric impact of oil prices shocks and oil and gas revenues changes on the total real GDP, and the level of economic diversification of the Qatar economy. To ... -
The Effects of Mega-Events on Government Spending Multipliers: Evidence from the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup
( Springer , 2025 , Book chapter)Ahmad, a senior economist in Qatar, analyzed the impact of government spending on economic growth and diversification, focusing on the lead-up to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He found that government spending, despite several ... -
The Impacts of Trade and Financial Developments on Economic Growth in Turkey: ARDL Approach with Structural Break
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)This study examines the impacts of trade openness, financial development, and energy imports on per capita real GDP in Turkey over the 1960–2014 period. The results show that there is evidence of a stable relationship in ... -
Unlocking the Secrets of Longevity: Exploring the Impact of Socioeconomic Factors and Health Resources on Life Expectancy in Oman and Qatar
( SAGE , 2023 , Article)In an era marked by a sweeping pandemic and the encroaching shadow of an energy crisis, the well-being and lifespan of global populations have become pressing concerns for every nation. This research zeroes in on life ...
