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Testing for the Granger-causality between returns in the U.S. and GIPSI stock markets
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)This paper studies the Granger-causality between the U.S. stock market and five stock markets in so-called ‘debtor countries’ of the European Union: Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy (GIPSI). We consider four novel ... -
Testing the Kuznets Curve hypothesis for Qatar: A comparison between carbon dioxide and ecological footprint
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article Review)This paper explores the validity of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) using two different environment indicators: the carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and the ecological footprint (EF) in Qatar over the 1980-2011 period. ... -
Testing the risk-return tradeoff in the emerging market of Jordan: What role for financial crises?
( Inderscience Publishers , 2016 , Article)This study investigates the risk-return relationship at sector level in the emerging market of Jordan (ASE) over the period 1999-2014. The results of an unconditional test with a structural breakpoint show that the ... -
TFP in the Manufacturing Sector: Long-Term Dynamics, Country and Regional Comparative Analysis
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)We employ a recent empirical strategy to estimate country-specific and time-varying total factor productivity (TFP) levels for the manufacturing sector of 63 countries over 40 years. The methodology is based on estimated ... -
The banking sector, stress and financial crisis: symmetric and asymmetric analysis
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)This study investigates the impact of economic and financial stress on US banking sector returns during periods of crisis and tranquility. It further examines symmetric and asymmetric effects. The study applies GARCH (1, ... -
The corruption-inflation nexus: Evidence from developed and developing countries
( Walter de Gruyter GmbH , 2016 , Article)This paper analyzes the relationship between corruption and inflation for a sample of 100 developing and developed countries representing five regions (Americas, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and ... -
The current assessment of foreign direct investment in the Middle East and North African region
( Inderscience Publishers , 2014 , Article)This research aims to assess the growth and the current status of foreign direct investment (FDI) in a sample of 16 Middle East and North African (MENA) countries over the period 1984-2011. Our goal is to give some insight ... -
The Determinants of Bond Market Development: Further Evidence from Emerging and Developed Countries
( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)The objective of this paper is to empirically investigate the structural, financial, developmental, institutional, and macroeconomic determinants of bond market development for a sample of 22 emerging and developing countries ... -
The determinants of capital ratios in Islamic banking
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)We investigate the determinants of capital ratios in contemporary Islamic banking using a sample comprising 122 Islamic banks (IBs) spanning the period 2000-2014. We measure IBs' capital holdings using the capital-to-total ... -
The determinants of stock market index in Syria during the conflict period: Linear versus nonlinear approach
( Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics , 2020 , Article)The main purpose of this paper is to examine the long and the short-rum impact of the macroeconomic variables on the stock market index in Syria during the period 2010:Q1 - 2017:Q4. In addition, this paper aims to investigate ... -
The Determinants of Sukuk Market Development
( Routledge , 2017 , Article)The objective of this article is to empirically investigate the structural, financial, developmental, institutional, and macroeconomic determinants of Sukuk market development for a sample of 13 countries over the period ... -
The Dynamic and Dependence of Takaful and Conventional Stock Return Behaviours: Evidence from the Insurance Industry in Saudi Arabia
( Springer New York LLC , 2018 , Article)This paper investigates the dynamics of volatility in the stock market using competing univariate GARCH specifications. Moreover, it provides a study of the pairwise correlation pattern of stock returns for a wide range ... -
The dynamics of the relationship between real estate and stock markets in an energy-based economy: The case of Qatar
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)In this study, we investigate the dynamic linkages between the real estate and stock markets in Qatar. Using monthly data over the period 2006-2020, the nonlinear model of Enders and Siklos (2001) and the linear and nonlinear ... -
The effect of capitalization on the competition-stability Nexus: Evidence from dual banking systems
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)The purpose of this paper is investigate how bank capitalization affects the relationship between competition and bank stability in dual banking systems. Using bank-level and country-level data from 17 countries over the ... -
The effect of diversification on risk and return in banking sector: Evidence from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of revenue diversification, non-interest income and asset diversification on the performance and stability of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) conventional ... -
The effects of financial inclusion and the business environment in spurring the creation of early-stage firms and supporting established firms
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)This study investigates the role of financial inclusion and the institutional environment in promoting entrepreneurship. Using the panel vector autoregressive model for a sample of 43 countries over the period from 2001 ... -
The effects of household and firm credit on growth: New evidence from a panel of developed and developing countries
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2021 , Article)We use two panel data techniques in a novel large dataset to assess the dynamic interactions of household and enterprise credit with growth in developed and developing countries. Panel vector autoregressive (VAR) results ... -
The effects of second language on ethical judgement in accounting
( Inderscience , 2014 , Article)The number of participants in accounting practices and academia who use English as their second language is significant and growing. Many of them are involved in making ethical judgements based on information provided in ... -
The elasticity of patent activities with respect to R&D-performing sectors: An empirical study on high-income OECD countries
( Inderscience Publishers , 2015 , Conference Paper)This study examines the impact of R&D performing sectors, business, higher education, and government, on patent activities in 14 high income OECD countries using dynamic panel data model. In addition, the paper investigates ... -
The environmental Kuznets curve relationship: a case study of the Gulf Cooperation Council region
( 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 ...