Browsing Finance & Economics by Title
Now showing items 324-343 of 400
-
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 ... -
The finance-growth nexus: Which factors can interfere?
( Palgrave Macmillan , 2016 , Book chapter)The financial sector's role in economic growth is heavily contested by economists. Some argue that economic growth is not caused by finance, but that it responds to changing demands, while others argue the positive effect ... -
The forward premium anomaly in the energy futures markets: A time-varying approach
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)This paper contributes to the empirical literature on the forward premium anomaly by investigating possible statistical explanations for this puzzling phenomenon in the energy market. To this end, time series of spot and ... -
The impact of economic development and social-political factors on ecological footprint: A panel data analysis for 15 MENA countries
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article Review)This paper extends the work of Al-Mulali and Ozturk (2015) [1] by re-investigating the Environment Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis for 15 MENA (Middle East and North African) countries using the Ecological Footprint (EF) ... -
The impact of energy consumption and economic development on Ecological Footprint and CO2 emissions: Evidence from a Markov Switching Equilibrium Correction Model
( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)Reducing the impact of air pollution and global environmental degradation on human health and quality of life for Qatari citizens represents the most important objective of the Qatar National vision 2030. With respect to ... -
The impact of FIFA's official announcements on the stock market of Qatar: The case of the 2022 World Cup
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)This study examines the impact of the FIFA's official announcements on Doha Stock Exchange (DSE) of Qatar with respect to the 2022 World Cup. Using the abnormal unsystematic volatility method of Hilliard and Savickas (2002), ... -
The Impact of Foreign Agricultural Aid and Total Foreign Aid on Agricultural Output in African Countries: New Evidence from Panel Data Analysis
( 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 government expenditure on GDP in the State of Qatar: A nonlinear ARDL approach
( Inderscience Publishers , 2020 , Conference Paper)This study investigates the long run relationship between government expenditure and the GDP in the State of Qatar with a focus on the non-mining and quarrying GDP during the period 1980-2017 using the nonlinear autoregressive ... -
The impact of government spending on non-oil-GDP in Saudi Arabia (multiplier analysis)
( Inderscience Publishers , 2018 , Article)This paper examines the multiplier effect of Government spending on the non-oil Saudi Arabia economic growth. We focus on non-oil GDP rather than total GDP because activity in the oil sector is mainly determined by ... -
The Impact of Liquidity on Debt Maturity After a Financial Crisis: Evidence from the Gulf Cooperation Council Region
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)This article contributes to the existent literature on corporate debt maturity by studying a new channel through which firms may mitigate the effects of a major economic downturn such as the 2008 global financial crisis. ... -
The impact of macroeconomic variables (MEV) on the stock market returns in MENA countries
( Inderscience Publishers , 2022 , Article)The study analyses the effect of macroeconomic variables (MEV) on stock returns in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. MEV refers to the monetary and fiscal policy variables besides economic policy uncertainty ... -
The Impact of Market-wide Volatility on Time-varying Risk: Evidence from Qatar Stock Exchange
( Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd , 2018 , Article)This study examines the impact of market-wide volatility on time-varying risk using the heteroscedastic market model with EGARCH (1,1) specification. Using daily sector returns from the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) market ... -
The impact of parallel market exchange rate volatility and oil exports on real GDP in Syria: Evidence from the ARDL approach
( 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 impact of Sukuk on the performance of conventional and Islamic banks
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)This paper examines the impact of Sukuk market development on banks' profitability using a dataset of 71 Islamic banks (IBs) and 146 conventional banks (CBs) spanning 13 countries over the 2003–2014 period. Using a dynamic ... -
The impact of terrorism and institutional quality on cost of debt: an analysis on developing countries
( Inderscience Publishers , 2023 , Article)This study examines the impact of terrorism and institutional quality on the cost of debt. Considering all observed incidents in 35 countries over the period 1998-2019. Our main finding is that terrorist activity has a ... -
The impacts of productivity differentials and oil price on the real exchange rate misalignment: Evidence from a developing country
( Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. , 2019 , Article)This study examines the impact of oil price and productivity differentials on real exchange rate (RER) misalignment in Syria from 1980 to 2010. In order to do that, this research develops an index for productivity differential ...