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Financing new entrepreneurship: Credit or microcredit?
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Building on the theory of information asymmetry, we investigate the impact of conventional banking versus the impact of microfinance on new entrepreneurship. We use a panel dataset collected from 49 developing countries ... -
For narrower income inequality: traditional finance or microfinance?
( Routledge , 2023 , Article)This paper uses the theory of information imperfections to examine the relationship between income inequality and financial development in a dual financial system comprising traditional finance and microfinance. It uses ... -
Foreign Direct Investment Determinants in Oil Exporting Countries: Revisiting the Role of Natural Resources
( Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd , 2019 , Article)This article explores the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in oil-dependent economies and revisits the role of natural resources in attracting FDI to countries of this kind. Panel data from the six Gulf ... -
Funding liquidity risk and banks' risk-taking: Evidence from Islamic and conventional banks
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of funding liquidity risk on the risk-taking behaviour of Islamic and conventional banks. Using bank-level and country-level data from 18 countries over the period ... -
Further evidence on the rationality of interest rate expectations: A comprehensive study of developed and emerging economies
( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)This study performs unbiasedness and efficiency tests of three-month and twelve-month ahead interest rate forecasts of one short-term and one long-term security of 10 developed and 20 emerging economies by exploiting a new ... -
GCC Hydrocarbon Economies and COVID: Old Trends, New Realities
( Springer Nature , 2023 , Book)The book considers the impact of COVID-19 on the GCC member states through the prism of challenges faced by their hydrocarbon sector. Yet, the publication's discourse is not solely focused on the problems experienced by ... -
Gender effects for loss aversion: Yes, no, maybe?
( Springer , 2019 , Article)Gender effects in risk taking have attracted much attention by economists, and remain debated. Loss aversion—the stylized finding that a given loss carries substantially greater weight than a monetarily equivalent gain—is ... -
Global financial crisis, ownership structure and firm financial performance: An examination of listed firms in Australia
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2017 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the financial performance of listed firms on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) over two sample periods (1998-2007 and 2008-2010) before and during the global financial crisis ... -
Globalization and obesity in the GCC countries
( Taylor & Francis , 2023 , Article)The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have some of the highest obesity rates in the world. At the same time, the GCC countries have become increasingly integrated in the global economy as they attempt to diversify ... -
Governance and long-term operating performance of family and non-family firms in Australia
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2015 , Article)Purpose – The purpose of this study is to conduct a comparative analysis of the long-term operating performance of family and non-family firms from the agency theoretic perspective. The analysis is focused on investigating ... -
Government debt and stock price crash risk: International Evidence
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)We add to the literature on the economic outcomes of government debt and argue that government debt increases crash risk via two channels: (i) hoarding bad news and (ii) tax avoidance. Based on a large international sample, ... -
Government ownership, business risk, financial leverage and corporate performance: Evidence from gcc countries
( Virtus Interpress , 2012 , Article)This study investigates the effect of government ownership structure, business risk and financial leverage among other variables (size, age and growth) on a company’s performance in a panel data, using 191 companies from ... -
Government ownership, competition, and the risk-taking attitude of the GCC banking system
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2012 , Article)Purpose - In the recent financial crisis, the risk-taking behavior of banks led to severe financial and economic instability. Many reasons have been attributed to the cause of the financial crisis. This paper attempts to ... -
Green bonds’ connectedness with hedging and conditional diversification performance
( Elsevier Ltd , 2023 , Article)Investments in green assets are becoming increasingly significant, and they present a new asset class for investors. Consequently, the resulting connectedness among these green assets has implications for investments. Our ... -
Harnessing cross-region disparities to assess the impact of tourism on regional growth in Europe
( Taylor & Francis , 2020 , Article)We use regional data across 27 European countries and look into the effect of tourist arrivals on regional growth during 2000–2017. The research is set in an augmented Solow model estimated via a rich and flexible empirical ... -
Hedging UK stock portfolios with gold and oil: The impact of Brexit
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)The purpose of this paper is to examine dynamic co-movements and portfolio management strategies between UK stock indices (aggregate market index and sector indices) and each of gold and crude oil futures markets, during ... -
How Do Bank Features and Global Crises Affect Scale Economies? Evidence from the Banking Sectors of Oil-Rich GCC Emerging Markets
( Routledge , 2021 , Article)This study investigates the types of scale economies (SE) for the exchange-listed banks of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries over the 2000-2016 period, using the stochastic frontier for modeling banking technology ... -
How does corruption undermine banking stability? A threshold nonlinear framework
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)This study assesses the effect of corruption on the occurrence of banking crises for a sample of 38 countries over the period 2000-2017. We consider both the direct and the indirect channels through which corruption might ... -
How does the tax status of a country impact capital structure? Evidence from the GCC region
( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)We investigate whether the tax status of a country has an impact on corporate capital structure. This research question is important and timely given that the empirical literature has not reached a consensus on the effect ... -
How News affects Stock Prices of Olympics and FIFA host countries
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)As the sports industry continues to grow, mega sports events can have a significant impact on the financial markets. Stock market performance is influenced by sports-related news, however, very few studies have been ...