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Strategy-proof size improvement: is it possible?*
( Wiley-Blackwell , 2022 , Article)The number of assigned agents (i.e., size) is an important parameter in object allocations. While size maximality clashes with individual rationality and strategy-proofness, it can still be possible to increase the size ... -
Subsidies vs. deposits and cost inefficiency in microfinance
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Lending tiny loans to poor clients lacking credit history and enough collateral is an expensive business for microfinance institutions (MFIs). Minimizing cost inefficiency is important if MFIs are to meet their dual mission ... -
Sukuk market development and Islamic banks’ capital ratios
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)This paper investigates the impact of Sukuk market development on Islamic banks’ capital ratios using a sample comprising 230 Islamic banks spanning the period 2005–2014. We characterize Islamic bank capital along multiple ... -
Sukuk, banking system, and financial markets: Rivals or complements?
( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)Using the system GMM estimation technique, we study the effects of the financial development on Sukuk markets using a panel dataset of 11 countries from 1995 to 2015. First, we find that Sukuk and bank financing are ... -
Support for smallholder farmers through Islamic instruments: The case of Bangladesh and lessons for Nigeria
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: In societies with strong presence of Islam, Islamic instruments with more scope for fairness and equity can be innovatively harnessed to play an increasing role in the development process and poverty alleviation ... -
Systemic risk for financial institutions in the major petroleum-based economies: The role of oil
( International Association for Energy Economics , 2020 , Article)We examine the relationship between oil returns and systemic risk of financial institutions in major petroleum-based economies. By estimating ΔCoVaR, we observe the presence of remarkable increases in risk levels during ... -
Systemic risk spillover across global and country stock markets during the COVID-19 pandemic
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Uncovering the tail risk spillover among global financial markets helps provide a more comprehensive understanding of the information transmission in extreme market conditions such as the COVID-19 outbreak. In this paper, ... -
Tax Policy Debate Over Tax Incentives in Developing Countries: the Case of Egypt
( School of Taxation and Business Law (Atax), UNSW Business School, UNSW Australia , 2016 , Article)Tax policy is normally formulated and implemented during politically stable periods. The collapse of the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc countries in the early 1990s have allowed researchers to study tax policy reform in ... -
The Tax Treatment of Small and Medium Enterprises in Developed and Developing Countries: A comparative Analysis of Australia and Egypt
(2022 , Article)Many countries design specific tax measures for taxing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as SMEs play an important role in creating jobs and promoting economic growth. These specific tax rules for SMEs broadly aim to ... -
Taxing intellectual property transactions in developing countries : the case of pharmaceutical indusrty in Egypt and India
( LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing , 2013 , Book)Strengthening the protection measures of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in compliance with the TRIPS agreement creates a need for an appropriate tax treatment of IPR by developing countries. This need is important to ... -
Team Satisfaction and Student Group Performance: A Cross-Cultural Study
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2013 , Article)The authors examined the relationship between team satisfaction and students' performance in group projects in two universities, one from the United States and one from Qatar. The results showed that there is a significant ... -
Terrorism and capital flows: the missed impact of terrorism in big cities
( Routledge , 2021 , Article)This study investigates the effects of four types of terrorist attacks on three types of capital flow. We extend the literature by introducing a new measure of terrorist attacks, namely 'attacks in big cities' and empirically ... -
Terrorism and inbound tourism: Does immigration have a moderating effect?
( SAGE , 2019 , Article)This article investigates the impact of terrorism on bilateral tourism flows within the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. It also examines the moderation effect of immigration in the destination ... -
Terrorism and tourism demand: a case study of Lebanon, Turkey and israel
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)Using a seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) model, this paper examines the impact of domestic and transnational terrorism on tourism demand (as measured by visitor arrivals) to Lebanon, Turkey and Israel. The distinguishing ... -
Terrorist attacks and bank financial stability: evidence from MENA economies
( Springer Nature Switzerland AG. , 2022 , Article)This study examines the impact of terrorism on bank stability, represented by bank risk and financial performance. We consider banks from 14 countries located in the Middle East and North Africa region for the period ... -
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, ...