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Key determinants of inflation and monetary policy in the emerging markets: Evidence from Vietnam
( Inderscience Publishers , 2016 , Article)The study explores the key determinants of inflation in Vietnam for a period of ten year (2000-2011) using the explanatory variables: past inflation, real income, money supply, exchange rate, interest rate and world oil ... -
Key determinants of SMEs’ export performance: a resource-based view and contingency theory approach using potential mediators
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2020 , Article)Purpose: Various barriers discourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from entering or expanding their export activities in the international markets, especially SMEs in emerging markets. The purpose of this study ... -
THE LEVERAGE EFFECT ON THE VALUE PREMIUM VOLATILITY: FROM AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
( Qatar University , 2015 , Article)This paper investigates the leverage effect on the value premium volatility using GARCH and TARCH models utilizing a unique dataset, for twenty nine countries. The findings show that value premium returns are bigger in ... -
Local growth and access to credit: Theory and evidence
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)We theoretically and empirically investigate the effects of access to credit on local growth using a Schumpeterian growth model and assuming monopolistic competition between differentiated products of the banking system. ... -
Long range dependence in an emerging stock market’s sectors: volatility modelling and VaR forecasting
( Routledge , 2018 , Article)This study evaluates the sector risk of the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), a recently upgraded emerging stock market, using value-at-risk models for the 7 January 2007–18 October 2015 period. After providing evidence for true ... -
Managing sustainable development through goal programming model and satisfaction functions
( Springer New York LLC , 2019 , Article)Managing the sustainable development path of a nation requires the aggregation of incommensurable and conflicting objectives related to economic, environmental and social dimensions. Their aggregation requires some tradeoffs ... -
Manufacturing and productivity in MENA: a long-term perspective
( Economic Research Forum (ERF) , 2022 , Other)Productivity in the manufacturing sector is key for economic growth and employment opportunities in most developing economies. This column looks at total factor productivity (TFP) – the portion of output growth that comes ... -
Market liberalization and volatility of returns in emerging markets: The case of Qatar Exchange (QSC)
( Emerald Publishing , 2012 , Article)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether stock market liberalization creates excess stock return volatility in the Qatar Exchange (QSC). Design/methodology/approach – The study utilizes two methods, simple ... -
Market power in GCC banking sector
( Consulting Publishing Company , 2011 , Article)This study attempts to find whether market concentration has been a main driver for market power in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banking industry over the period of 2002-2008. Using the methodology of the new empirical ... -
The Market Structure-Profit Relationship in the Jordan's Banking Industry
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The Mediating Impact of IT Capabilities on the Association between Dynamic Capabilities and Organizational Agility: The Case of the Jordanian IT Sector
( Springer , 2022 , Article)This study suggests a novel progression to the current research endeavor by investigating the influence of information technology capabilities on organizational agility. More specifically, this study aims to fill the gaps ... -
Mega-sports events and stock market returns: The case of the 2022 World Cup
( Cognizant Communication Corporation , 2018 , 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 return method of Savickas, our findings reveal ... -
A Model of Endogenous Financial Inclusion: Implications for Inequality and Monetary Policy
( Wiley , 2021 , Article)We propose a monetary model with endogenous credit market participation to study the impact of financial inclusion on inequality and welfare. We find that consumption inequality results from differences in agents' decision ... -
Modeling and forecasting electricity consumption amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Machine learning vs. nonlinear econometric time series models
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Accurately modeling and forecasting electricity consumption remains a challenging task due to the large number of the statistical properties that characterize this time series such as seasonality, trend, sudden changes, ... -
Modelling the asymmetric responses of price level to oil price changes in Qatar
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)This paper inspects the asymmetric effect of oil price on prices level in Qatar. To achieve that, we proceed by employing a nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach on data during the period 1990Q1-2014Q4. ... -
Modelling the symmetric and asymmetric relationships between oil prices and those of corn, barley, and rapeseed oil
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)This study, using linear and nonlinear Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Models, investigates the dynamic linkages between oil prices and agricultural commodities. The results from the linear model show that barley, ... -
Modelling the treatment effect of renewable energy policies on economic growth: Evaluation from MENA countries
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)This paper investigates the effects of renewable energy (RE) policies on economic growth in MENA countries. Using the propensity score matching methodology, our empirical analysis, conducted on a sample of 24 economies (17 ... -
Money demand and black market exchange rate: A cointegration approach with structural break
( Inderscience Publishers , 2017 , Article)This paper examines different specifications of the money demand function by including both black market exchange rate and oil prices as additional variables in Syria for the period 1990Q1-2009Q4. In order to test the ... -
New nonlinear estimators of the gravity equation
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)The gravity model of international trade is often applied by economists to explain bilateral trade between countries. Nevertheless, some estimation practices have been subject to criticism, namely how zero trade values and ... -
A new perspective on the linkages between tourism demand and business cycles
( Wiley-Blackwell , 2022 , Article)Business cycles, that is, the irregular fluctuations in economic activity,affect tourism demand—this is a stylized fact in tourism research. And itis well-founded. After all, as incomes rise, so does the consumption ofgoods ...