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Water demand in Qatar: Future trends and conservation scenarios
( European Water Resources Association (EWRA) , 2019 , Article)We model water consumption in the market segment that compose the Qatari water market. We link water consumption to population growth. Building on the estimated model, we develop long-range ... -
WEALTH AND THE PERSISTENCE OF AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE GULF STATES: ECONOMIC PRIVILEGE OR A CULTURAL PHENOMENON?
( Foundation for Good Politics , 2021 , Article)During the Arab Spring the idea of the Middle East as an authoritarian exception appeared to be no longer valid. Yet the Gulf states seem to be safe from political turmoil. This paper examines the persistence of authoritarianism ... -
What are the drivers of inefficiency in the Gulf Cooperation Council banking industry? A comparison between conventional and Islamic banks
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)This paper analyses the efficiency and productivity of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banks using an innovative nonparametric methodology that not only considers undesirable outputs but also determines the contribution ... -
What determines the dependence between stock markets - crisis or financial and economic fundamentals?
( Routledge , 2022 , Article)This paper investigates the economic and financial fundamentals that determine the dynamic linkage between Qatar and a set of selected international stock markets. To this end, we used different dynamic copula constructions ... -
What drives energy efficiency? New evidence from financial crises
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)Using a sample of 100 countries from 1980 to 2015, this paper investigates the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), imports, gross capital formation, and industry value-added on energy efficiency before and after the ... -
When does uncertainty avoidance promote customer-to-customer intercultural service encounters?
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: Previous literature has reported inconsistent findings regarding the impact of uncertainty avoidance (UA) on intercultural experiences. This includes positive, negative and insignificant associations between UA ... -
Where does economic growth in the Middle Eastern and North African countries come from?
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)This study focus on the debate related to the sources of economic growth to show whether it arises from technological progress, physical or human capital accumulation in a selected Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) ... -
Why Gulf Rentier Economies Must Pursue Economic Diversification
( Springer , 2020 , Book chapter)Within the mandate of their national visions, GCC countries have announced several strategies to expand their manufacturing, tourism and financial activities (economic diversification). However, the path towards the ultimate ... -
Willingness to pay for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia vaccination in Narok South District of Kenya
( Elsevier , 2014 , Article)Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is an economically important trans-boundary cattle disease which affects food security and livelihoods. A conjoint analysis-contingent valuation was carried out on 190 households ... -
Work-from-home, electricity, and water: Evidence from COVID-19 in Qatar
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Working from home will be key to mitigating harms from future pandemics and has also been proposed as a way to curtail emissions from commuting. This paper exploits a work-from-home order in Qatar to investigate the impacts ... -
Workers remittances and economic development: Which role for education?
( Palgrave Macmillan , 2016 , Book chapter)In the past decades, international remittance inflows have significantly increased in developing nations. Their importance is being acknowledged due to their scale and growth, which makes them stand out on an aggregate and ... -
Workers’ Remittances and Economic Growth in MENA Countries: The Role of Financial Development
( Springer , 2020 , Book chapter)In this article, we examine the role of financial development as a channel through which migrants’ remittances could affect economic growth in selected countries of the MENA region. -
اضطراب التجارة العالمية والمحلية جراء جائحة كورونا وانعكاساتها على قطر
( College of Business and Economics - Qatar University , 2020 , Video)انطلاقًا من أهمية مشاركة الجامعة في خدمة المجتمع ولتقصِّي تداعيات الأزمة العالمية نظمت كلية الإدارة والاقتصاد بالتعاون مع كلية القانون في جامعة قطر حلقة نقاشية عن بُعد بعنوان: اضطراب التجارة العالمية والمحلية جرّاء جائحة ... -
التداعيات الاقتصادية والمالية والقانونية لجائحة كورونا: وجهات نظر على المديين القصير والبعيد
( College of Business and Economics - Qatar University , 2020 , Video)انطلاقاً من أهمية مشاركة الجامعة في خدمة المجتمع نظمت كلية الإدارة والاقتصاد بالتعاون مع كلية القانون بجامعة قطر حلقة نقاشية عن بعد بعنوان: "التداعيات الاقتصادية، المالية والقانونية لجائحة كورونا: وجهات نظر على المديين ... -
التداعيات المالية والقانونية لجائحة كورونا والإجراءات الاحترازية
( College of Business and Economics - Qatar University , 2020 , Video)بالتعاون مع كلية القانون وانطلاقًا من مسؤولية الجامعة الاجتماعية في الظروف الراهنة نظمت كلية الإدارة والاقتصاد بالتعاون مع كلية القانون في جامعة قطر حلقتها النقاشية بعنوان: التداعيات المالية والقانونية لجائحة كورونا ... -
مقدمة في الاقتصاد الكلي من واقع الاقتصاد القطري
(2019 , Book)قد يبدو مفهوم الاقتصاد معقدا أمامك للوهلة الأولى، لكن الاقتصاد ليس منفصلا عن واقعنا على الاطلاق، فهو يتداخل في كل تفصيل من تفاصيل حياتنا، ويؤثر في أبسط قرارتنا اليومية، سواء كانت تتعلق بالعمل أو الدراسة أو حتى الراحة! لذلك ...