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    • The cost of financial intermediation in the banking sector of Jordan 

      Al-Jarrah, Idries M. ( EuroJournals, Inc. , 2010 , Article)
      This study investigates the cost of financial intermediation in the banking sector of Jordan over the 2001-2008 period. It assesses to what extent the relatively high and escalating bank interest margins, in this sector, ...

    • Cost-efficiency and financial and geographical characteristics of banking sectors in the MENA countries 

      Al-Jarrah, Idries M.; Al-Abdulqader, Khalid S.; Hammoudeh, Shawkat ( Routledge , 2017 , Article)
      We utilize the translog stochastic frontier model to estimate the cost-efficiency levels for conventional and Islamic, Cooperation Council (GCC) and non-GCC banks in the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries. The ...

    • COVID-19, cryptocurrencies bubbles and digital market efficiency: sensitivity and similarity analysis 

      Montasser, Ghassen El; Charfeddine, Lanouar; Benhamed, Adel ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      This paper compares the degree of cryptocurrency market efficiency during the pre- and post COVID-19 pandemic with the bubble and non-bubble periods of cryptocurrency markets. Furthermore, it examines and clusters eighteen ...

    • Credit bureaus and financial constraints do corruption matter? 

      Ben Ali, Mohamed Sami; Siddy Diallo, Boubacar ( Routledge , 2022 , Article)
      This study aims to assess whether or not the presence of credit bureaus is associated with more or fewer financing constraints while considering the interfering effect of corruption in a sample of 18 countries in Eastern ...

    • Credit bureaus, corruption and banking stability 

      Ben Ali, Mohamed Sami ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      This study assesses the impact that credit bureaus can have on the occurrence of banking crises, using data for 32 countries over the period 2004-2016 while considering the interference effect of corruption. Different ...

    • Credit risk in Islamic microfinance institutions: The role of women, groups, and rural borrowers 

      Mohamed, Toka S.; Elgammal, Mohammed M. ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Using international data, we find that Islamic MFIs experience reduced credit risk by offering more groups loans, serving more women, and serving more borrowers in rural locations. Conventional MFIs benefit from fewer group ...

    • The Credit–Growth Nexus: New Evidence from Developing and Developed Countries 

      Seifallah, Sassi; Ben Ali, Mohamed Sami ( John Wiley & Sons Ltd. , 2014 , Article)
      The purpose of this paper is to assess the relationship between credit market development and economic growth for a heterogeneous panel of 20 developing and developed countries with varied growth experiences. The empirical ...

    • Cryptocurrencies and Finance Theories 

      Abdul Basith, Abdul Quddoos; Elgammal, Mohammed M; Abuzayed, Bana ( Universiti Teknologi MARA. , 2021 , Article)
      Cryptocurrency (CCY) as a new key player in the currency system that has drawn the attention of scholars to examine its influence, relations and the opportunities that it may provide. However, a financial theoretical ...

    • Currency risk and microcredit interest rates 

      Al-Azzam, Moh'd; Mimouni, Karim ( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)
      Foreign currency debt provides additional access to capital and offers funds in favorable and flexible terms to microfinance institutions (MFIs). Yet, we find that the use of foreign currency debt, on average, leads to ...

    • Debt maturity, financial crisis and corporate performance in GCC countries: A dynamic-GMM approach 

      Zeitun, Rami; Haq, Munshi Masudul ( Inderscience Publishers , 2015 , Article)
      This study investigates the effect of debt financing and debt maturity on corporate performance, using evidence from Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC): Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab ...

    • Decomposed oil price shocks and GCC stock market sector returns and volatility 

      Nedal, Al-Fayoumi; Bouri, Elie; Abuzayed, Bana ( Elsevier B.V. , 2023 , Article)
      This study investigates dynamic mean and tail-based connectedness between decomposed oil price shocks (demand shock, supply shock, and risk shock) and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stock returns and volatility at the ...

    • Democracy and Banking Stability: Is the Relationship U-Shaped? 

      Ben Ali, Mohamed Sami; Ben Mim, Sami ( Springer , 2022 , Article)
      This study addresses the impact of democracy on the stability of the banking system for a sample of 114 countries over the period 2000-2017. Our findings offer strong evidence for a U-shaped relationship between democracy ...

    • Destination Competitiveness: The Perceptions of Foreign Tourists Visiting Qatar 

      Saleh, Ali Salman; Alsowaidi, Saif; Saha, Shrabani; Yap, Ghialy ( ssrn , 2021 , Article)
      This paper aims to develop an evidence-based integrated model for destination competitiveness and apply it to the case of Qatar, such that it could be used to identify relevant determinants and rank their contributions to ...

    • The determinants of capital structure: The case of long-term debt constraint for Jordanian firms 

      Zeitun, Rami; Tian, Gary ( Virtus Interpress , 2008 , Article)
      This paper contributes to the capital structure literature by investigating the determinants of capital structure of Jordanian companies with the constraint of inadequate long-term debt as their source of financing and ...

    • Determinants of foreign direct and indirect investment in the MENA region 

      Al-Khouri, Ritab ( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2015 , Article)
      Purpose - This study aims to examine the factors affecting the foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign portfolio investment (FPI) flows among the 16 economies comprising the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. ...

    • Determinants of Intra-GCC Food Trade 

      Kaitibie, Simeon; Rakotoarisoa, Manitra A. ( Taylor and Francis Inc. , 2017 , Article)
      Using panel data for six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries from 1995-2014, we assess the impacts of several major economic variables on intra-GCC food exports, and on GCC food exports to the world. The GCC customs ...

    • Determinants of Tunisia's exports: A gravity model framework 

      Ali, Mohamed Sami Ben ( International Economic Society Ltd , 2013 , Article)
      This paper applies the gravity trade model to explain Tunisia's exports pattern with non-traditional partner's countries and to determine the main factors explaining Tunisia's exports with these countries. We estimate our ...

    • Digitalization and Banking Crisis: A Nonlinear Relationship? 

      Ben Ali, Mohamed Sami ( Springer , 2022 , Article)
      This study assesses the impact that ICT can have on the occurrence of banking crisis for a sample of 113 countries over the period 1996-2017 while considering the interfering role of corruption and the potential existence ...

    • Diversification and bank stability in the GCC 

      Abuzayed B.; Al-Fayoumi N.; Molyneux P. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)
      This study examines bank diversification strategies and links to financial sector stability. Using a sample of listed and unlisted banks operating in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries over 2001 to 2014 we ...

    • Diversification and hedging strategies of green bonds in financial asset portfolios during the COVID-19 pandemic 

      Abuzayed, Bana; Al-Fayoumi, Nedal ( Routledge , 2023 , Article)
      In this paper, we investigate whether investors can reap potential diversification or hedging benefits from holding green bonds in a portfolio containing a conventional financial asset during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using ...