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Water demand in Qatar: Future trends and conservation scenarios
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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 ...
The influence of CEO departure and board characteristics on firm performance
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CLUTE Institute
, 2015 , Article)
This paper uses panel data from 271 U.S. firms to empirically examine the relationship between the departure of a firm's CEO and that firm's performance. Results of our analysis reveal a significant relationship between ...
The Credit–Growth Nexus: New Evidence from Developing and Developed Countries
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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 ...
Determinants of Intra-GCC Food Trade
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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 ...
Spillovers between food and energy prices and structural breaks
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2017 , Article)
This paper estimates a bivariate VAR-GARCH(1,1) model to examine linkages between food and energy prices. The adopted framework is suitable to analyse both mean and volatility spillovers, and also allows for possible ...
Evidence of adverse selection in automobile insurance market: A seemingly unrelated probit modelling
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Cogent OA
, 2017 , Article)
The present paper investigates the adverse selection problem by examining the relationship between accident occurrences and deductible choice utilizing a seemingly unrelated probit model that allows for best controls for ...
The inter and intra discipline linkage between Economics, Business administration and Social sciences
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OpenED Network
, 2018 , Article)
This study aims at investigating the extent to which six disciplines (Economic, Business administration,
Finance and investment, Accounting, Banking and Insurance and risk management) reach out to spaces
shared with other ...
Revisiting the Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Domestic Inflation in Egypt: Why Is the Statistical Association Weak in the Short Run?
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Association-Institute for English Language and American Studies (AIELAS)
, 2019 , Article)
This study investigates the question of “Why is the statistical association between exchange rate shocks and domestic inflation in Egypt weak?” The study relies on two econometric models, the SVAR model and the Markov ...
Competition and microcredit interest rates: international evidence
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Springer Verlag
, 2019 , Article)
The limited number of existing papers that link competition among microfinance institutions (MFIs) and microcredit interest rates, provide inconclusive and counterintuitive results. This paper uses data from 1997 MFIs ...
Support for smallholder farmers through Islamic instruments: The case of Bangladesh and lessons for Nigeria
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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 ...