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Globalization and obesity in the GCC countries
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Taylor & Francis
, 2023 , Article)
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have some of the highest obesity rates in the world. At the same time, the GCC countries have become increasingly integrated in the global economy as they attempt to diversify ...
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 ...
Terrorist attacks and bank financial stability: evidence from MENA economies
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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 ...
New nonlinear estimators of the gravity equation
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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 ...
Funding liquidity risk and banks' risk-taking: Evidence from Islamic and conventional banks
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of funding liquidity risk on the risk-taking behaviour of Islamic and conventional banks. Using bank-level and country-level data from 18 countries over the period ...
Understanding Water Consumption in Qatar: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey
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Taylor & Francis
, 2022 , Article)
This paper presents an analysis of a nationally representative (n = 1,002) telephone survey conducted in Qatar on habits, perceptions, and religious attitudes related to water use. Our empirical analysis yields three main ...
The Partial and General Equilibrium Effects of the Greater Arab Free Trade Agreement
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Taylor & Francis
, 2021 , Article)
The Greater Arab Free Trade Agreement (GAFTA) is a regional trade agreement among the Arab countries. We incorporate recent advances in the literature to investigate the partial and general equilibrium effects of GAFTA. ...
Does Blockade Deter Inbound Tourism? An Evidence from Qatar
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ssrn
, 2020 , Article)
While tourism research on Qatar has been growing, the area is still understudied with many untapped research opportunities. This research focuses on the impact of the blockade on international tourist arrivals to Qatar. ...
Manufacturing and productivity in MENA: a long-term perspective
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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 ...
Why Gulf Rentier Economies Must Pursue Economic Diversification
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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 ...