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Impact of global health crisis and oil price shocks on stock markets in the GCC
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
This study examines the impact of global COVID-19 cases and oil price shocks on the stock markets in the GCC. Using the Kalman filter to generate the unexpected oil price shocks, we find that, with the exception of Oman, ...
Regime-specific impact of financial reforms on economic growth in Pakistan
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
This study uses and proposes a new methodological approach to construct a financial liberalization index on the basis of the dynamic factor model technique. The resulting index is used to investigate the impact of the ...
On the complex relationship between different aspects of social capital and group loan repayment
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Do all aspects of social capital improve repayment behavior in group lending programs? The group lending literature typically uses one or few measures of social capital in a linear form, and systematically understates the ...
Individual water consumption behavior in relation to urban residential dynamics: The Case of Qatar
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2021 , Article)
The purpose of this study was to analyze different human behavioral components and the data collected from several households regarding their water consumption to fathom public demeanor better and underscore the need for ...
Stock price crash risk and leverage dynamics: Evidence from the GCC countries
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
This paper examines the impact of stock price crash risk on capital structure dynamics using a sample of firms located in the GCC region. The results show that a higher exposure to stock price crash risk is associated with ...
The impact of Twitter-based sentiment on US sectoral returns
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
This paper scrutinizes the effect of Twitter-based sentiment on US sectoral returns using data from between 21 June 2010 and 13 April 2020. We apply causality in quantiles as a non-parametric measure, followed by a rolling ...
Conditional dependence structure and risk spillovers between Bitcoin and fiat currencies
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
This paper investigates the extreme dependence and risk spillovers between Bitcoin and the currencies of the BRICS and G7 economies. We find time-varying dependence between Bitcoin and all currencies. Moreover, when analysing ...
Can remittances alleviate energy poverty in developing countries? New evidence from panel data
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
Universal energy access in developing countries is a key ingredient to achieve sustainable economic growth and social welfare. Therefore, it is of paramount importance for policymakers to identify potential new factors to ...
Financial literacy, financial development, and leverage of small firms
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
This study examines the relationship between financial literacy and the leverage of small firms, specifically of the legal forms, sole proprietorships, and partnerships. Using a cross-section of 73,302 firms in 22 countries, ...
A Comparative Study of Seigniorage: Egypt and Qatar
(2023 , Article)
This study adopts the model of CB’s balance sheet and government budget identity developed by Klein & Neumann (1990) to investigate the question of “Will the effect of monetary seigniorage on CPI inflation and real GDP ...