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Social health insurance in the Philippines: do the poor really benefit?
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Springer
, 2020 , Article)
Developing countries have spent a tremendous amount of time and money on social health insurance programs to give the low-income population free access to health care services. Standard economic theory predicts that people ...
What are the drivers of inefficiency in the Gulf Cooperation Council banking industry? A comparison between conventional and Islamic banks
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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 ...
The prediction of future cash flows based on operating cash flows, earnings and accruals in the French context
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
This study investigates the aptitudes of the cash-based and accrual-based accounting data for predicting future cash flows from operations in the French context. In addition, our paper aims to investigate the effect of the ...
Systemic risk for financial institutions in the major petroleum-based economies: The role of oil
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International Association for Energy Economics
, 2020 , Article)
We examine the relationship between oil returns and systemic risk of financial institutions in major petroleum-based economies. By estimating ΔCoVaR, we observe the presence of remarkable increases in risk levels during ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Central banking and income inequality: The impact of monetary policy on income distribution
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Routledge
, 2020 , Book chapter)
Since the 2007–2008 Global Financial Crisis, income inequality and income distribution matters have gained increasing attention not only in academia but also from professionals in advanced economies. Mainstream economists ...
Scenario-Based Forecast for Post-Conflict’s Growth in Syria
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Economic Research Forum (ERF)
, 2020 , Working Paper)
This paper investigates the relationship between the main macroeconomic indicators, namely
real GDP, consumer prices and parallel market exchange rate in the Syrian economy during the
period 1990-2017. We provide a ...