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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 ...
Axiomatic characterizations of the constrained probabilistic serial mechanism
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Article)
Afacan (Games and Economic Behavior 110: 71-89, 2018) introduces an object allocation with random priorities problem. He proposes the constrained probabilistic serial (CPS) mechanism. This study, for the first time in the ...
Asymmetric effects of oil price shocks on the demand for money in Algeria
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
This paper investigates the symmetric and asymmetric effects of real oil prices on real money demand in Algeria over the period 1999:Q1–2020:Q1. Using a linear autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL), and a nonlinear ...
Can government expenditure help reconstruct the Syrian economy in the post-conflict period? evidence from the SVAR and nonlinear ARDL models
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Taylor & Francis
, 2023 , Article)
This paper explores the viability of the fiscal policy in the reconstruction of the Syrian economy. We use the Structural VAR estimation technique to assess the response of real GDP to shocks in government expenditures and ...
Investigating the impact of remittance outflows and oil price on economic growth in Gulf Cooperation Council countries
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
Most existing studies have focused on examining the impact of labor remittance outflows on economic growth in the receiving countries, with limited attention given to the sending countries. This study utilizes the nonlinear ...
Extreme linkages of carbon futures, energy markets, and economic indicators: A copula approach
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Taylor & Francis
, 2023 , Article)
The interdependence of carbon allowances and different energy sources in extreme market behavior is still unsettled in the literature. Using different types of static and time-varying copulas, this piece of research aims ...
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, ...
The effect of political risk and corporate governance on bank stability in the MENA region: Did the Arab Spring uprisings matter?
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Cogent OA
, 2023 , Article)
This study examines the impact of political risk and corporate governance mechanisms (CGM) on bank stability. The research problem was addressed using a sample of 954 bank-year observations from 14 Middle East and North ...
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 ...
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 ...