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The impact of parallel market exchange rate volatility and oil exports on real GDP in Syria: Evidence from the ARDL approach
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Routledge
, 2018 , Article)
This paper investigates the impact of parallel market exchange rate volatility and trade on real GDP and real GDP growth in the Syrian economy over the period of 1990Q1–2010Q4. To this end, we first construct a parallel ...
The impact of Sukuk on the performance of conventional and Islamic banks
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
This paper examines the impact of Sukuk market development on banks' profitability using a dataset of 71 Islamic banks (IBs) and 146 conventional banks (CBs) spanning 13 countries over the 2003–2014 period. Using a dynamic ...
Exploring digitally enabled service transformation in the public sector: Would institutional and structuration theory concepts keep the research talking ?
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IGI Global
, 2016 , Article)
Digitally Enabled Service Transformation (DEST) in the Public Sector (PS) offers a unique opportunity for public administration (PA) and information systems (IS) disciplines to interlace. Albeit complicating the deployment ...
The banking sector, stress and financial crisis: symmetric and asymmetric analysis
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Routledge
, 2019 , Article)
This study investigates the impact of economic and financial stress on US banking sector returns during periods of crisis and tranquility. It further examines symmetric and asymmetric effects. The study applies GARCH (1, ...
Can uncertainty indices predict Bitcoin prices? A revisited analysis using partial and multivariate wavelet approaches
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
This paper uses bivariate and multivariate wavelet approaches to revisit the co-movements between the Volatility Uncertainty Index (VIX) and Bitcoin (BTC). This is achieved by accounting for the impacts of the three major ...
Export market concentration and the potential for export market diversification in the oil and gas sector in a small open economy
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International Economic Society
, 2016 , Article)
Though small in area and population, the US$ 200 billion Qatari economy is open and driven by the oil and gas sector. Therefore the economy is susceptible to economic shocks in international markets. We illustrate the ...
The Determinants of Sukuk Market Development
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article)
The objective of this article is to empirically investigate the structural, financial, developmental, institutional, and macroeconomic determinants of Sukuk market development for a sample of 13 countries over the period ...
What drives energy efficiency? New evidence from financial crises
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Using a sample of 100 countries from 1980 to 2015, this paper investigates the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), imports, gross capital formation, and industry value-added on energy efficiency before and after the ...
Corporate governance, bank concentration and economic growth
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2017 , Article)
We examine the effects of bank concentration and corporate governance among firms in terms of economic growth using panel data for 34 countries and 29 manufacturing sectors over the period 1980-2010. We show the following ...
Key determinants of inflation and monetary policy in the emerging markets: Evidence from Vietnam
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2016 , Article)
The study explores the key determinants of inflation in Vietnam for a period of ten year (2000-2011) using the explanatory variables: past inflation, real income, money supply, exchange rate, interest rate and world oil ...