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On the relation between internal corporate governance and bank risk-taking: evidence from gulf cooperative council countries
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Taiwan Institute of Business Administration
, 2014 , Article)
This study investigates the relationship between ownership structure, board composition and risk-taking of listed banking companies in the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) countries during 2004-2010. Building on limited ...
Where does economic growth in the Middle Eastern and North African countries come from?
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
This study focus on the debate related to the sources of economic growth to show whether it arises from technological progress, physical or human capital accumulation in a selected Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) ...
The price-volume relationship in Gulf Cooperation Council stock markets
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2015 , Article)
This paper examines the empirical relationship among stock return, trading volume and volatility for the seven stock markets that comprise the Gulf Cooperation Council. The dataset includes seven national stock markets for ...
Can immigration moderate the adverse effects of political instability on international tourism? A case study of Australia
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Sage
, 2023 , Article)
We estimate the impact of political instability and the population of immigrants in Australia on the flow of international tourist arrivals. We hypothesize that political instability has a short-term negative effect while ...
The cost of financial intermediation in the banking sector of Jordan
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EuroJournals, Inc.
, 2010 , Article)
This study investigates the cost of financial intermediation in the banking sector of Jordan over the 2001-2008 period. It assesses to what extent the relatively high and escalating bank interest margins, in this sector, ...
For narrower income inequality: traditional finance or microfinance?
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Routledge
, 2023 , Article)
This paper uses the theory of information imperfections to examine the relationship between income inequality and financial development in a dual financial system comprising traditional finance and microfinance. It uses ...
Decomposed oil price shocks and GCC stock market sector returns and volatility
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2023 , Article)
This study investigates dynamic mean and tail-based connectedness between decomposed oil price shocks (demand shock, supply shock, and risk shock) and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stock returns and volatility at the ...
Interbank offered rates in Islamic countries: Is the Islamic benchmark different from the conventional benchmarks?
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
Motivated by the size and the growth of the global Islamic financial services industry, 17 Islamic Banks in six Islamic countries, in conjunction with Thompson Reuters, developed an Islamic Interbank Benchmark Rate (IIBR, ...
The determinants of capital structure: The case of long-term debt constraint for Jordanian firms
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Virtus Interpress
, 2008 , Article)
This paper contributes to the capital structure literature by investigating the determinants of capital structure of Jordanian companies with the constraint of inadequate long-term debt as their source of financing and ...
The price-volume relationship in Gulf Cooperation Council stock markets
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Inderscience
, 2011 , Article)
This paper examines the empirical relationship among stock return, trading volume and volatility for the seven stock markets that comprise the Gulf Cooperation Council. The dataset includes seven national stock markets for ...