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Strategy-proof size improvement: is it possible?*
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Wiley-Blackwell
, 2022 , Article)
The number of assigned agents (i.e., size) is an important parameter in object allocations. While size maximality clashes with individual rationality and strategy-proofness, it can still be possible to increase the size ...
Assessing the Potential Impact of Introducing VAT on Price Levels in Qatar
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Internationaal Bureau voor Fiscale Documentatie (IBFD)
, 2021 , Article)
Potential introduction of VAT in Qatar may have a significant pass-through effect on inflation rates. Nevertheless, using the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices at constant tax rates (HICP-CT), in this article the authors ...
Subsidies vs. deposits and cost inefficiency in microfinance
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
Lending tiny loans to poor clients lacking credit history and enough collateral is an expensive business for microfinance institutions (MFIs). Minimizing cost inefficiency is important if MFIs are to meet their dual mission ...
Integrating IFRSs into the Accounting Curriculum: Evidence Using a Multiple Triangulation Approach
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NeilsonJournals Publishing
, 2022 , Article)
This paper investigates accounting students’ opinions and the faculty members’ views on
the incorporation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) into the accounting
curriculum at Qatar University (QU). A ...
Cryptocurrencies and Finance Theories
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Universiti Teknologi MARA.
, 2021 , Article)
Cryptocurrency (CCY) as a new key player in the currency system that has drawn the attention of scholars to examine its influence, relations and the opportunities that it may provide. However, a financial theoretical ...
Civil Conflict, Cash Transfers, and Child Nutrition in Yemen
(2021 , Article)
The most dramatic outcomes of protracted civil conflict include increased malnutrition among children and the resulting consequences for lifelong health and prosperity. Little is known about how to mitigate the nutritional ...
A new perspective on the linkages between tourism demand and business cycles
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Wiley-Blackwell
, 2022 , Article)
Business cycles, that is, the irregular fluctuations in economic activity,affect tourism demand—this is a stylized fact in tourism research. And itis well-founded. After all, as incomes rise, so does the consumption ofgoods ...
How does corruption undermine banking stability? A threshold nonlinear framework
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
This study assesses the effect of corruption on the occurrence of banking crises for a sample of 38 countries over the period 2000-2017. We consider both the direct and the indirect channels through which corruption might ...
Core Tourism Resources and Destination Image for International Tourism
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ssrn
, 2021 , Article)
This paper examines the effect of core destination resources, namely natural resources, heritage resources and created resources on destination image, and the moderating effects of customer value and destination satisfaction. ...
Financialisation in the Gulf States
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Taylor & Francis
, 2022 , Article)
This paper focuses on financialisation in the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) over the past three decades. The key economic features of the GCC countries relevant for financialisation are outlined. The ...