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Terrorist attacks and bank financial stability: evidence from MENA economies
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
, 2022 , Article)
This study examines the impact of terrorism on bank stability, represented by bank risk and financial performance. We consider banks from 14 countries located in the Middle East and North Africa region for the period ...
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 ...
Understanding Water Consumption in Qatar: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey
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Taylor & Francis
, 2022 , Article)
This paper presents an analysis of a nationally representative (n = 1,002) telephone survey conducted in Qatar on habits, perceptions, and religious attitudes related to water use. Our empirical analysis yields three main ...
The Partial and General Equilibrium Effects of the Greater Arab Free Trade Agreement
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Taylor & Francis
, 2021 , Article)
The Greater Arab Free Trade Agreement (GAFTA) is a regional trade agreement among the Arab countries. We incorporate recent advances in the literature to investigate the partial and general equilibrium effects of GAFTA. ...
Destination Competitiveness: The Perceptions of Foreign Tourists Visiting Qatar
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ssrn
, 2021 , Article)
This paper aims to develop an evidence-based integrated model for destination competitiveness and apply it to the case of Qatar, such that it could be used to identify relevant determinants and rank their contributions to ...
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. ...
The Partial and General Equilibrium Effects of the Greater Arab Free Trade Agreement
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Taylor & Francis
, 2021 , Article)
The Greater Arab Free Trade Agreement (GAFTA) is a regional trade agreement among the Arab countries. We incorporate recent advances in the literature to investigate the partial and general equilibrium effects of GAFTA. ...
The Asymmetric Effects of Government Expenditure Shocks on Private Consumption: Evidence from Arab Resource-Rich Countries
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International Journal of Business & Economics
, 2022 , Article)
This paper aims to examine the asymmetric impact of government expenditure shocks on private consumption in Arab resource-rich countries, particularly the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC), using the Nonlinear ARDL ...
The impact of Twitter-based sentiment on US sectoral returns
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
This paper scrutinizes the effect of Twitter-based sentiment on US sectoral returns using data from between 21 June 2010 and 13 April 2020. We apply causality in quantiles as a non-parametric measure, followed by a rolling ...
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 ...