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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 ...
When does uncertainty avoidance promote customer-to-customer intercultural service encounters?
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
Purpose: Previous literature has reported inconsistent findings regarding the impact of uncertainty avoidance (UA) on intercultural experiences. This includes positive, negative and insignificant associations between UA ...
Modelling the asymmetric responses of price level to oil price changes in Qatar
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Routledge
, 2019 , Article)
This paper inspects the asymmetric effect of oil price on prices level in Qatar. To achieve that, we proceed by employing a nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach on data during the period 1990Q1-2014Q4. ...
Asymmetric responses of money demand to oil price shocks in Saudi Arabia: a non-linear ARDL approach
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article)
Saudi Arabia is an open oil-based economy with fixed exchange rates; therefore, it has limited monetary policy autonomy. Using non-linear autoregressive distributed lag approach, this article investigates the asymmetric ...
The Politics of Sovereign Credit Spreads
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article Review)
Using a large sample of 35 developing countries for the period 1993-2009, we provide strong and robust evidence that the political institutions in place play a significant role in explaining sovereign spreads. In particular, ...
Managing sustainable development through goal programming model and satisfaction functions
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Springer New York LLC
, 2019 , Article)
Managing the sustainable development path of a nation requires the aggregation of incommensurable and conflicting objectives related to economic, environmental and social dimensions. Their aggregation requires some tradeoffs ...
The effect of diversification on risk and return in banking sector: Evidence from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of revenue diversification, non-interest income and asset diversification on the performance and stability of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) conventional ...
Fashion model profiles: the intersection of self, ideal and preferred
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand how young female fashion consumers assessed the facial attractiveness of an advertising model. The study focused on the consumers exposed to both local and foreign fashion ...
Corruption and public spending on education and health
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Routledge
, 2019 , Article)
Existing country and regional studies show that the effect of corruption on public spending on health and education is mixed. This letter reveals that the effect of corruption on health and education spending is significant ...
Return and volatility spillovers in the presence of structural breaks: evidence from GCC Islamic and conventional banks
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Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
The dynamics of return and volatility spillover indices were investigated to reveal the strength and direction of transmission that occurred during a financial crisis. The focus of this study was especially placed on the ...