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Performance Of Tourism Destinations: Evidence From Tunisia
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SAGE Publications Inc.
, 2017 , Article)
This study uses data envelopment analysis and a two-stage procedure to compare the performance of Tunisian tourism destinations and to examine the impact of investment (public and private), economic circumstances, workers ...
The role of ICT adoption in curbing corruption in developing countries
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Springer International Publishing
, 2017 , Book chapter)
Corruption is regarded as a major problem impeding development potentialities, and curbing it is a leading challenge for developing countries. This chapter assesses the possibilities of ICT adoption as a powerful tool for ...
Cost-efficiency and financial and geographical characteristics of banking sectors in the MENA countries
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article)
We utilize the translog stochastic frontier model to estimate the cost-efficiency levels for conventional and Islamic, Cooperation Council (GCC) and non-GCC banks in the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries. The ...
The impact of economic development and social-political factors on ecological footprint: A panel data analysis for 15 MENA countries
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Elsevier
, 2017 , Article Review)
This paper extends the work of Al-Mulali and Ozturk (2015) [1] by re-investigating the Environment Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis for 15 MENA (Middle East and North African) countries using the Ecological Footprint (EF) ...
Capital structure, tax effect, financial crisis and default risk: Evidence from emerging market
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2017 , Article)
The central objective of this study is to investigate the effect of capital structure on corporate failure in the emerging market, in particular Jordan, using a panel data analysis sample representative of 180 Jordanian ...
Are Investors Concerned with Stock Market Upgrades? Evidence from Multivariate Framework Analysis
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article)
This study aims to examine the return and volatility responses to the announcement of stock market upgrades. It measures the direct effects of the recent Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) upgrade of the Qatar, ...
Investigating the impact of donor funding: a case study on Lebanon
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Emerald Publishing
, 2017 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a macroeconomic framework to predict the impact of transient donor funding on a developing economy and to facilitate evaluation of the effectiveness of alternative uses of ...
Determinants of Intra-GCC Food Trade
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Taylor and Francis Inc.
, 2017 , Article)
Using panel data for six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries from 1995-2014, we assess the impacts of several major economic variables on intra-GCC food exports, and on GCC food exports to the world. The GCC customs ...
Spillovers between food and energy prices and structural breaks
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2017 , Article)
This paper estimates a bivariate VAR-GARCH(1,1) model to examine linkages between food and energy prices. The adopted framework is suitable to analyse both mean and volatility spillovers, and also allows for possible ...
Evidence of adverse selection in automobile insurance market: A seemingly unrelated probit modelling
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Cogent OA
, 2017 , Article)
The present paper investigates the adverse selection problem by examining the relationship between accident occurrences and deductible choice utilizing a seemingly unrelated probit model that allows for best controls for ...