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The impact of government policies on FDI decision of multinational corporations: an application to the Vietnamese service industry
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Inder science Enterprises Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
There has been an upsurge in competition amongst Asian countries to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) resulting in higher government incentives given by the host countries. Whereas most of the empirical studies ...
Is it possible to improve environmental quality without reducing economic growth: Evidence from the Qatar economy
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article Review)
In line with the priorities of the Qatar national vision (QNV) 2030 and its principal pillars, we examine in this paper the energy use - economic growth nexus for Qatar during the period 1970-2014. Using recent development ...
Does investors' fear gauge in a mature market matter? Evidence from the MENA region
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Institutional Investor, Inc
, 2018 , Article)
This article examines the notion that less developed markets may be deemed safe havens for international investors. It tests the effect of mature markets' fear on risk and return in less developed markets. The study employs ...
Scale heterogeneity in discrete choice experiment: An application of generalized mixed logit model in air travel choice
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
This study explores to what extent scale heterogeneity (i.e., varying standard deviation of the errors across consumers) is important in air travel choice using data from a stated preference discrete choice experiment. We ...
Asymmetric import cost pass-through in GCC countries: Evidence from nonlinear panel analysis
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
This paper investigates the asymmetric impacts of import costs on inflation in GCC countries. We utilize data from GCC countries and their trading partners over the period of 1990:Q1-2014:Q4 to construct a new import cost ...
Bank efficiency and industry growth during financial crises
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
Financial crises pose many problems for growth, and in this time of increasing financial instability it is important to fully understand why this happens. Many papers have analyzed the relationship between growth and a ...
What drives energy efficiency? New evidence from financial crises
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Using a sample of 100 countries from 1980 to 2015, this paper investigates the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), imports, gross capital formation, and industry value-added on energy efficiency before and after the ...
Downpayment, mobility and default: A welfare analysis
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
In this paper, I study the impact of the relaxation of downpayment requirements on home-ownership and default risk in the context of a static spatial life cycle model. Given its quantitative success in matching the U.S. ...
Diversification and bank stability in the GCC
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
This study examines bank diversification strategies and links to financial sector stability. Using a sample of listed and unlisted banks operating in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries over 2001 to 2014 we ...
Long range dependence in an emerging stock market’s sectors: volatility modelling and VaR forecasting
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Routledge
, 2018 , Article)
This study evaluates the sector risk of the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), a recently upgraded emerging stock market, using value-at-risk models for the 7 January 2007–18 October 2015 period. After providing evidence for true ...