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Impact of terrorist attacks on stock market volatility in emerging markets
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2016 , Article)
We use an event study methodology alongside an improved bootstrapping test to evaluate the impact of terrorist attacks on the volatility of stock markets in 12 MENA countries, and test for regional financial integration. ...
The corruption-inflation nexus: Evidence from developed and developing countries
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
, 2016 , Article)
This paper analyzes the relationship between corruption and inflation for a sample of 100 developing and developed countries representing five regions (Americas, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and ...
Impact of renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on economic growth: New evidence from the MENA Net Oil Exporting Countries (NOECs)
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
This study explores the economic growth – energy consumption nexus for two samples of MENA Net Oil Exporting Countries (NOECs) during the period 1980–2012. Using panel cointegration approach, we found strong evidence for ...
The resilience of oil-rich economies to the global financial crisis: Evidence from Kuwaiti financial and real sectors
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
This article investigates the resilience of oil-rich economies to the recent global financial crisis, with a particular emphasis on Kuwait as a case study. We explore how the crisis affected the market power of banks and, ...
Exploring digitally enabled service transformation in the public sector: Would institutional and structuration theory concepts keep the research talking ?
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IGI Global
, 2016 , Article)
Digitally Enabled Service Transformation (DEST) in the Public Sector (PS) offers a unique opportunity for public administration (PA) and information systems (IS) disciplines to interlace. Albeit complicating the deployment ...
Export market concentration and the potential for export market diversification in the oil and gas sector in a small open economy
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International Economic Society
, 2016 , Article)
Though small in area and population, the US$ 200 billion Qatari economy is open and driven by the oil and gas sector. Therefore the economy is susceptible to economic shocks in international markets. We illustrate the ...
Key determinants of inflation and monetary policy in the emerging markets: Evidence from Vietnam
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2016 , Article)
The study explores the key determinants of inflation in Vietnam for a period of ten year (2000-2011) using the explanatory variables: past inflation, real income, money supply, exchange rate, interest rate and world oil ...
Testing the risk-return tradeoff in the emerging market of Jordan: What role for financial crises?
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2016 , Article)
This study investigates the risk-return relationship at sector level in the emerging market of Jordan (ASE) over the period 1999-2014. The results of an unconditional test with a structural breakpoint show that the ...
IT outsourcing intent in academic institutions in GCC countries: An empirical investigation and multi-criteria decision model for vendor selection
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2016 , Article)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to understand the reasons behind the intent for information technology (IT) outsourcing in academic institutions in GCC countries. It also aims to develop a multi-criteria decision ...
A time-varying copula approach for modelling dependency: New evidence from commodity and stock markets
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
This paper examines the time-varying conditional dependency between commodity markets and stock markets by applying the rolling-sample technique on the dependence parameter of copula. The dataset consists of the closing ...