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Does sukuk market development spur economic growth?
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
We investigate the impact of sukuk market development on economic growth using a sample comprising all sukuk-issuing countries spanning the period 1995-2015. We use the system GMM estimator to tackle potential omitted ...
Debt maturity, financial crisis and corporate performance in GCC countries: A dynamic-GMM approach
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2015 , Article)
This study investigates the effect of debt financing and debt maturity on corporate performance, using evidence from Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC): Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab ...
The application of quality management in the financial services sector in Jordan
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Business Perspectives
, 2012 , Article)
This study examines the applicability of total quality management (TQM) in the Jordanian financial services sector using a sample of employees at 12 financial institutions. The applicability of the TQM is assessed through ...
Empirical evidence on the long and short run determinants of health expenditure in the Arab world
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
This paper empirically examines the determinants of health care spending for 18 Arab world countries for the period 1995–2015 by using recently developed panel cointegration techniques. We conducted the same estimations ...
Effect of aggregate, mandatory and voluntary disclosure on firm performance in a developing market: The case of Kuwait
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Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
This paper examines the relationship between corporate disclosure and firm performance for the case of listed companies in the Kuwait Stock Exchanges (KSE). Our sample contains 51 non-financial firms that represent 42% of ...
Is tourism in Lebanon subject to permanent or transitory exogenous shocks?
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Cognizant Communication Corporation
, 2014 , Article)
The tourism industry makes a significant contribution to Lebanese gross domestic product (GDP). Lebanon has been rocked by political instability and regional conflicts over the past several decades. These exogenous shocks ...
Global financial crisis, ownership structure and firm financial performance: An examination of listed firms in Australia
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2017 , Article)
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the financial performance of listed firms on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) over two sample periods (1998-2007 and 2008-2010) before and during the global financial crisis ...
Does Blockade Deter Inbound Tourism? An Evidence from Qatar
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ssrn
, 2020 , Article)
While tourism research on Qatar has been growing, the area is still understudied with many untapped research opportunities. This research focuses on the impact of the blockade on international tourist arrivals to Qatar. ...
Scenario-Based Forecast for Post-Conflict’s Growth in Syria
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Economic Research Forum (ERF)
, 2020 , Working Paper)
This paper investigates the relationship between the main macroeconomic indicators, namely
real GDP, consumer prices and parallel market exchange rate in the Syrian economy during the
period 1990-2017. We provide a ...
Comovement and spillover among energy markets: A Comparison across different crisis periods
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2023 , Article)
We compare the comovement and spillover between returns of six developed energy markets during different crisis periods using wavelet multiple correlation and wavelet multiple cross-correlation. The considered countries ...