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Corruption, lending and bank performance
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American University of Sharjah
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
This paper uses a sample of 7235 banks from 160 countries between 2000 and 2016 to investigate the link between corruption, lending and bank performance. It considers both country- and bank-level corruption. The study finds ...
New nonlinear estimators of the gravity equation
(
Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
The gravity model of international trade is often applied by economists to explain bilateral trade between countries. Nevertheless, some estimation practices have been subject to criticism, namely how zero trade values and ...
Understanding Water Consumption in Qatar: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey
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Taylor & Francis
, 2022 , Article)
This paper presents an analysis of a nationally representative (n = 1,002) telephone survey conducted in Qatar on habits, perceptions, and religious attitudes related to water use. Our empirical analysis yields three main ...
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 ...
Entrepreneurship Education: A Global Consideration From Practice to Policy Around the World
(
Qatar Foundation
, 2015 , Report)
As entrepreneurship continues to gain momentum and visibility as an engine of global economic development, it is critical to understand and optimize the role that entrepreneurship education plays.
Based on a detailed ...
The Partial and General Equilibrium Effects of the Greater Arab Free Trade Agreement
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Taylor & Francis
, 2021 , Article)
The Greater Arab Free Trade Agreement (GAFTA) is a regional trade agreement among the Arab countries. We incorporate recent advances in the literature to investigate the partial and general equilibrium effects of GAFTA. ...
Blockchain-based Supply Chain Financing Solutions for Qatar
(
College of Business and Economics, Qatar University
, 2021 , Other)
When it comes to trade, operations or expansion, access to finance from conventional sources
such as financial institutions (FIs) can become a major hurdle for companies (International
Chamber of Commerce [ICC], 2020). ...
Impact of ICTs Diffusion on Environmental Quality in Qatar
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Qatar University
, 2019 , Other)
Climate change, global warming
and environmental degradation
in general have been some of
humanity’s greatest challenges
and there is no doubt about their
threatening effects on human life
quality, health, and the ...
Destination Competitiveness: The Perceptions of Foreign Tourists Visiting Qatar
(
ssrn
, 2021 , Article)
This paper aims to develop an evidence-based integrated model for destination competitiveness and apply it to the case of Qatar, such that it could be used to identify relevant determinants and rank their contributions to ...
Core Tourism Resources and Destination Image for International Tourism
(
ssrn
, 2021 , Article)
This paper examines the effect of core destination resources, namely natural resources, heritage resources and created resources on destination image, and the moderating effects of customer value and destination satisfaction. ...