Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 12
The inflation-central bank independence nexus: Where do MENA countries stand?
(
Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Inflation and its dynamics have been always capturing the attention of economic scholars and policymakers worldwide. Numerous theories in economic literature tried to define the concept of inflation by suggesting different ...
The finance-growth nexus: Which factors can interfere?
(
Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
The financial sector's role in economic growth is heavily contested by economists. Some argue that economic growth is not caused by finance, but that it responds to changing demands, while others argue the positive effect ...
Workers remittances and economic development: Which role for education?
(
Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
In the past decades, international remittance inflows have significantly increased in developing nations. Their importance is being acknowledged due to their scale and growth, which makes them stand out on an aggregate and ...
The middle east and North Africa: Cursed by natural resources?
(
Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
The relationship between natural resource wealth and economic growth has been extensively studied. As opposed to basic intuition, the results of several empirical studies suggest that vast natural capital endowments don’t ...
Workers’ Remittances and Economic Growth in MENA Countries: The Role of Financial Development
(
Springer
, 2020 , Book chapter)
In this article, we examine the role of financial development as a channel through which migrants’ remittances
could affect economic growth in selected countries of the MENA region.
Do Governance Indicators Predict Inequality? A Panel Non-causality Framework for the Emerging Countries
(
Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
This investigation aims to explore the causal nexus between governance indicators and income inequality for 15 emerging countries for the period 2002–2019. This study focuses on developing countries because income inequality ...
Governance and Growth in Developing Countries: New Insights from a Cross-Regional Empirical Analysis
(
Springer
, 2023 , Book chapter)
This paper investigates the impact of governance on growth for a sample of 20 developing countries. We address the complementarity between the various dimensions of governance by constructing a global governance index and ...
Trade Diversification and Intra-Regional Trade in North Africa
(
Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Examination of the growth phases in developed and in developing countries and their involvement in international trade shows the importance of trade policies in these countries. In recent decades, many developing countries ...
The Role of Institutions in Economic Development
(
Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Despite the global liberalization of trade, financial and technological flows, there still are tremendous disparities in terms of income per capita and growth rates across countries (Hall and Jones, 1999). Among the plethora ...
Corruption and Economic Development
(
Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Corruption is believed to be widespread and it adversely affects countries at different intervals, in different degrees. Corruption scandals show that bribes are commonplace and that even societies that are supposedly free ...