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Financial development and employment: New panel evidence
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2021 , Article)This paper adds to the recent literature on finance and employment creation by exploring the effect of finance on the labour market, using data on 143 countries from 1995 to 2015. We also examine whether the impact of ... -
Financial development and environmental quality in UAE: Cointegration with structural breaks
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article Review)This study extends the recent work of Shahbaz et al. (2014) by implementing recent unit root tests with multiple structural breaks and regime-switching cointegration techniques considering for one and two unknown regime ... -
Financial development-economic growth nexus in Pakistan: new evidence from the Markov switching model
( Cogent OA , 2020 , Article)This paper investigates the impact of financial development on economic growth in Pakistan using the Markov Switching Model over the period 1980-2017. The results based on two-state Markov switching model confirm the ... -
Financial events detection by conceptual news categorization
( IEEE , 2010 , Conference Paper)In the scope of Financial Watch project, several targeted events have been required by contacted users in banking and investment domains. Financial news are classified with respect of the list of desired events. In this ... -
Financial inclusion and ethnic development: Evidence from satellite light density at night
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)We contribute to the nascent literature on financial inclusion by taking a meso-level perspective. Focusing on eleven ethnic groups in Nigeria and Senegal, we deal with the paucity of data at subnational levels by combining ... -
Financial instruments disclosure: The case of Qatari listed banks
( Inderscience Publishers , 2016 , Article)The aim of this study is to investigate the determinants of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 7 disclosures on Qatari listed banks. An un-weighted disclosure index and multiple regression analysis were ... -
Financial leverage and firm performance evidence from amman stock exchange
( Universita Carlo Cattaneo , 2019 , Article)This study tests the relationship between financial leverage and firm performance. Previous studies found mixed results (e.g., Gill et al. 2011, Mouna et al. 2017, and Abubaker (2015). Some suggest including the effect of ... -
Financial literacy, financial development, and leverage of small firms
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)This study examines the relationship between financial literacy and the leverage of small firms, specifically of the legal forms, sole proprietorships, and partnerships. Using a cross-section of 73,302 firms in 22 countries, ... -
Financial portfolio management through the goal programming model: Current state-of-the-art
( Elsevier B.V. , 2014 , Article)Since Markowitz (1952) formulated the portfolio selection problem, many researchers have developed models aggregating simultaneously several conflicting attributes such as: the return on investment, risk and liquidity. The ... -
Financial progress and the stability of long-run money demand: Implications for the conduct of monetary policy in emerging economies
( Elsevier Inc. , 2009 , Article)This paper examines whether recent financial changes in three emerging market economies in the Gulf region (Bahrain, the UAE, and Qatar) have distorted the character and the stability of their underlying long-run money ... -
Financialisation in the Gulf States
( Taylor & Francis , 2022 , Article)This paper focuses on financialisation in the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) over the past three decades. The key economic features of the GCC countries relevant for financialisation are outlined. The ... -
Financing microfinance institutions: subsidies or deposit mobilisation
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)According to conventional wisdom, dependence on subsidies cannot achieve the double bottom lines of microfinance institutions (MFIs): outreach and financial sustainability. The application of market-based principles to ... -
Financing new entrepreneurship: Credit or microcredit?
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Building on the theory of information asymmetry, we investigate the impact of conventional banking versus the impact of microfinance on new entrepreneurship. We use a panel dataset collected from 49 developing countries ... -
Finding Behavioural and Imaging Biomarkers of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) using Artificial Intelligence: A Review
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Conference Paper)Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a serious ailment in mental health and is a medical illness that has a debilitating impact on a person's ability to think effectively. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), ... -
Finding the Nearest Negative Imaginary System with Application to Near-Optimal Controller Design
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2023 , Conference Paper)In this paper, we consider the problem of robust stabilization of linear time-invariant systems with respect to unmodeled dynamics and structure uncertainties. To that end, we first present a methodology to find the nearest ... -
Fines effect on gas flow in sandy sediments using μCT and pore networks
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Gas production from hydrate-bearing sediments requires methane dissociation, which induces two-phase gas flow, mobilizing fine clay particles from within saturated pores. Fines migration within sandy sediments results in ... -
Finite control set model predictive control for grid-tied quasi-Z-source based multilevel inverter
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)In this paper, a finite control set Model Predictive Control (MPC) for grid-tie quasi-Z-Source (qZS) based multilevel inverter is proposed. The proposed Power Conditioning System (PCS) consists of a single-phase 2-cell ... -
Finite element analysis of pores design and tissue differentiation in cementless hip prosthesis
( International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering, CIMNE , 2020 , Conference Paper)Cementless hip prostheses are commonly used to repair the femur bones. The primary stability of the hip prosthesis highly dependent on the peri-prosthetic bone ingrowth into the porous structure which is influenced by ... -
Finite Element Analysis of Porous Titanium Alloy Hip Stem to Evaluate the Biomechanical Performance During Walking and Stair Climbing
( Springer , 2019 , Article)Despite the success of cementless hip stem, stress shielding still presents a serious problem leading to bone resorption. Stems incorporating porous cellular structures represent a promising solution. Therefore, this study ... -
Finite element analysis of sheet metal forming process
( EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. , 2009 , Article)Minimization of response times and costs and maximization of the efficiency and quality in producing a product are imperative for survival in the competitive manufacturing industry. Sheet metal forming is a widely used and ...