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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 Credit–Growth Nexus: New Evidence from Developing and Developed Countries
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
, 2014 , Article)
The purpose of this paper is to assess the relationship between credit market development and economic growth for a heterogeneous panel of 20 developing and developed countries with varied growth experiences. The empirical ...
The environmental Kuznets curve relationship: a case study of the Gulf Cooperation Council region
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Springer Verlag
, 2018 , Article)
By using panel data over the 1980?2017 period and two alternative indicators of environmental pollution (carbon dioxide (CO2) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions), this paper investigates the validity of the environmental ...
Is Economic Growth Really Jobless? Empirical Evidence from North Africa
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Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
North African countries recorded the highest youth unemployment rate in the World during the latest years. The main causes for that situation continue to be at the forefront of the debate among economists, sociologists and ...
The asymmetric effects of oil price on economic growth in Turkey and Saudi Arabia: New evidence from nonlinear ARDL approach
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Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics
, 2017 , Article)
The immediate purpose of this paper is to examine and compare the potential asymmetric oil price effects on real GDP growth in two different countries with differing dependence on oil from the Middle East: Saudi Arabia and ...
Bank concentration, institutional quality, and economic growth: Empirical evidence from MENA countries
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2016 , Article)
Purpose: This study aims to examine the influence of institutional quality on the relationship between economic growth and banking sector concentration. Design/methodology/approach: The sample of our study covers 15 Middle ...
The impact of energy consumption and economic development on Ecological Footprint and CO2 emissions: Evidence from a Markov Switching Equilibrium Correction Model
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2017 , Article)
Reducing the impact of air pollution and global environmental degradation on human health and quality of life for Qatari citizens represents the most important objective of the Qatar National vision 2030. With respect to ...
Modelling the treatment effect of renewable energy policies on economic growth: Evaluation from MENA countries
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
This paper investigates the effects of renewable energy (RE) policies on economic growth in MENA countries. Using the propensity score matching methodology, our empirical analysis, conducted on a sample of 24 economies (17 ...
Investigating the impact of remittance outflows and oil price on economic growth in Gulf Cooperation Council countries
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
Most existing studies have focused on examining the impact of labor remittance outflows on economic growth in the receiving countries, with limited attention given to the sending countries. This study utilizes the nonlinear ...
Financial development and economic diversification in Qatar: does Islamic finance matters
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Emerald Publishing
, 2023 , Article)
Purpose: The financial system plays an essential role in facilitating the intermediation process for economic growth. Policymakers stress on achieving a well-developed and regulated financial system to achieve economic ...