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Economic Policies and the Possibilities of Unified GCC Currency
( Qatar University , 2006 , Article)The aim of this study is to identify the extent to which the GCC countries can adopt similar economic policies by the time the GCC unified currency is formed in 2010. Among other convergence standards, we examined the ... -
The determinants of capital structure: The case of long-term debt constraint for Jordanian firms
( Virtus Interpress , 2008 , Article)This paper contributes to the capital structure literature by investigating the determinants of capital structure of Jordanian companies with the constraint of inadequate long-term debt as their source of financing and ... -
Ownership structure, corporate performance and failure: Evidence from panel data of emerging market the case of Jordan
( Virtus Interpress , 2009 , Article)This study investigates the impact of ownership structure (mix and concentrate) on a company's performance and failure in a panel estimation using 167 Jordanian companies during 1989-2006. The empirical evidence in this ... -
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 ... -
The Market Structure-Profit Relationship in the Jordan's Banking Industry
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Optimal Pricing and order quantity strategies for a firm offering multiple products facing customers cannibalization and random market demand
( Qatar University , 2010 , Article)This paper studies a firm’s profitability problem offering its products into different market segments at differentiated prices. In order to improve the firms’ profitability the firm needs to decide the prices and order ... -
The cost of financial intermediation in the banking sector of Jordan
( EuroJournals, Inc. , 2010 , Article)This study investigates the cost of financial intermediation in the banking sector of Jordan over the 2001-2008 period. It assesses to what extent the relatively high and escalating bank interest margins, in this sector, ... -
Competition in the Jordanian's Banking Sector
( EuroJournals, Inc. , 2010 , Article)This study investigates the cost of financial intermediation in the banking sector of Jordan over the 2001-2008 period. It assesses to what extent the relatively high and escalating bank interest margins, in this sector, ... -
The price-volume relationship in Gulf Cooperation Council stock markets
( Inderscience , 2011 , Article)This paper examines the empirical relationship among stock return, trading volume and volatility for the seven stock markets that comprise the Gulf Cooperation Council. The dataset includes seven national stock markets for ... -
The Turn of the Month Anomaly in Amman Stock Exchange: Evidence and Implications
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Market power in GCC banking sector
( Consulting Publishing Company , 2011 , Article)This study attempts to find whether market concentration has been a main driver for market power in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banking industry over the period of 2002-2008. Using the methodology of the new empirical ... -
Exchange Rates and Stock Prices in the MENA Countries: What Role for Oil?
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2011 , Article)This paper considers the linkage between stock prices and exchange rates in four MENA (Middle East and North Africa) emerging markets. In contrast to the existing evidence that uses a global market index to uncover such a ... -
Ownership structure, corporate governance and bank performance: Evidence from gcc countries
( Virtus Interpress , 2011 , Article)The paper examines the effect of ownership structure and board characteristics on bank performance of GCC counties. Evidence indicates that the extent of the foreign ownership level has a significant positive association ... -
Government ownership, competition, and the risk-taking attitude of the GCC banking system
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2012 , Article)Purpose - In the recent financial crisis, the risk-taking behavior of banks led to severe financial and economic instability. Many reasons have been attributed to the cause of the financial crisis. This paper attempts to ... -
Assessing the Productivity Change in the Banking Sector of Jordan
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The application of quality management in the financial services sector in Jordan
( 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 ... -
Government ownership, business risk, financial leverage and corporate performance: Evidence from gcc countries
( Virtus Interpress , 2012 , Article)This study investigates the effect of government ownership structure, business risk and financial leverage among other variables (size, age and growth) on a company’s performance in a panel data, using 191 companies from ... -
Evaluating the riskiness of the banking sector of Jordan
(2012 , Article)This study employs panel data analysis that controls for bank specific variables to evaluate the systematic, non-systematic and total risk of the banking sector of Jordan over the period 2001-2009. The total risk is measured ... -
Market liberalization and volatility of returns in emerging markets: The case of Qatar Exchange (QSC)
( Emerald Publishing , 2012 , Article)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether stock market liberalization creates excess stock return volatility in the Qatar Exchange (QSC). Design/methodology/approach – The study utilizes two methods, simple ... -
Bank Characteristics and Liquidity Transformation: The Case of GCC Banks
( Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) , 2012 , Article)This paper uses a simple measure of liquidity creation to examines empirically the effect of bank capital and other micro and macro-characteristics on liquidity creation. We apply the analysis to data from a sample of ...
