Finance & Economics: Recent submissions
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Manufacturing and productivity in MENA: a long-term perspective
( Economic Research Forum (ERF) , 2022 , Article)Productivity in the manufacturing sector is key for economic growth and employment opportunities in most developing economies. This column looks at total factor productivity (TFP) – the portion of output growth that comes ... -
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). ... -
Does Blockade Deter Inbound Tourism? An Evidence from Qatar
( ssrn , 2020 , Article)While tourism research on Qatar has been growing, the area is still understudied with many untapped research opportunities. This research focuses on the impact of the blockade on international tourist arrivals to Qatar. ... -
Impact of ICTs Diffusion on Environmental Quality in Qatar
( 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 ... -
Why Gulf Rentier Economies Must Pursue Economic Diversification
( Springer , 2020 , Book chapter)Within the mandate of their national visions, GCC countries have announced several strategies to expand their manufacturing, tourism and financial activities (economic diversification). However, the path towards the ultimate ... -
The Partial and General Equilibrium Effects of the Greater Arab Free Trade Agreement
( 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. ... -
The Tax Treatment of Small and Medium Enterprises in Developed and Developing Countries: A comparative Analysis of Australia and Egypt
(2022 , Article)Many countries design specific tax measures for taxing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as SMEs play an important role in creating jobs and promoting economic growth. These specific tax rules for SMEs broadly aim to ... -
The simplified tax regime for micro and small enterprises in Egypt: An analysis of the theoretical and implementation issues
( Informit , 2021 , Article)Unlike previous studies focusing on the tax regimes of small and medium enterprises ('SMEs'), this article examines and analyses simplified tax regimes for micro, small and medium enterprises ('MSMEs'). Very recently, a ... -
The impact of ownership structure and corporate governance on capital structure decisions in the UAE
( Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. , 2022 , Article)This paper investigates how ownership and corporate governance influence the capital structure decisions within an emerging market context, namely the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 2008 to 2019. We employ panel models ... -
Terrorist attacks and bank financial stability: evidence from MENA economies
( Springer Nature Switzerland AG. , 2022 , Article)This study examines the impact of terrorism on bank stability, represented by bank risk and financial performance. We consider banks from 14 countries located in the Middle East and North Africa region for the period ... -
The predictive ability of stock market factors
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2022 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to ask whether a range of stock market factors contain information that is useful to investors by generating a trading rule based on one-step-ahead forecasts from rolling and recursive regressions. ... -
Assessing the Potential Impact of Introducing VAT on Price Levels in Qatar
( Internationaal Bureau voor Fiscale Documentatie (IBFD) , 2021 , Article)Potential introduction of VAT in Qatar may have a significant pass-through effect on inflation rates. Nevertheless, using the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices at constant tax rates (HICP-CT), in this article the authors ... -
Understanding Water Consumption in Qatar: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey
( 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 ... -
Water demand in Qatar: Future trends and conservation scenarios
( European Water Resources Association (EWRA) , 2019 , Article)We model water consumption in the market segment that compose the Qatari water market. We link water consumption to population growth. Building on the estimated model, we develop long-range ... -
Revisiting the Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Domestic Inflation in Egypt: Why Is the Statistical Association Weak in the Short Run?
( Association-Institute for English Language and American Studies (AIELAS) , 2019 , Article)This study investigates the question of “Why is the statistical association between exchange rate shocks and domestic inflation in Egypt weak?” The study relies on two econometric models, the SVAR model and the Markov ... -
Systemic risk for financial institutions in the major petroleum-based economies: The role of oil
( International Association for Energy Economics , 2020 , Article)We examine the relationship between oil returns and systemic risk of financial institutions in major petroleum-based economies. By estimating ΔCoVaR, we observe the presence of remarkable increases in risk levels during ... -
Corruption, lending and bank performance
( American University of Sharjah , 2019 , Conference)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 ... -
Globalization and obesity in the GCC countries
( Taylor & Francis , 2023 , Article)The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have some of the highest obesity rates in the world. At the same time, the GCC countries have become increasingly integrated in the global economy as they attempt to diversify ... -
Towards a Comprehensive Transfer Pricing Framework to Foster Tax Compliance in Egypt
( Internationaal Bureau voor Fiscale Documentatie (IBFD) , 2019 , Article)A comprehensive framework for transfer pricing is essential to ensure MNEs’ compliance with transfer pricing legislation and guidelines. The transfer pricing framework in Egypt at present is incomprehensive because of the ... -
Asymmetric pass through of energy commodities to US sectoral returns
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)The influence of the international energy market on different economic aspects has increased significantly, especially after an escalation in the financialization of the energy market. Likewise following this trend, the ...
