Finance & Economics
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Sukūk development and income inequality
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)This paper investigates the link between sukūk development and income inequality by scrutinizing twenty-two countries’ data from 1995 to 2019. We employ the two-stage Fractional Regression Model to illustrate that sukūk ... -
Non-vetoed matching with status quo
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)We consider a matching market where there is an initial matching a priori. Both sides of the market can veto the new matching whenever they would rather keep their initial assignment. We propose a stability notion, called ... -
Does trade openness mitigate environmental degradation in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries? Implications for achieving sustainable development
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2024 , Article)The link between trade openness and CO2 emissions is a key research focus in times of pressing global sustainability needs and ongoing climate change discussions. In this study, we address the critical issue of the impact ... -
Housing markets since Shapley and Scarf
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)Shapley and Scarf (1974) appeared in the first issue of the Journal of Mathematical Economics, and is one of the journal's most impactful publications. As we approach the remarkable milestone of the journal's 50th anniversary ... -
Rawlsian Matching
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)We apply the Rawlsian principle to a canonical discrete object allocation problem. A matching is Rawlsian if it is impossible to improve the ranking of assignment for the worst-off agent or reduce the cardinality of the ... -
Capacity design in school choice
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)We study a new variant of the school choice problem in which capacities can be altered by distributing additional seats across schools in response to students' reported preferences. We show that heuristic solutions to this ... -
Do SWF investments matter for bond ratings? The role of corporate governance
( John Wiley and Sons , 2024 , Article)We investigate the impact of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) equity ownership on bonds’ credit ratings of their target firms. Using a sample of 2045 bonds issued by 324 SWF target firms from 16 countries over the period ... -
The impact of macroeconomic variables (MEV) on the stock market returns in MENA countries
( Inderscience Publishers , 2022 , Article)The study analyses the effect of macroeconomic variables (MEV) on stock returns in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. MEV refers to the monetary and fiscal policy variables besides economic policy uncertainty ... -
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TOURISM AT REGIONAL LEVEL: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW
( Cognizant Communication Corporation , 2023 , Article Review)We undertake a systematic literature review that looks at the economic effects of tourism at subnational levels. This review, the first of its kind to our knowledge, is timely in view of the growing body of research ... -
The impact of terrorism and institutional quality on cost of debt: an analysis on developing countries
( Inderscience Publishers , 2023 , Article)This study examines the impact of terrorism and institutional quality on the cost of debt. Considering all observed incidents in 35 countries over the period 1998-2019. Our main finding is that terrorist activity has a ... -
Work-from-home, electricity, and water: Evidence from COVID-19 in Qatar
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Working from home will be key to mitigating harms from future pandemics and has also been proposed as a way to curtail emissions from commuting. This paper exploits a work-from-home order in Qatar to investigate the impacts ... -
Volatility Interdependence Between Cryptocurrencies, Equity, and Bond Markets
( Springer , 2024 , Article)This paper investigates (i) the return-volatility spillover between Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin, (ii) the interdependence between cryptocurrencies' volatility and the US equity and bond markets' volatility, and ... -
The threshold effects of public debt on economic growth in MENA countries: Do energy endowments matter?
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)We investigate the effects of public debt on economic growth and examine its viability as a policy tool to spur economic growth using a sample of 14 Middle Eastern and North African countries over the period 1980-2021. We ... -
Strategy-proof size improvement: is it possible?
( Wiley , 2023 , Article)The number of assigned agents (i.e., size) is an important parameter in object allocations.While size maximality clashes with individual rationality and strategy-proofness, it can stillbe possible to increase the size over ... -
Resilience in the time of COVID-19: Lessons learned from Middle East and North Africa small- and medium-sized enterprises
( John Wiley & Sons , 2023 , Article)We investigated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on small- and medium-sized enterprises in Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco. Using firm-level panel data from an enterprise survey, we highlight several new findings. ... -
Price and volatility spillovers between global equity, gold, and energy markets prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)This study sets out to provide fresh evidence on the dynamic interrelationships, at both return and volatility levels, between global equity, gold, and energy markets prior to and during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. ... -
PREDICTIONS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC DYNAMICS IN UKRAINE AND QATAR BASED ON GENERALIZED SIR MODEL
( National Technical University of Ukraine Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute , 2021 , Article)Background. To simulate how the number of COVID-19 cases increases versus time, various data sets and different mathematical models can be used. Since there are some differences in statistical data, the results of simulations ... -
A Comprehensive Machine and Deep Learning Approach for Aerosol Optical Depth Forecasting: New Evidence from the Arabian Peninsula
( Springer Nature , 2024 , Article)Accurate forecasting of environmental pollution indicators holds significant importance in diverse fields, including climate modeling, environmental monitoring, and public health. In this study, we investigate a wide range ... -
For narrower income inequality: traditional finance or microfinance?
( Routledge , 2023 , Article)This paper uses the theory of information imperfections to examine the relationship between income inequality and financial development in a dual financial system comprising traditional finance and microfinance. It uses ... -
Competition, regulation, and systemic risk in dual banking systems
( Elsevier Inc. , 2024 , Article)This study investigates the impact of competition and banking regulation on the systemic risk of Islamic Banks (IBs) and Conventional Banks (CBs). Utilizing a random effects panel model with robust errors and an unbalanced ...
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