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WEALTH AND THE PERSISTENCE OF AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE GULF STATES: ECONOMIC PRIVILEGE OR A CULTURAL PHENOMENON?
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Foundation for Good Politics
, 2021 , Article)
During the Arab Spring the idea of the Middle East as an authoritarian exception appeared to be no longer valid. Yet the Gulf states seem to be safe from political turmoil. This paper examines the persistence of authoritarianism ...
Investigating the impact of donor funding: a case study on Lebanon
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Emerald Publishing
, 2017 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a macroeconomic framework to predict the impact of transient donor funding on a developing economy and to facilitate evaluation of the effectiveness of alternative uses of ...
Market liberalization and volatility of returns in emerging markets: The case of Qatar Exchange (QSC)
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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 ...
Assessing the Potential Impact of Introducing VAT on Price Levels in Qatar
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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 ...
Cryptocurrencies and Finance Theories
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Universiti Teknologi MARA.
, 2021 , Article)
Cryptocurrency (CCY) as a new key player in the currency system that has drawn the attention of scholars to examine its influence, relations and the opportunities that it may provide. However, a financial theoretical ...
A characterization of Top Trading Cycles under trading networks
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
We consider an object reallocation problem within a specific class of trade restrictions. An agent can only receive the object of someone else connected to him, which is referred to as feasibility. We introduce a Network ...
Does Political Risk Affect the Flow of Foreign Direct Investment into the Middle East North African Region
(2013 , Article)
Given the political risk in the Middle East North African (MENA) region, this research aimed to
unveil the importance of the different components of political risk on the change in foreign direct investment
(FDI), ...
‘Independence’ of Central Banks and the Political Economy of Monetary Policy
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Taylor & Francis
, 2023 , Article)
The notion of an ‘independent’ central bank has dominated monetary policy debates for the past three decades. The arguments for the political independence of central banks are closely related to the adoption of ‘inflation ...
Ownership structure, corporate governance and bank performance: Evidence from gcc countries
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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 ...
For narrower income inequality: traditional finance or microfinance?
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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 ...