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The impacts of productivity differentials and oil price on the real exchange rate misalignment: Evidence from a developing country
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Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
This study examines the impact of oil price and productivity differentials on real exchange rate (RER) misalignment in Syria from 1980 to 2010. In order to do that, this research develops an index for productivity differential ...
Dynamic risk spillovers and portfolio risk management between precious metals and global foreign exchange markets
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
This study examines portfolio management and risk spillovers between four major precious metals (gold, silver, palladium and platinum) and 20 important U.S. exchange markets. To this end, we employ the multivariate DECO-GARCH ...
The impact of business and political news on the GCC stock markets
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
This paper investigates the impact of business and political news on stock market returns in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. For this purpose, it employs a Markov switching model including a separate index ...
Stock Prices and Crude Oil Shocks: The Case of GCC Countries
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
The aim of this chapter is to identify the effects of oil price volatility on stock market volatility for eight oil exporter or importer countries. Using weekly data for the 2004-15 period, we model the relationship between ...
Testing the risk-return tradeoff in the emerging market of Jordan: What role for financial crises?
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2016 , Article)
This study investigates the risk-return relationship at sector level in the emerging market of Jordan (ASE) over the period 1999-2014. The results of an unconditional test with a structural breakpoint show that the ...
Does Official development assistance for health from developed countries displace government health expenditure in sub-saharan countries?
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Economics Bulletin
, 2016 , Article)
This paper empirically examines the foreign aid fungibility in the health sector of 45 Sub-Saharan countries over the period of 1995-2012. The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of foreign health aid on government ...
Do financial distress and liquidity crises affect value and size premiums?
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Routledge
, 2016 , Article)
This study investigates the impact of liquidity crises on the relationship between stock (value and size) premiums and default risk in the US market. It first examines whether financial distress can explain value and size ...
The new face of university-business cooperation in Finland
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Oxford University Press
, 2016 , Article)
This paper analyses the development of university-business cooperation (UBC) in Finland in the context of the University Reform Act of 2009, drawing on the experience of four universities: Aalto University, University of ...
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 ...
Key determinants of inflation and monetary policy in the emerging markets: Evidence from Vietnam
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2016 , Article)
The study explores the key determinants of inflation in Vietnam for a period of ten year (2000-2011) using the explanatory variables: past inflation, real income, money supply, exchange rate, interest rate and world oil ...