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Do information and communication technology and renewable energy use matter for carbon dioxide emissions reduction? Evidence from the Middle East and North Africa region
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
This study aims to investigate whether information and communication technologies (ICT) and renewable energy consumption can help improve environmental quality for a selected group of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) ...
Do oil producing countries offer international diversification benefits? Evidence from GCC countries
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
This paper provides evidence of the existence of diversification benefits in international stock markets when oil producing countries are included in a global portfolio. Moreover, it examines whether recent oil shocks and ...
The impact of energy consumption and economic development on Ecological Footprint and CO2 emissions: Evidence from a Markov Switching Equilibrium Correction Model
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2017 , Article)
Reducing the impact of air pollution and global environmental degradation on human health and quality of life for Qatari citizens represents the most important objective of the Qatar National vision 2030. With respect to ...
Breaks or long range dependence in the energy futures volatility: Out-of-sample forecasting and VaR analysis
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2016 , Article)
The aim of this paper is to propose an empirical strategy that allows the discrimination between true and spurious long memory behaviors. That strategy is based on the comparison between the estimated long memory parameter ...
Blockchain-based Supply Chain Financing Solutions for Qatar
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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). ...
Impact of ICTs Diffusion on Environmental Quality in Qatar
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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 ...
The Asymmetric Effects of Government Expenditure Shocks on Private Consumption: Evidence from Arab Resource-Rich Countries
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International Journal of Business & Economics
, 2022 , Article)
This paper aims to examine the asymmetric impact of government expenditure shocks on private consumption in Arab resource-rich countries, particularly the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC), using the Nonlinear ARDL ...
Co-explosivity versus leading effects: Evidence from crude oil and agricultural commodities
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
Unlike previous studies investigating the interdependence and co-movements between different commodity prices, this paper examined the co-explosivity versus leading effects between the Brent oil prices and agricultural ...
Impact of financial literacy, perceived access to finance, ICT use, and digitization on credit constraints: evidence from Qatari MSME importers
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Springer Nature
, 2024 , Article)
This study investigates the role of financial literacy (FL), perceived access to finance (PAF), information communication technology (ICT) usage, and digitization in alleviating the level of credit constraint that micro, ...
Is digital gold a hedge, safe haven, or diversifier? An analysis of cryptocurrencies, DeFi tokens, and NFTs
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Taylor & Francis
, 2024 , Article)
The crypto assets market is growing rapidly, exposing investors to new risks. As a result, finding viable candidates to hedge and diversify crypto portfolios is a critical and timely topic. In this paper, we explore the ...