Finance & Economics: Recent submissions
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Money demand and black market exchange rate: A cointegration approach with structural break
( Inderscience Publishers , 2017 , Article)This paper examines different specifications of the money demand function by including both black market exchange rate and oil prices as additional variables in Syria for the period 1990Q1-2009Q4. In order to test the ... -
Financing new entrepreneurship: Credit or microcredit?
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Building on the theory of information asymmetry, we investigate the impact of conventional banking versus the impact of microfinance on new entrepreneurship. We use a panel dataset collected from 49 developing countries ... -
Regime-specific impact of financial reforms on economic growth in Pakistan
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)This study uses and proposes a new methodological approach to construct a financial liberalization index on the basis of the dynamic factor model technique. The resulting index is used to investigate the impact of the ... -
Analysis of the performance of TAM in oil and gas industry: Factors and solutions for improvement
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Although it is well recognized that turnaround maintenance (TAM) projects are key determinant of the performance of oil and gas (O&G) companies, little is known about the factors that determine their performance and what ... -
COVID-19, cryptocurrencies bubbles and digital market efficiency: sensitivity and similarity analysis
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)This paper compares the degree of cryptocurrency market efficiency during the pre- and post COVID-19 pandemic with the bubble and non-bubble periods of cryptocurrency markets. Furthermore, it examines and clusters eighteen ... -
An intra-cryptocurrency analysis of volatility connectedness and its determinants: Evidence from mining coins, non-mining coins and tokens
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)This paper analysis the dynamic of the volatility connectedness between three main categories of the cryptocurrency market (mineable coins, non-mineable coins and tokens). 2022 The Authors -
Contagion versus Interdependence: The Case of the BRIC Countries During the Subprime Crises
( Elsevier , 2014 , Book chapter)This chapter contributes to the empirical finance literature on modeling co-movement in financial markets by considering the case of the BRIC countries during the subprime crises. To overcome the problem of the time-varying ... -
Enhancing the export activities of small and medium-sized enterprises in emerging markets
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2022 , Article)Purpose: This study aims to examine a conceptual integrated framework for small- and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) export performance that comprises all potential export determinants and inhibitors. This study also ... -
Tourism research for the GCC region: Current status and future research directions
( SAGE Publications , 2021 , Article Review)Tourism in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has recently been considered by policymakers as a new avenue for economic diversification. Despite the considerable literature concerning the impact of tourism ... -
Analysis of the resilience of the Turkey tourism industry to exogenous shocks: new evidence from a NARDL model
( Taylor & Francis , 2022 , Article)This paper analyses the resilience of the Turkey tourism industry to exogenous shocks over the period from January 1997 to December 2018. Using the nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag model, our results show strong ... -
Breaking down the export barriers for small and medium-sized enterprises: Focus group study across Vietnam
( Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. , 2021 , Article)This paper attempts to empirically analyse the motivations and barriers among Vietnamese businesses in undertaking export activities. The study applies thematic analysis method and categorisations developed from extant ... -
Key determinants of SMEs’ export performance: a resource-based view and contingency theory approach using potential mediators
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2020 , Article)Purpose: Various barriers discourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from entering or expanding their export activities in the international markets, especially SMEs in emerging markets. The purpose of this study ... -
The impact of government policies on FDI decision of multinational corporations: an application to the Vietnamese service industry
( Inder science Enterprises Ltd. , 2018 , Article)There has been an upsurge in competition amongst Asian countries to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) resulting in higher government incentives given by the host countries. Whereas most of the empirical studies ... -
Environment Degradation and Economic Growth in the Qatar Economy: Evidence from a Markov Switching Equilibrium Correction Model
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Air pollution, global greenhouse gases (GHG), water pollution and water resources degradation are among the most serious environmental concerns that encounter the Qatar country. In nowadays, it is commonly known that the ... -
Stock Prices and Crude Oil Shocks: The Case of GCC Countries
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Qatar and other Middle Eastern countries stock market are influenced by oil prices. The goal of this paper is to compare how stock prices in the GCC are affected by shocks in oil prices and comparing the results with other ... -
Using A Gravity Apprch To Explain Food Imports For Improved Food Security In Qatar
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference Paper)Today, food security is a global problem. The Qatar National Food Security Programme describes the dimensions of food security in Qatar in terms of food quality, physical availability, and affordability, alongside the ... -
Simulating Yields for Selected Vegetables in Qatar Using Crop, Climate, Soil and Management Information to Improve the Country's Food Security
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Qatar produces only about 8 to 10 percent of food consumed in the country. Domestic production of perishable commodities, primarily vegetables, will be increased by using a combination of hi-tech water-efficient field and ... -
Public Versus Private Higher Education in Qatar: Quality, Returns and Matching to the Labor Market
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Education is the major driver of growth. Recently, special attention is being given to the mismatch between the education system and the skills required and needed by the labor market. The aim of the present research is ... -
Consumers' Perception and Attitudes Towards Safety of Fruits and Vegetables in Qatar
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Qatar is well known for its natural resources and the country has the highest per capita income in the world, but when it comes to food, the picture is different. The country imports nearly 90% of its food, meaning it is ... -
Energy Demand Estimation and Forecasting in Qatar
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2018 , Conference Paper)The economic theory provides a rationale for linking the energy demand to a number of variables that might affect it. Starting from that, the empirical analyses specify a number of alternative specifications of the energy ...