Finance & Economics: Recent submissions
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Interbank offered rates in Islamic countries: Is the Islamic benchmark different from the conventional benchmarks?
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)Motivated by the size and the growth of the global Islamic financial services industry, 17 Islamic Banks in six Islamic countries, in conjunction with Thompson Reuters, developed an Islamic Interbank Benchmark Rate (IIBR, ... -
Political tensions, stock market dependence and volatility spillover: Evidence from the recent intra-GCC crises
( Elsevier Inc. , 2019 , Article)This study examines the impact of the two recent political and economic crises of March 2014 and June 2017 on the stock market dependence and volatility spillover between Qatar and the other GCC countries (Saudi Arabia, ... -
Is Economic Growth Really Jobless? Empirical Evidence from North Africa
( Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. , 2019 , Article)North African countries recorded the highest youth unemployment rate in the World during the latest years. The main causes for that situation continue to be at the forefront of the debate among economists, sociologists and ... -
Portfolio management and dependencies among precious metal markets: Evidence from a Copula quantile-on-quantile approach
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)This study examines the dependence structure among four major precious metal markets: gold, palladium, platinum, and silver. Using the novel Copula Quantile-on-Quantile Regression (C-QQR) approach of Sim (2016), we show ... -
Modelling the symmetric and asymmetric relationships between oil prices and those of corn, barley, and rapeseed oil
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)This study, using linear and nonlinear Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Models, investigates the dynamic linkages between oil prices and agricultural commodities. The results from the linear model show that barley, ... -
The impact of government spending on non-oil-GDP in Saudi Arabia (multiplier analysis)
( Inderscience Publishers , 2018 , Article)This paper examines the multiplier effect of Government spending on the non-oil Saudi Arabia economic growth. We focus on non-oil GDP rather than total GDP because activity in the oil sector is mainly determined by ... -
When does uncertainty avoidance promote customer-to-customer intercultural service encounters?
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: Previous literature has reported inconsistent findings regarding the impact of uncertainty avoidance (UA) on intercultural experiences. This includes positive, negative and insignificant associations between UA ... -
Bank concentration and schumpeterian growth: Theory and international evidence
( MIT Press Journals , 2018 , Article)This paper investigates the relationship between economic growth and bank concentration.We introduce imperfect competition within the banking system according to the Schumpeterian growth paradigm, and we theoretically and ... -
A comparative analysis of flipped, online and traditional teaching: A case of female Middle Eastern management students
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)This study compares performance and perception of students in a management course at a business school in the Middle East. 122 students completed an Introduction to Management course, which was divided into three different ... -
The Impact of Market-wide Volatility on Time-varying Risk: Evidence from Qatar Stock Exchange
( Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd , 2018 , Article)This study examines the impact of market-wide volatility on time-varying risk using the heteroscedastic market model with EGARCH (1,1) specification. Using daily sector returns from the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) market ... -
Time-varying efficiency of developed and emerging bond markets: Evidence from long-spans of historical data
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)Bonds have become an important part of investment portfolios for individuals as well as for institutions, particularly after the recent financial crisis. This paper empirically investigates the Adaptive Market Hypothesis ... -
On the increasing importance of multiple criteria decision aid methods for portfolio selection
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2018 , Article)In 1952, Markowitz published his famous paper on portfolio selection that transformed the field of finance. Although over 65years have passed since then, the mean-variance model remains today the predominant model in ... -
The environmental Kuznets curve relationship: a case study of the Gulf Cooperation Council region
( Springer Verlag , 2018 , Article)By using panel data over the 1980?2017 period and two alternative indicators of environmental pollution (carbon dioxide (CO2) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions), this paper investigates the validity of the environmental ... -
Asymmetric import cost pass-through in GCC countries: Evidence from nonlinear panel analysis
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)This paper investigates the asymmetric impacts of import costs on inflation in GCC countries. We utilize data from GCC countries and their trading partners over the period of 1990:Q1-2014:Q4 to construct a new import cost ... -
Diversification and bank stability in the GCC
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)This study examines bank diversification strategies and links to financial sector stability. Using a sample of listed and unlisted banks operating in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries over 2001 to 2014 we ... -
What drives energy efficiency? New evidence from financial crises
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)Using a sample of 100 countries from 1980 to 2015, this paper investigates the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), imports, gross capital formation, and industry value-added on energy efficiency before and after the ... -
Scale heterogeneity in discrete choice experiment: An application of generalized mixed logit model in air travel choice
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)This study explores to what extent scale heterogeneity (i.e., varying standard deviation of the errors across consumers) is important in air travel choice using data from a stated preference discrete choice experiment. We ... -
Is it possible to improve environmental quality without reducing economic growth: Evidence from the Qatar economy
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article Review)In line with the priorities of the Qatar national vision (QNV) 2030 and its principal pillars, we examine in this paper the energy use - economic growth nexus for Qatar during the period 1970-2014. Using recent development ... -
Fashion model profiles: the intersection of self, ideal and preferred
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand how young female fashion consumers assessed the facial attractiveness of an advertising model. The study focused on the consumers exposed to both local and foreign fashion ... -
Bank efficiency and industry growth during financial crises
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)Financial crises pose many problems for growth, and in this time of increasing financial instability it is important to fully understand why this happens. Many papers have analyzed the relationship between growth and a ...