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The Politics of Sovereign Credit Spreads
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article Review)
Using a large sample of 35 developing countries for the period 1993-2009, we provide strong and robust evidence that the political institutions in place play a significant role in explaining sovereign spreads. In particular, ...
Successes and challenges of Arabic sentiment analysis research: a literature review
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Springer-Verlag Wien
, 2017 , Article Review)
The analysis of sentiment in text has mainly been focused on the English language. The complexity of the Arabic language and its linguistic features that oppose those found in English resulted in the inability to adapt ...
Improving management of future coastal development in Qatar through ecosystem-based management approaches
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article Review)
The coastline of Qatar is a rich mosaic of productive and diverse ecosystems including mangrove forests, intertidal mudflats (sabkha), seagrass beds, and coral reefs. These ecologically interconnected ecosystems contain a ...
The impact of economic development and social-political factors on ecological footprint: A panel data analysis for 15 MENA countries
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Elsevier
, 2017 , Article Review)
This paper extends the work of Al-Mulali and Ozturk (2015) [1] by re-investigating the Environment Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis for 15 MENA (Middle East and North African) countries using the Ecological Footprint (EF) ...
Renewable and non-renewable energy use - economic growth nexus: The case of MENA Net Oil Importing Countries
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Elsevier
, 2017 , Article Review)
This study examines the energy use - economic growth nexus by disaggregating energy use into two types of energy, renewable and non-renewable energy use. Our sample consists of eleven MENA Net Oil Importing Countries (NOICs) ...
Testing the Kuznets Curve hypothesis for Qatar: A comparison between carbon dioxide and ecological footprint
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Elsevier
, 2017 , Article Review)
This paper explores the validity of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) using two different environment indicators: the carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and the ecological footprint (EF) in Qatar over the 1980-2011 period. ...
Utilizing Facebook by the Arab World Governments: The Communication Success Factor
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IGI Global
, 2017 , Article Review)
This study explored the importance of social media as a communication channel, and the reasons that lead governments to adopt such channel in their communication. Twelve Arab governments out of all twenty-two Arab countries ...