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The Regional Impact of Trade Liberalization on Households in Egypt, 1999-2012
This paper assesses the impact of trade liberalization in Egypt by comparing regions more exposed ... read more
The Economic Response of Rural Areas to Local Supply Shock: Evidence From Palestine
This paper examines the economic effect of return commuting from the Israeli labor market on ... read more
Revisiting the Impact of Trade Openness on Informal and Irregular Employment in Egypt
This paper examines the impact of trade openness on job quality through the evolution of ... read more
Do Sovereign Wealth Funds Dampen the Negative Effects of Commodity Price Volatility?
This paper studies the impact of commodity terms of trade (CToT) volatility on economic growth ... read more
Incentive-Based Regulations and Bank Restructuring in Egypt
The Egyptian authorities undertook major banking reforms in the 1990s to create a more efficient ... read more
The Impact of Euro-Mediterranean Partnership on Jordan’s and Palestine’s Agricultural Sectors from A Water Perspective: The Case of Horticultural Exports to EU Markets
This study aims at examining how the Euro-Mediterranean partnership would affect the strategies of the ... read more
Towards A Trade Policy for Palestine
International trade plays a pivotal role in the context of the Palestinian economy that goes ... read more
Labor Market, Urban Poverty and Propoor Employment Policies
A complicated relationship exists between labor market mechanisms and poverty. Poverty might arise from labor ... read more
Investment Incentives, Marginal Effective Tax Rates and the Cost of Capital in Egypt
Although taxation is not the most important determinant of investment, it has a major impact ... read more
Trade and Foreign Exchange Regime in Egypt
The objective of this paper is to examine the most important components of foreign trade ... read more
The Expected Impact of Absorbing Returning Palestinians on The West Bank and Gaza Strip Labor Markets
In this study, a detailed model is presented to incorporate the labor markets in the ... read more
A Perspective on the Future Dollar-Euro Exchange Rate: Implications for the Peripheral Mediterranean Countries
This study examines some of the factors that may constitute the main determinants of the ... read more
The Egyptian Exporting Community and the Institutional Setup: Assessment of The Last Decade Developments and Perspectives for The EU-Med Partnership
This study evaluates the development of the institutional environment in Egypt over the last decade ... read more
Export Competitiveness: Where Does The Middle East and North Africa Region Stand?
Globalization could raise the export opportunities for the MENA region. Given its characteristics and endowments, ... read more
Selecting A Social Choice Rule: An Exploratory Panel Study
This study is an attempt to empirically understand public preferences concerning social choice rules. We ... read more
