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The Economics of the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Neighboring Countries. The Case of Lebanon
In this article, we investigate the effects of a massive displacement of workers from a... Read More
Trade Openness: An Effective tool for Poverty Alleviation or an Instrument for Increasing Poverty Severity?
Several studies focus on the effects of trade openness on poverty alleviation through studying the... Read More
Assessing the Intra-Arab Trade Integration and Potential: Evidence from Stochastic Frontier Gravity Model
Following the theoretical background on production theory, this study employs a stochastic frontier gravity model... Read More
On the Trade-off Between Size, Sustainability and Social Outcome of the Microfinance Institutions: A Two Stages Bootstrapped DEA Approach
The paper aims at measuring the performance of MFIs in MENA region with reference to... Read More
Mixed Market Structure, Competition and Market Size: How Does Product Mix Respond?
Assuming a double heterogeneity; within industry firm heterogeneity and within firm product heterogeneity, this paper... Read More
Sir! I’d Rather Go to School, Sir!
Conscription is a popular method of army recruitment for governments of developing countries that are... Read More
Time-varying Response of Treasury Yields to Monetary Policy Shocks: Evidence from the Tunisian Bond Market
This paper examines the Treasury bond yields response to monetary policy shocks in Tunisia under... Read More
Trade Policy in a Sovereign Palestinian State: What are the Options in a Final Settlement?
Economic development and trade performance in Palestine are strongly affected by the unusual links between... Read More
Political Determinants of Government Structure and Economic Performance in Turkey since 1950
During the last two-thirds of a century, Turkey was ruled by a wide variety of... Read More