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Conference papers represent key, cross-cutting themes that are selected through a rigorous peer-review process, following an open call for submissions. These papers are presented during the ERF Annual Conferences and are subject to constructive feedback from experienced referees.
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Did the US Federal Reserve Policy Harm the Stability of GCC Banks?
This study analyzed the performance and risk management practices of the top banks in the... Read More
Sovereign Risk Mispricing and Investor Herding: MENA Debt Markets
In response to the scarce evidence regarding herd behavior in emerging and frontier debt markets,... Read More
Long Shadows of the Walking Dead on Economic Activity
This paper presents the panorama of zombie firms in the Turkish economy, which are highly... Read More
Economic and Distributional Effects of Dams: Evidence from Iran
We examine the economic and distributional effects of dams in rural areas. We introduce a... Read More
Beyond the Norms: Innovation, Productivity, and Gender in Egyptian Firms
This study examines the relationships between gender and R&D, innovation, and productivity within Egyptian firms,... Read More
Stages of Diversification Redux
The existing literature on development and economic diversification finds an inverted-U function between these two... Read More
Inequality and Energy Subsidies Reform: Insights from the Largest Cash Transfer in the Developing World
We study the distributional effect of one of the largest global subsidy reforms, which replaced... Read More