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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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Stages of Diversification Redux
The existing literature on development and economic diversification finds an inverted-U function between these two... 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
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
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
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
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
What Are the Main Sources of Bank’s Productivity in the GCC: Some Evidence Using a Semiparametric Cost Model
A semiparametric cost frontier model is used to estimate TFP growth and its components in... Read More
Explaining the Financial Inclusion and Digital Financial Access Gap in the Aftermath of COVID-19: A Case Study of Palestine
This research proposes to investigate what factors contribute to the gender gap in financial inclusion,... Read More
The Impacts of Matching Contributions on Retirement Savings: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment
Using a large administrative dataset containing information for over 39 million private pension contracts and... Read More