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Correlates of Kin Marriage in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia
Although kin marriage is widely practiced in the MENA, the rationales that are thought to... Read More
Crony Interlockers and The Centrality of Banks: The Network of Moroccan Listed Companies
In this paper, we study crony capitalism through the lens of Moroccan listed companies and... Read More
Out of Pocket Health Expenditure and Household Budget: Evidence from Arab Countries
This paper assesses the prevalence of out-of-pocket catastrophic health expenditure and pinpoints the factors associated... Read More
Anatolian Tigers and the Emergence of the Devout Bourgeoisie in the Turkish Manufacturing Industry: An Empirical Analysis
It has widely been asserted that an important dimension of social dynamics that eventually carried... Read More
Moroccan Cronyism: Facts, Mechanisms and Impact
The purpose of this paper is to shed some light on Moroccan cronyism by studying... Read More
Judicial Review in Public-Private Business Contracts in Egypt Evidence from Administrative Court Rulings in Government Tenders and Bids Law Disputes
This paper examines the role that administrative court review in Egypt plays in supporting the... Read More
Constructing Labor Market Transitions Recall Weights in Retrospective Data: An Application to Egypt and Jordan
To be able to redress retrospective panels into random samples and correct for any recall... Read More
The Link between Health Condition Costs and Standard of Living: A Structural Equation Modelling
This study employs a Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) to explore the health related costs using... Read More
I’ve Got the Power: Mapping Connections between Lebanon’s Banking Sector and the Ruling Class
This paper explores the extent to which local commercial banks in Lebanon are linked to... Read More