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Identifying Sources of Inefficiency among Students of Five MENA Countries
Instead of pushing pupils to learn by rote, the education task should be to develop... Read More
An Analysis of Education Expenditures in Turkey By Income Groups
Abstract Using Turkish Household Budget Surveys from 2003, 2007 and 2012, this paper investigates the... Read More
Algeria and the Natural Resource Curse: Oil Abundance and Economic Growth
Abstract In this paper we examine the interaction between oil-export revenue and long-run economic growth... Read More
Is There a Glass Ceiling in Morocco? Evidence From Matched Worker-Firm Data
Abstract According to the glass ceiling hypothesis evidenced in developed countries, there exist larger gender pay... Read More
Momentum in Emerging Markets: Investigation of Overconfidence and Cognitive BIAS Factors
ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to check if investors in emerging markets, especially... Read More
On the Linkage Between Monetary Policy and MENA Stock Markets
Abstract Using a sample of eight MENA region countries this study tries to understand whether... Read More
Early Retirement in the Government Sector in Egypt: Preferences, Determinants and Policy Implications
Abstract The objective of this study is to look at factors affecting the decision of... Read More
A Comparative Analysis of Exchange Rate Fluctuations and Economic Activity: The Cases of Egypt and Turkey
Abstract The paper examines the effects of exchange rate fluctuations on real output, the price... Read More
Water Demand Management in Arid Area: A DEA Input Distance Function Approach to Analyze Technical and Scale Efficiencies and Irrigation of Farms in Tunisia
Abstract Technical and scale efficiencies have been widely studied in agricultural production literature, but many of... Read More