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The Impact of Soft Power on Inward Foreign...

This paper examines the relationship between access to finance and financial constraint to... Read More

Date

September, 2025

No.

1794

Topic

Q4. Energy

H5. National Government Expenditures and Related Policies

E2. Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy

F2. International Factor Movements and International Business

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Does High Liquidity Creation Reduce the Efficiency of...

This paper examines the relationship between access to finance and financial constraint to... Read More

Date

September, 2025

No.

1793

Topic

E5. Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit

G2. Financial Institutions and Services

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The Interplay Between Fertility and Female Labor Market...

This paper examines the relationship between access to finance and financial constraint to... Read More

Date

August, 2025

No.

1792

Topic

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

J1. Demographic Economics

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The Impact of Price, Legality, and Flavor Availability...

This paper examines the relationship between access to finance and financial constraint to... Read More

Date

August, 2025

No.

1791

Topic

K3. Other Substantive Areas of Law

I1. Health

I2. Education and Research Institutions

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Harassment and Female Labor Force Participation: Micro-Level Evidence...

This paper examines the relationship between access to finance and financial constraint to... Read More

Date

August, 2025

No.

1790

Topic

R4. Transportation Economics

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

J1. Demographic Economics

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Finance-Growth Nexus in Time of Covid-19 Lockdown: Case of Iranian MSMES

This paper examines the relationship between access to finance and financial constraint to growth in... Read More

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False Negatives: Earnings Underreporting, Tax Overreporting in Surveys Worldwide

Household survey incomes are subject to misreporting and measurement issues biasing the static and dynamic... Read More

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Do Capital Flows Cause (De)-Industrialization?

This paper aims to investigate the effect of capital flows on manufacturing in advanced (ADV),... Read More

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Testing of Persistence in Firm Entry by Size, Sector, and Location: Case of Iran

This paper aims to investigate the stationary properties of entrepreneurship capital in the Iranian business... Read More

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Unravelling the Puzzle of Low Female Labor Force Participation in Iran

That women’s labor force participation in the Islamic Republic of Iran has been consistently low... Read More

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Internet and Food Production: Panel Data Evidence from North African Countries

Although a considerable body of research has examined the relationship between information and communication technology... Read More

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Informal Sector, Competition and Labor Productivity in Africa: Evidence from Firm-Level Data

The informal sector, a key feature of African economies, can cause significant distortions that result... Read More

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Financial Development, Corruption and Shadow Economy: Evidence from MENA Countries

This paper examines the relationship between financial development (FD), corruption, and the size of shadow... Read More

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