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The Institutional Environment and the Banking – Growth Nexus: Theory and Investigation for MENA
Abstract This paper seeks to provide some theoretical and empirical answers to the following question: Does... Read More
Returns To Education: An Updated Comparison From Arab Countries
Abstract The paper provides a comparative study of private rate of return to education in... Read More
Privatization and Financial Market Development: A Comparison Between MENA Countries and Other Regions
Abstract This paper examines the impact of privatization on stock market size and liquidity in... Read More
Financial Liberalization and Money Demand in Morocco
Abstract This paper investigates whether the financial liberalization that Morocco has been undertaking since the early... Read More
Rational Speculative Bubbles: An Empirical Investigation of the Middle East and North African (MENA) Stock Markets
Abstract Despite recent extreme fluctuations of Middle East and North African (MENA) stock markets, we do... Read More
Financial Stability and Macro Prudential Regulation: Policy Implication of Systemic Expected Shortfall Measure
Abstract In this paper we highlighted the importance of systemic risk in the new framework... Read More
Access To the Labor Market and the Impact of Passage Through an Introductory Traineeship in Professional Life (SIVP1): The Example Of the Graduates Of Higher Education in Tunisia From 2004 To 2008
Abstract In this article, we propose to study the determinants of access to first employment... Read More
Raising Awareness of Alternatives to Public Sector Employment Among Syrian Youth
Abstract In 2003, over 80 percent of unemployed 15-29 year-olds in Syria sought jobs in... Read More
Job Quality Among the Non-Wage Workers in the Agriculture and Non-Agricultural Sectors in Egypt
Abstract It is quite challenging to operationalize the notion of job quality for wage and... Read More