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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
Assessing the Effectiveness of the Fiscal-Monetary Policy Mix: Evidence from Morocco, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
The macroeconomic effects of the policy mix have been the subject of a rich array... Read More
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
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
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
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
Do Capital Flows Cause (De)-Industrialization?
This paper aims to investigate the effect of capital flows on manufacturing in advanced (ADV),... Read More
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
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