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An Analysis of the Mobile Telephone Sector in MENA: Potential for Deregulation and Privatization
Abstract This study evaluates the growth and trend in the mobile telephone sector in several... Read More
Local Employment Growth in the Coastal Area of Tunisia: A Dynamic Spatial Panel Approach
Abstract Since the mid-1980s, Tunisia has conducted a structural adjustment program characterized by more privatization... Read More
Did the Global Financial Crisis and Recession Contribute to the Uprisings in North Africa?
Abstract In this paper, we utilize time series tests with structural breaks to test for... Read More
Climate Change Impacts on Wheat Yields in the North-West of Tunisia
Abstract In this study we are examining the climate change impacts on cereal yields in... Read More
Stock Prices and Inflation: Evidence from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Morocco
Abstract This paper attempts to investigate monthly stock price indexes and good price indexes for... Read More
Fiscal Regimes in and Outside the MENA Region
Abstract The 1990s ushered the world not only into a democracy wave, following the collapse... Read More
Stock Market Liquidity: Comparative Analysis of The Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange and Dubai Financial Market
Abstract In the context of stock markets, the financial economics literature has developed the concept... Read More
Residential Water Demand: A Panel Cointegration Approach and Application to Tunisia
Abstract In this paper we use an appropriate econometric technique to analyze residential water demand... Read More
Institutional Evolution and Economic Development in Iran and Turkey
Abstract Iran and Turkey historically had outwardly similar politoconomic experiences. Particularly after the World War... Read More