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Intra-Regional Trade in Industrial Products: Past Trends and Future Prospects
Abstract This paper examines recent developments and future prospects of intra-regional trade in industrial products... Read More
Do Workers Pay for Social Protection? An Analysis of Wage Differentials in the Egyptian Private Sector
Abstract This paper examines whether private employers are able to pass the cost of protective... Read More
Trade Liberalization and Foreign Investment in Jordan
Abstract This paper discusses trade reforms adopted by Jordan since the severe economic crisis it... Read More
Catching Up With Eastern Europe? The European Union’s Mediterranean Free Trade Initiative
Abstract This paper discusses the potential role of a Euro-Mediterranean Agreement (EMA) in helping Middle... Read More
Earnings and Regional Inequality in Egypt
Abstract This paper presents an empirical investigation of the determinants of labor market earnings inequality... Read More
The Partisan Theory and Macroeconomic Policy Under Unscheduled Regime Transfers, A Case Study of An LDC
Abstract In this paper we investigate the possible occurrence of patterns in macroeconomic policy targeting... Read More
The Decline of the Iranian Rial During the Post Revolutionary Period: A Productivity Approach
Abstract Since the advent of revolution in Iran, the Iranian rial has lost its nominal... Read More
Opening up and Distribution in the Middle East & North Africa: The Poor, The Unemployed and The Public Sector
Abstract The paper reviews the links between long-run growth patterns, the process of opening up,... Read More
The Relationship of Education to Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis
Abstract Simple and piecewise linear regression methods were used on cross-country as well as pooled-cross-country... Read More