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Resource Rents, Institutions and Violent Civil Conflicts
Natural resources have been blamed for inducing slow growth and sparking civil conflicts and violence.... Read More
International Labor Mobility and Employment Interactions in Tunisia
This paper analyzes the international labor mobility-employment nexus in Tunisia in a dynamic general equilibrium... Read More
Structural Change and Industrial Policy in Turkey
This paper presents evidence on structural change in Turkey and provides an overview of the... Read More
Macroeconomic Shocks and Banking Sector Developments in Egypt
From 2008 to 2011, Egypt was hit by significant shocks, both global and country-specific. This... Read More
Trade and R&D Externalities: Impact on the Cost of Production of the Tunisian Manufacturing Sector
The purpose of this paper is to introduce a suitable methodology for estimating the extent... Read More
Does Infrastructure Mitigate the Effect of Urban Concentration on Poverty in Developing Countries?
The paper focuses on a poorly investigated issue, although highly challenging for developing countries, which... Read More
How Does Urban Concentration Affect Poverty in Developing Countries?
The present paper addresses an important issue for developing countries namely the interaction between urban... Read More
Long Run Versus Short Run Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture
In this paper, we propose an original empirical investigation of the long run versus short... Read More
Trade, Transaction Costs and TFP: Evidence from Tunisia and Egypt
Increases in total factor productivity (TFP) are commonly associated with accumulation of knowledge through technological... Read More