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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
The Evolution of Labor Supply and Unemployment in the Egyptian Economy: 1988-2012
This paper analyzes the evolution of labor supply and unemployment in Egypt in the period... Read More
The Formal and Informal Framework of Foreign Direct Investment
This paper studies the impact of social trust and formal legal and institutional determinants of... Read More
A Comparative Analysis of the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in The Arab World and in Asia
The paper investigates the determinants of FDI to Arab countries in order to single out... Read More
Is There Anything Special With Intra-Arab Capital Flows?
The paper examines the determinants if intra-Arab FDI inflows as compared to inflows from non-Arab... Read More
Young People and the Digital Divide in Egypt: An Empirical Study
This paper uses an ordered probit model to empirically assess the determinants of the digital... Read More
Returns to Foreign Language Skills in a Developing Country: The Case of Turkey
Foreign language skills represent a form of human capital that can be rewarded in the... Read More
Savings and Investment Decisions from Natural Resource Revenues: Implications for Arab Development
The Middle East is fortunate to have large endowments of oil and gas. The economies... Read More
FDI and Exports Diversification in Arab Countries
The diversity of MENA countries’ exports has increased together with flows of FDI to the... Read More