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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
Debt, Inflation and Growth: Robust Estimation of Long-Run Effects in Dynamic Panel Data Models
This paper investigates the long-run effects of public debt and inflation on economic growth. Our... Read More
The Macro-Micro Nexus and Public Procurement Support Policy for SMEs: The Case of Pharmaceuticals in Egypt
The purpose of the current paper is to inform the open dialogue on further development... Read More
Do Global Shocks Drive Investor Herds in Oil-Rich Frontier Markets?
This paper examines the dynamic relationship between global factors and herding behavior in the oil-rich... Read More