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Bridging Education and Fertility: Unraveling the Role of...

This paper aims to investigate the gender-corruption relationship in 13 MENA countries over... Read More

Date

June, 2025

No.

1780

Topic

I14 Health and Inequality

J1. Demographic Economics

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Domestic and External Determinants of Inflation: An Empirical...

This paper aims to investigate the gender-corruption relationship in 13 MENA countries over... Read More

Date

June, 2025

No.

1779

Topic

E3. Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles

E5. Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit

E6. Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook

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The Missing Link: When GVC Does Not Matter...

This paper aims to investigate the gender-corruption relationship in 13 MENA countries over... Read More

Date

June, 2025

No.

1778

Topic

L1. Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance

F1. Trade

O1. Economic Development

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Does the Inverted U-Shaped Kuznets Environmental Curve Hold...

This paper aims to investigate the gender-corruption relationship in 13 MENA countries over... Read More

Date

May, 2025

No.

1777

Topic

Q5. Environmental Economics

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The Role of FDI in Boosting Peacebuilding in...

This paper aims to investigate the gender-corruption relationship in 13 MENA countries over... Read More

Date

May, 2025

No.

1775

Topic

E2. Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy

F2. International Factor Movements and International Business

J1. Demographic Economics

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Gender and Corruption in MENA Countries: New Evidence from the ARDL Approach

This paper aims to investigate the gender-corruption relationship in 13 MENA countries over the period... Read More

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Egypt’s National Road Project: Assessing the Economic Impacts of the Upgraded Transportation Network

In 2014, Egypt started its national road project. This project is one of the greatest... Read More

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Government Spending and Regional Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from Egypt

Poverty is one of the major socio-economic problems facing most developing countries. In Egypt, 29.7... Read More

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Do Human Capital and Governance Thresholds Matter for the Environmental Impact of FDI? The Evidence from MENA Countries

This paper investigates whether the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on CO2 emissions may... Read More

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The Effect of Corruption on Internal Conflict in Iran Using Newspaper Coverage

We study the effect of a corruption reflection index on internal conflict in Iran using... Read More

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Financial Connectedness and Risk Transmission Among MENA Countries: Evidence from Connectedness Network and Clustering Analysis

This study examines the financial connectedness and risk transmission among MENA economies by accounting for... Read More

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Fostering the Social and Solidarity Economy and Formalizing Informality in MENA Countries

First, youth inactivity, unemployment and informal employment are pervasive in the MENA labour markets. Using... Read More

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What Determines Housing Prices in Egypt?

The Egyptian housing market is a very dynamic market and has many interactions with monetary... Read More

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