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What Does the Literature Tell Us on the Relationship between Economic Interdependence and Conflict Management? An Overview with A Focus on the MENA Region
The present paper provides the conceptual framework for the analysis of relationship between economic interdependence... Read More
Shooting Down Trade
On 24 November 2015, Turkish military shot down a Russian fighter jet near the Syrian-Turkey... Read More
Economic Interdependence and Conflict in MENA
Militarized conflict worldwide has been on a declining trend after World War II while trade... Read More
Evolution of Inequality of Opportunity in Education in The Jordanian Case: From 2008 to 2017
Using data from the Household Expenditure and Income Surveys (HIES), we examine the status of... Read More
The Relationship between Economic Interdependence and Conflict Prevention: An Institutional Perspective
This paper investigates the relationship between economic interdependence and conflict prevention. It will focus on... Read More
Minimum Wages, Labor Market Institutions, and the Distribution of Earnings in Iran
We examine the impact of minimum wages on the distribution of earnings in Iran. Specifically,... Read More
Measuring Multidimensional Poverty in Palestine
Poverty is of particular concern to policy makers and international agencies in the context of... Read More
The Nexus between Construction Investment and Economic Development: Evidence from MENA Countries
We aim at scrutinizing the relationship between construction investments and economic development for 10 greatest... Read More
Sanctions, Wars and MENA Trade
The paper investigates to what extent the intra-MENA political tensions adversely affect intraregional trade (IRT).... Read More