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Islamic Banking Within the UAE’s Multicultural Context: Is It Time for Women-Specific Marketing Strategies?
Islamic finance and banking services have witnessed rapid growth in recent decades and constitute a... Read More
Corruption in The Banking Sector and Economic Growth in MENA Countries
Our purpose in this article is to study the impact of corruption on the banking... Read More
The Impact of Age-Specific Minimum Wages on Youth Employment and Education: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis
We exploit the age-specific minimum wage rule—which sets a lower minimum wage for workers of... Read More
Inter-Industry Spillovers in Labor Productivity and Global Value Chain Impacts: Evidence from Turkey
Based on the world input-output database 2016 (WIOD), this study examines the impact of the... Read More
Islamic Constitutions and Democracy
There is an ongoing debate on the relationship between Islam and (lack of) democracy. Considerable... Read More
CO2 Emissions, Environmental Provisions and Global Value Chains in MENA Countries
The paper investigates the relationship between carbon emissions, environmental provisions in Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs)... Read More
Long-Term Economy-Wide Impacts of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Sudan
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is expected to increase Ethiopia's electricity generation and affect... Read More
A Spatial Analysis of Regional Economic Growth in MENA Countries
In this paper various spatial econometric models are performed to check the existence of spatial... Read More
On Women Participation and Empowerment in International Trade: Impact on Trade Margins in the MENA Region
This paper investigates the contribution of female labor participation as well female ownership/management to trade... Read More