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Digital Financial Inclusion and Socioeconomic Sustainability in Saudi...

In the 1990s, many MENA countries relied on adjustment and stabilization programs offered... Read More

Date

July, 2025

No.

1783

Topic

O3. Technological Change, Research and Development, Intellectual Property Rights

G2. Financial Institutions and Services

I3. Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

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Between Stabilization and Allocation in the MENA Region: Are Competition Laws Helping?

In the 1990s, many MENA countries relied on adjustment and stabilization programs offered by international... Read More

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An Anatomy of Firm-Level Productivity in Turkey in the AKP Era

The main aim of the current paper is to investigate the productivity dynamics of Turkey... Read More

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The Real Effects of Credit Supply Disruptions: The Case of 2011 Embezzlement Scandal in Iran

In this paper we study the effect of credit market disruptions on real decisions in... Read More

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Credit Card Debt: Nescience or Necessity?

This paper attempts to assess whether the driving factor behind the rising credit card indebtedness... Read More

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Macroeconomic Institutions: Lessons from World Experience for MENA Countries

What can be learned from the world experience about different macroeconomic institutions, to improve macroeconomic... Read More

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Thank You, Infidels! Social Welfare and Islamic State Recruitment

This paper is motivated by reports about Islamic State fighters having received welfare payments from... Read More

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The Weight of History: A Natural Experiment in Higher Education

Using a Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) and publicly available datasets, this study measures the effect... Read More

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