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In Search of A New Development Model For Tunisia: Assessing the Performance of the Offshore Regime
The main purpose of this paper is to examine the offshore regime in Tunisia and... Read More
The Political Economy of Macroeconomic Policy in Arab Resource- Rich Economies
Revisiting macroeconomic policies and outcomes of Arab resource-rich economies (RREs), this paper synthesizes the political... Read More
Fiscal- Monetary Interdependence and Exchange Rate Regimes in Oil Dependent Arab Economies
This paper contributes to the literature on the interdependence between fiscal and monetary policies in... Read More
Oil, Volatility and Institutions: Cross-Country Evidence From Major Oil Producers
This paper examines the long-run effects of oil revenue and its volatility on economic growth... Read More
Education and the Allocation of Time of Married Women in Iran
In the past two decades Iranian women have become much better educated and reduced their... Read More
Muslim Youth Unemployment and Expat Jihadism- Bored to Death?
While the presence of foreign fighters in military conflict has been a regular ingredient of... Read More
The Political Economy of A Sector in Crisis: Industrial Policy and Political Connections in the Egyptian Automotive Industry
The Egyptian automotive industry developed under the country’s policy of import substitution industrialization (ISI). It... Read More
The Currency-Plus-Commodity Basket: A Proposal for Exchange Rates in Oil-exporting Countries to Accommodate Trade Shocks Automatically
The paper proposes an exchange rate regime for oil-exporting countries. The goal is to achieve... Read More
The Impact of the Fracking Boom on Arab Oil Producers
This paper makes four contributions. First, it investigates the extent to which the U.S. fracking... Read More