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Traders’ War Against Trade Walls: Evidence from Import Prohibition in Iran
While governments justify trade bans in terms of home protection and controlling currency crises, traders... Read More
Evaluating the Impact of COVID-19 on Credit Rationing for Tunisian SMEs: A Conditional Difference-in-Differences Analysis
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact on the global economy, particularly small and... Read More
To Leave or Not to Leave: The Role of Aspirations and Networks in Shaping Young Women’s Migration Decisions in Lebanon
Migration aspirations, the hope and ambition to leave the origin country, are recognized as the... Read More
The Impact of Independent Media on Political Mobilization during the Arab Spring
We investigate how independent media networks influenced political mobilization during the Arab Spring in the... Read More
Financial Inclusion and Threshold Effects in Carbon Emissions
Although financial inclusion would induce greater pollutant emissions through economic activity, improved access to financial... Read More
The Impacts of Matching Contributions on Retirement Savings: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment
Using a large administrative dataset containing information for over 39 million private pension contracts and... Read More
The Tradeoff between Child Quantity and Child Quality: Testing Becker’s Q-Q Model and Long-Terms Effects on Women Using Data from Egypt
Drawing on consumer demand theory, this study examines fertility as a microeconomic decision influenced by... Read More
A Comprehensive Analysis of The Dynamic Space-Time Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty in Egypt
This paper explores the relationship between climate conditions and poverty in Egypt at a sub-national... Read More
Unravelling The Nexus between Exchange Rate Undervaluation and Global Value Chain Participation
The undervaluation of the real exchange rate (RER) can influence the performance of national exports... Read More