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The Determinants of Tunisia’s Trade Deficit in Recent Years: A Gravity Model Approach
A plethora of empirical research studies have unveiled the determinants of bilateral flows, mainly free... Read More
The Dynamic Interaction of Exchange Rates and International Trade Flows in the MENA Region: GARCH Analysis
This study examined the dynamics between real exchange rate volatility and the level of international... Read More
Trade and Exchange Rate Effects: Evidence from Firm-Level Data
We estimate an augmented gravity model using a firm-level database on Turkish firms to revisit... Read More
Long-term Economy-wide Impacts of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Sudan
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) – a multi-year hydropower storage dam under construction on... Read More
Foreign Direct Investment and Corruption in Egypt: A Co-integration Analysis
This paper examines the impact of corruption on FDI in Egypt during the period 1970-2015... Read More
Shooting Down Trade: The Impact of Russian Sanctions on Turkish Exports and Exporters
On 24 November 2015, Turkish military shot down a Russian fighter jet near the Syrian-Turkey... Read More
Agree to Disagree? Making sense of Vagueness in International Environmental Agreements
This paper explains vagueness in IEAs by the heterogeneity in institutional capacities of the negotiating... Read More
Oil Curse, Islamic Constitutions, and Democracy
There is an ongoing debate on the relationship between Islam, oil wealth and (lack of)... Read More
Economic Diversification in the Middle East and North Africa: A Developmental Approach to Managing Non-renewable Resource Revenues
This paper investigates the political economy of managing resource revenues and economic diversification in Middle... Read More