Publications

Connecting People and Ideas... Through its impartial, independent and timely analysis of economic problems on the one hand and a well-established publications process on the other, ERF seeks maximize impact of development research and to inform policy debate and policy discussions. Our portfolio includes a Series of Working Papers and Series of Policy Reports, Policy Briefs and Policy Perspectives.

Latest ERF Publications

Working Papers

Financialization and Income Inequality

This paper examines the economic effect of return commuting from the Israeli labor... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1821

Topic

F6. Economic Impacts of Globalization

F4. Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance

I3. Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

O1. Economic Development

Working Papers

Informality and Heterogeneity: Assessing Monetary Policy Transmission in...

This paper examines the economic effect of return commuting from the Israeli labor... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1820

Topic

E1. General Aggregative Models

E3. Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles

E5. Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit

E2. Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy

Working Papers

Innovation Activities and Sustainable Firm Growth in Arab...

This paper examines the economic effect of return commuting from the Israeli labor... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1819

Topic

L1. Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance

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

Working Papers

Stuck in War: The PKK Conflict and Intergenerational...

This paper examines the economic effect of return commuting from the Israeli labor... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1818

Topic

N3. Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy

I1. Health

I2. Education and Research Institutions

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

Working Papers

Investor Herding and Islamic Moral Economy and Finance:...

This paper examines the economic effect of return commuting from the Israeli labor... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1817

Topic

G1. General Financial Markets

Full List of ERF Publications

Working Papers
The Economic Response of Rural Areas to Local Supply Shock: Evidence From Palestine

This paper examines the economic effect of return commuting from the Israeli labor market on... Read More

Working Papers
Revisiting the Impact of Trade Openness on Informal and Irregular Employment in Egypt

This paper examines the impact of trade openness on job quality through the evolution of... Read More

ERF Journal
Middle East Development Journal – Volume 9, Issue 1, 2017

Articles in this issue: Out-of-pocket health spending and equity implications in Tunisia, Ines Ayadi &... Read More

Working Papers
Do Sovereign Wealth Funds Dampen the Negative Effects of Commodity Price Volatility?

This paper studies the impact of commodity terms of trade (CToT) volatility on economic growth... Read More

Policy Briefs
Egypt Must Strengthen Budget Institutions to Curb Mounting Budget Deficit

In a nutshell • Since the January 2011 popular revolution, the budget deficit in Egypt... Read More

Working Papers
Incentive-Based Regulations and Bank Restructuring in Egypt

The Egyptian authorities undertook major banking reforms in the 1990s to create a more efficient... Read More

Working Papers
Towards A Trade Policy for Palestine

International trade plays a pivotal role in the context of the Palestinian economy that goes... Read More

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