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Tax Morale and Pro-Social Behavior: Evidence from a Palestinian Survey
The Palestinian context is missing in the tax morale literature. Hence, in this paper we... Read More
Ownership Structure and Financial Performance in Islamic Banks: Does Bank Ownership Matter?
The current study aims to investigate empirically the relation between ownership structure (concentration and mix)... Read More
Are International Food Price Spikes the Source of Egypt’s High Inflation?
This paper examines whether domestic inflation spikes in Egypt during 2001-2011 were primarily the result... Read More
Threshold Effect of Inflation on Growth: Evidence from MENA Region
The nature of the relationship between inflation and growth is highlighted in the present study... Read More
Financial Cascades in The MENA Region: Theory, Empirics and Policy
We develop a randomized analytical model of financial herds and cascades, which we first numerically... Read More
Impact of Trade Reforms in Tunisia on the Elasticity of Labor Demand
The impact of trade reforms on the labor market may transit through many channels. One... Read More
Rethinking Social Insurance in Egypt: An Empirical Study
The focus of this paper is to empirically analyze the social insurance system (SIS) in... Read More
On Informality and Productivity of Micro and Small Enterprises: Evidence from MENA Countries
The objective of this paper is twofold. First, it aims to examine the impact of... Read More
The Effect of Financial Crisis on Hiring and Separation Rates: Evidence from Tunisian Labor Market
The goal of this paper is to investigate the effects of the global financial crisis... Read More