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

The paper examines the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the efficiency and... 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...

The paper examines the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the efficiency and... 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...

The paper examines the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the efficiency and... 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...

The paper examines the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the efficiency and... 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:...

The paper examines the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the efficiency and... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1817

Topic

G1. General Financial Markets

Full List of ERF Publications

Working Papers
The Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions on Bank Efficiency: Evidence from Bank Consolidation in Egypt

The paper examines the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the efficiency and profitability of... Read More

Working Papers
One Hundred Years of Oil Income and the Iranian Economy: A Curse or a Blessing?

This paper examines the impact of oil revenues on the Iranian economy over the past... Read More

Working Papers
Business Cycle Synchronization in Euro Area and GCC Countries: A Wavelets-GA Approach

In this paper, we use an Extreme Bound Analysis (EBA) and Wavelet Transformation (WT) to... Read More

Working Papers
Competitiveness in Turkish Banking: 2002-2011

Using a novel approach, we derive “shadow unrealized profit scores” as well as “shadow input-output... Read More

Working Papers
The Structure and Evolution of Employment in Egypt: 1998-2012

This paper conducts a detailed analysis of the evolution of the employment situation in Egypt... Read More

Working Papers
Do Product Standards Matter for Margins of Trade In Egypt? Evidence from Firm-Level Data

According to the World Trade Organization (WTO) standards, countries are allowed to adapt regulations under... Read More

Working Papers
Wage Differential between Urban and Rural Palestine: The Shadow of Palestinian- Israeli Conflict

The objective of this paper is to explore the impact of Israel's development restrictions on... Read More

Working Papers
Young People’s Job Aspirations in Egypt and the Continued Preference for a Government Job

Despite the slowing of government hiring in Egypt, the government remains the employer of choice... Read More

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