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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.
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How Inward FDI Shapes the Dynamics of Exports and R&D Activities: Evidence from Tunisian Manufacturing Firms
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can inject technology and knowledge into host-country economies, potentially influencing their... Read More
Trade and Connectiveness between Neighbours across the Strait
This paper builds a dataset of bilateral trade flows between provinces of a developed and... 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
Connectedness and Portfolio Management between Clean Energy, Crude Oil Prices and Equities Market before and During the Ukraine War: Evidence for GCC Countries
This paper examines the risk dependence between clean energy, oil prices and GCC stock markets... 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
Explaining the Financial Inclusion and Digital Financial Access Gap in the Aftermath of COVID-19: A Case Study of Palestine
This research proposes to investigate what factors contribute to the gender gap in financial inclusion,... Read More
What Are the Main Sources of Bank’s Productivity in the GCC: Some Evidence Using a Semiparametric Cost Model
A semiparametric cost frontier model is used to estimate TFP growth and its components in... Read More
Did the US Federal Reserve Policy Harm the Stability of GCC Banks?
This study analyzed the performance and risk management practices of the top banks in the... Read More