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

In this paper, we study the causal effect of COVID-19 related reduction in... 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...

In this paper, we study the causal effect of COVID-19 related reduction in... 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...

In this paper, we study the causal effect of COVID-19 related reduction in... 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...

In this paper, we study the causal effect of COVID-19 related reduction in... 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:...

In this paper, we study the causal effect of COVID-19 related reduction in... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1817

Topic

G1. General Financial Markets

Full List of ERF Publications

Working Papers
A Double-Edged Sword: Impact of Covid-19 on Environment

In this paper, we study the causal effect of COVID-19 related reduction in mobility and... Read More

Working Papers
Fiscal Policy Response to Public Debt: Evidence for the MENA Region

This paper deals with fiscal sustainability by estimating fiscal reaction functions (FRF) for a panel... Read More

Working Papers
Impact of Tax Reforms in Applied Models: Which Functional Forms Should Be Chosen for the Demand System? Theory and Application for Morocco

When researchers and policymakers conduct impact analyses of economic reforms, especially fiscal reforms, the specification... Read More

Working Papers
Essays on Fiscal Sustainability in Algeria

The topic of fiscal policy sustainability has received much attention during the last two decades,... Read More

Working Papers
Survival of The Fittest: A Natural Experiment from Crypto Exchanges

This paper explores the applicability of universal cryptocurrency exchange by analyzing crypto exchanges of Binance,... Read More

Working Papers
Economic, Social and Institutional Determinants of Internal Conflict in Fragile States

In this paper, we use fixed-effect Poisson regressions (FEPR) with robust standard errors and instrumental... Read More

Working Papers
Towards A “New Normal” in Health Policies in the Arab Countries

This paper reviews the impacts of COVID19 on health policies in the Arab region, benchmarking... Read More

Working Papers
Social Contacts, Wages, and Turnover: The Case of the Egyptian Labour Market

The objective of this paper is to investigate empirically the role of social networks in... Read More

Working Papers
Covid-19 Shock: Pass-Through to Consumer Prices in Tunisia

In this paper, we evaluate the pass-through of the COVID-19 shock on international prices and... Read More

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