Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies
Proceedings of the Middle East Economic Association
Editor of Online Journal:
E. Mine Cinar
Selected condensed and edited papers presented in the annual meetings of Middle East Economic Association and other associated conferences. Full papers can be requested from the authors. Presentation of the articles in the Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies was made possible by a limited license granted to Loyola University Chicago and Middle East Economics Association from the authors who have retained all copyrights in the articles.
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Submissions from 2009
Macroeconomic Implications of Remittances In MENA And Mediterranean Countries, Claude Berthomieu and Anna Tykhonenko
Decomposing The Marginal Intra-Industry Trade Index As A Measure of Changes In Trade Patterns And Its Application To The MENA Countries, Guzin Erlat and Haluk Erlat
Shifts In Persistence In The Turkish Real Exchange Rates, Haluk Erlat
Middle Eastern Assimilation, Migration And Trade To Europe And North America, Hisham Foad
Bilateral Trade Flows of The Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A New Approach To Gravity Model, Aysu Insel and Mahmut Tekce
Determinants of Turkish Fdi Abroad, Saime Kayam and Mehtap Hisarciklilar
Darfur: Rainfall And Conflict, Michael Kevane and Leslie Gray
Trapped By Consociationalism: The Case of Lebanon, Samir Makdisi and Marcus Marktanner
Households Poverty And Water Linkages: Evidence From Algeria, Samir B.E. Maliki, Abderrezak Benhabib, and Jacques Charmes
The Role of Foreign Direct Investment For Economic Development In The MENA Region, Simon Neaime and Marcus Marktanner
When The Twain Shall Meet: Middle East Area Studies And The Discipline of Economics, Karen Pfeifer
Convergence Between The Business Cycles of New European Member States And The "Euro" Business Cycle, Alain Safa, Marie-Jose Rinaldi-Larribe, and Nathalie Hilmi
Role of The Middle Eastern Sovereign Wealth Funds In The Current Global Financial Crisis, Tayyeb Shabbir
Submissions from 2008
Stock Prices, Exchange Rates, and Oil: Evidences from Middle East Oil-Exporting Countries, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Georgios Chortareas, and Andrea Cipollini
Structural Change and Efficiency of Banking in Turkey: Does the Ownership Matter?, Ahmet Faruk Aysan and Sanli Pinar Ceyhan
Dualistic Development in UAE and GCC, Suleiman I. Cohen
Disagregated Education Data and Growth: Some Facts from Turkey and MENA Countries, Zeynep Deniz and A. Suut Dogruel
The Role of Investments in Universities and in Airports on the Regional Convergence, Fatma Dogruel and Fatma Nur Karaman
How Has Specialization in Turkish Exports Evolved Over Time? A Study Based on Galtonian Regressions, Guzin Erlat and Haluk Erlat
Are There Shifts in Persistence in the Turkish Inflation Rates?, Haluk Erlat
Investment Opportunities for Foreign Capital and Economic Fragility in Turkey, Saziye Gazioglu and Ulkem Basdas
Globalization, Public Expenses and Economic Growth: Evidence from Turkey, Nathalie Hilmi and Alain Safa
Efficiency Analysis of Turkish Preparation and Spinning of Textile Fibres; Weaving of Textiles Industry: The Cases of Firm-Based and Cumulative Data, M. Ensar Yesilyurt and Filiz Yesilyurt
Submissions from 2007
A Common Currency Peg in the GCC Area: The Optimal Choice of Exchange Rate Regime, Eisa A. Aleisa and Shawkat Hammoudeh
Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in the GCC Countries: A Causality Investigation Using Heterogeneous Panel Analysis, Mahmoud Al-Iriani
