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 2002
International Accounting Standards and Selected Middle East Stock Exchanges, Besalet Basoglu and Ahmed Goma
David and Goliath: The U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement and the Economic Development of Jordan, Grace Victoria Chomo
Palestinian Labor Migration to Israel Since Oslo and Beyond, Leila Farsakh
The Interpretative Debate of the Classical Islamic Jurists on Riba (Usury), Farhad Nomani
Issawi's Notion of Egypt's 'Lop-sided development' Revisited, Roger Owen
Information Technology and Growth: Will the Software Industry Lead Egypt into a New Economy?, Nagla Rizk
Dual Labor Markets and Public Debt: An Illustration Using the Lebanese Example, Sheikh Shahnawaz
Submissions from 2001
Policy and Progress in Moroccan Agriculture: A Retrospective and Perspective, Channing Arndt and Wallace E. Tyner
Assessing the Performance of Islamic Banks: Some Evidence from the Middle East, Abdel-Hameed M. Bashir
The Effects of Financial Liberalization on the Tunisian Banking Industry: A Non-parametric Approach, Wade D. Cook, Moez Hababou, and Gordon S. Roberts
Incentive-Based Regulations and Bank Restructuring in Egypt, Alaa El-Shazly
Country Concentration of Turkish Exports and Imports Over Time, Guzin Erlat
Long Memory in Turkish Inflation Rates, Haluk Erlat
Emerging Markets and Volatility of Real Exchange Rates: The Turkish Case, Saziye Gazioglu
Does an Exchange-Rate-Based Stabilization Programme Help For Disinflation in Turkey?, Oner Guncavdi and Benan Zeki Orbay
Inflation and Output Growth in Turkey, 1963-1999, Tevfik F. Nas and Mark J. Perry
Trade, Growth and Information Technology: Potential for Egypt's Regional and Global Integration, Nagla Rizk
Simulation of Risks and Benefits from a Money Purchase Pension Scheme for Turkey, Serdar Sayan and Ahmet Tuncay Teksoz
Submissions from 2000
Equilibrium Level of the Real Exchange Rate and the Duration and Magnitude of the Misalignments for Turkey , C. Emre Alper and Ismail Saglam
Budgetary Institutions in Turkey , Izak Atiyas and Serif Sayin
Underwriter Reputation and Short-Run IPO Returns: A Re-evaluation for an Emerging Market , Nuray Guner, Zeynep Onder, and Seza Danisoglu Rhoades
Models of Economic and Financial Crises, Roberto S. Mariano, Bulent N. Gultekin, Suleyman Ozmucur, and Tayyeb Shabbir
Institutional Reform and Efficiency of the Budget Process: A Case Study of Morocco , Cherkaoui Mouna
Determinants of Technological Activities in Turkishanufacturing Industries: A Microeconometric Analysis , Teoman Pamukcu and PMC deBoer
Prices and Real Wages in the Middle East, 1469 to 1914 , Sevket Pamuk
