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 2005
How to Boost Private Investment in the MENA Countries: The Role of Economic Reforms, Ahmet Aysan, Gaobo Pang, and Marie-Ange Véganzonès-Varoudakis
General or Vocational: Evidence on School Choice and Returns from Egypt, Fatma El-Hamidi
Do Turkish Exports have a Comparative Advantage with Respect to the European Union Market, 1999-2000, Guzin Erlat and Haluk Erlat
Survey Results on Hunger and Food Insecurity in Yemen, Nader Kabbani
Oil Consumption and Microeconomic Policies: Evidence of Asymmetry in Developing Countries, Magda E. Kandil and Ida A. Mirazaie
A Cross Section Estimate of Translog Production Function: Jordanian Manufacturing Industry, Ali M. Khalil
The Information Revolution and the Industrial Revolution: Today's Egypt in the Shadow of the Past - A Note, Nagla Rizkm
Bank Runs in Emerging Market Countries: Turkey's Special Finance Houses, Martha Starr and Rasim Yilmaz
Submissions from 2004
Oil Economics and Globalization: The Case of the GCC Countries, Yousif Khalifa Al-Yousif
Evaluating Financial Sector Development in the Middle East and North Africa: New Methodology and Some New Results, Susan Creane, Rishi Goyal, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, and Randa Sab
Emerging Strains in GCC Labor Markets, Ugo Fasano and Rishi Goyal
Business Cycles Charactehttp://www.luc.edu/orgs/meea/volume6/Gallegati.pdfristics of the Mediterranean Area Countries, Marco Gallegati, Mauro Gallegati, and Wolfgang Polasek
Relative Price Variability: The Case of Turkey 1994-2002, Hande Kucuk and Burc Tuger
Euro Pricing of Crude Oil: An OPEC's Perspective, Mohana Rajamanickam, Massood V. Samii, and Arul Thirunavukkarasu
E-Readiness Assessment of Small and Medium Enterprises in Egypt: A Micro Study, Nagla Rizk
Economic Conditions and Resistance to Occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip: There is a Causal Connection, Basel A. Saleh
Submissions from 2003
The Choice Between Accommodative and Non-Accommodative Exchange Rate Policy in the Presence of Foreign Shocks, Serhan Ciftcioglu
Intra Industry Trade and Labour Market Adjustment in Turkey, Guzin Erlat and Haluk Erlat
A Panel Approach to Investigating the Persistence in Turkish Real Exchange Rate, Haluk Erlat and Nilufer Ozdemir
Linkages and Volatility Transmission Between Oil Markets and Stock Markets of the GCC Oil Exporting Countries, Shawkat Hammoudeh, Eisa Al-Eisa, and Rami Al-Nsour
Measuring Poverty and Inequality in Turkey, Yusuf Ziya Ozcan and Kivilcim Metin Ozcan
Poverty in Egypt: 1974 - 1996, Tamer Rady, George A.Slotsve, and Khan Mohabbat
Can Fiscal Decentralization Contribute to Poverty Reduction? Challenges Facing a Low Income Country, Mona Said, Zuzana Brixiova, and Edward R. Gemayel
The Labor Market Effects of Palestinian Return Migration, Edward Sayre
