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 2020
The Impact of Oil Rent, Currency Overvaluation, and Institution Quality, on Economic Growth of Oil-Rich Countries: A Heterogeneous Panel Data Study, Alireza Motameni
Does Gender Affect Subjective Well-Being? The Case of Turkey, Seda Şengül and Kenan Lopcu
Problems of Economic Liberalization in Iran, Akbar E. Torbat
Submissions from 2019
Corruption, political instability and growth: Evidence from the Arab Spring, Hany Abdel-Latif, Hanaa Elgohari, and Ayat Mohamed
Disparities in the Cost of Living Changes after a Large-Scale Devaluation: The Case of Egypt 2016, Shireen Alazzawi and Vladimir Hlasny
What Can We Learn from Transactions Attributed to MENA and Other Sovereign Wealth Funds About Their Objectives and Strategies, Camden Ball and Jeffrey B. Nugent
The Generation 2.5Curse? ComparingEducationalOutcomes for Children of Immigrant Intermarriages in the United States, Cheyenne Blackford and Hisham Foad
Economic Growth and Financial Stability in MENA Countries: Does Exporting Oil Matters?, Noha Emara, Xiaojun Zhang, and Shangchao Liu
Three Macroeconomic Trends around the Onset of Armed Conflict in Developing Economies, Daniel Lederman and Claudio J. Rojas
The Effect of Social Capital on Individuals’ Economic Outcomes in the MENA Region, Jieun Lee and Vladimir Hlasny
How to Protect the Poor Food Insecure in the MENA region?, Racha Ramadan
Does Trust on Institution Affect the Informal Activities Among Youth in MENA Region (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt and Lebanon), Lylia SAMI and Moundir LASSASSI
Effects of Terrorism on Labor Market: A Case Study of Iraq, Asmara Yaseen
Submissions from 2018
What Makes Arab Economies Fail? An Assessment of the Complementary Relationship between Socioeconomic Reforms and Institutions, Islam ABDELBARY and James BENHIN
Financial Liquidity, Geopolitics, and Oil Prices, Hany Abdel-Latif and Mahmoud El-Gamal
The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Real Wages in Egypt: A Sectoral Empirical Analysis, Hanan A. Abouelfarag and Mohamed S. Abed
Commodity-based Sovereign Wealth Funds: Managing Financial Flows in the Context of the Sovereign Balance Sheet, Abdullah Al-Hassan, Sue Brake, Michael Papaioannou, and Martin Skancke
Trade and Conflict: The Case of the Arab Maghreb Union, Rayhana Chabbouh El Asmi
The Economic Complexity Approach to Development Policy: Where Turkey Stands in Comparison to OECD plus China?, Nuran COŞKUN, Kenan LOPCU, and İsmail TUNCER
The Economic Impact of Immigration on Host Countries: The Case of Saudi Arabia, Eslam El-Bahlawan and Abdulla Al-Maadeed
Economic Diversification and Trade Openness in Algeria Empirical Investigation, Farah ELIAS ELHANNANI, Abou Bakr BOUSSALEM, and Mohamed BENBOUZIANE
Qatar National Bank and Degree of Solvency, Mahmoud Haddad and Sam Hakim
Testing the Productivity Bias Hypothesis in Middle East Countries, Ferda HALICIOGLU and Natalya KETENCI
Decoupling Economic Growth and CO2 Emissions in the MENA: Can It Really Happen?, Nathalie HILMI, Sevi ACAR, Alain SAFA, and Geoffroy BONNEMAISON
Return Migration and Socioeconomic Mobility in MENA: Evidence from Labor Market Panel Surveys, Vladimir Hlasny and Shireen AlAzzawi
