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 2011
Effects of Discretionary Fiscal Policy in Tunisia: A SVAR Model Investigation, Sarra Ben Slimane
Current Global Financial Crisis, M. Ibrahim Turhan
Submissions from 2010
The Causal Relation between Savings and Economic Growth: Some Evidence from MENA Countries, Bassam AbuAl-Foul
Sustainability of the Turkish PAYGO System's Generosity in People's Eyes, Yigit Aydede
Formal versus Informal Labor Market Segmentation in Turkey in the Course of Market Liberalization, Erdal Aydin, Mehtap Hisarciklilar, and Ipek Ilkkaracan
Lobbying and Growth: Explaining Differences among OECD Countries, Mehmet Babacan
On the liquidity effect in Algeria and Morocco: An empirical investigation, Mohamed Benbouziane and Abdelhak Benamar
Determinants of Consumer Confidence in Emerging Economies: A Panel Cointegration Analysis, Sadullah Celik, Erhan Aslanoglu, and Seda Uzun
The Relationship between Consumer Confidence and Financial Market: Variables in Turkey during the Global Crisis, Sadullah Celik, Erhan Aslanoglu, and Seda Uzun
Banking in the Middle East Revisited Amid Turbulence in Financial Markets: the Case of Egypt, Mine Cinar and Joseph Poulous
Oil, Labor Markets, and Economic Diversification in the GCC: An Empirical Assessment, Tarek Coury and Chetan Dave
Politics, Foreign Reserves and the Exchange-Rate-Based-Stabilization-Policy: The Lebanese Case, Kassim M. Dakhlallah
Changes in Exchange Rates and the Performance of the Manufacturing Sectors in Turkey, A. Suut Dogruel, Fatma Dogruel, and Umit Izmen
On the Dynamics of the Business Environment, A. Suut Dogruel and Can Karahasan
The Economic and Financial Policies to Fight against Climate Change: The Case of Maghreb, Nathalie Hilmi and Alain Safa
Saving Investment Association in Turkey, Huseyin Kaya
Explaining the Dearth of FDI in the Middle East, Sarkis Joseph Khoury, Eva Wagner, and Johannes Kepler
Historical Origins of Inter-Religion Differences: Evidence from 19th and 20th Century Egypt, Mohamed Saleh
Inquiry Into Income Convergence in MENA Countries: A Neural Network Approach, Majid Sameti
Submissions from 2009
Measuring Fiscal Sustainablility For Practical Use In Short-Term Policy Making, Arda Aktas and Mehmet Emre
Expected Social Security Wealth Simulations And Generational Fairness of The Turkish Payg System, Yigit Aydede
How Oil Revenues Have Translated Into A Sustainable Improvement In Social Welfare In Algeria: 1998-2007, Zine Med. Barka
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
