Review of Middle East Economics and Finance

2003 - 2024

Current editor(s): Ghassan Dibeh

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Volume 20, issue 3, 2024

Estimating the Growth Impact of Economic Transformation in Qatar pp. 239-266

Kularatne Chandana, Ken Miyajima and Dirk Muir

EU-Med Capital Market Integration and the EU’s Covered Bonds Directive pp. 267-298

Lucke Bernd

Long-Run Volatility Memory Dynamics and Inter-Market Linkages in GCC Equity Markets: Application of DCC-FIGARCH Models pp. 299-329

Mohamed Riyath Mohamed Ismail and Aldabbous Nagham

Exploring the Relationship Between ESG Performance and Dividend Policy in MENAT Region: The Role of Audit Quality pp. 331-352

Abdel Hameed Yasmin Mamdouh

Volume 20, issue 2, 2024

The Impact of the Corporate Governance Mechanisms on Insurance Risk: Perspective from Insurance Industry pp. 129-152

Abebe Nebyu Adamu and Dhaliwal Navkiranjit Kaur

Perceptions of Stakeholders on the Financial and Economic Crisis in Lebanon: An In-depth Analysis pp. 153-202

Uwaydah Leila and Kassir Ali

The Predictive Ability and Profitability of Moving Average Rules in the Saudi Stock Market pp. 203-238

Alesmaiel Abdullah, Fifield Suzanne G. M. and Hof Justin

Volume 20, issue 1, 2024

Women Who Stopped Working Due to Their Husband’s Opposition in Egypt pp. 1-43

Iparraguirre Jose Louis and Hadi Zeina Amr Hosny Zaki Mohamed Abdel

The Influence of Anchoring and Overconfidence on Investment Decision-Making in the Saudi Stock Market: A Moderated Mediation Model pp. 45-75

Al Rahahleh Naseem

How do Financial Development and Stability Shape Human Development? pp. 77-111

Ali Awdeh, Assaf Rima and Fadi Ghosn

The Impact of Remittance Inflows on Inflation: The Case of Lebanon pp. 113-127

Kassab Sara

Volume 19, issue 3, 2023

Democracy, Corruption and Economic Growth Post-Arab Spring in Tunisia and Libya pp. 153-186

Muktad Abdalla

Gender Differences in Business Record Keeping and Planning: Evidence from Informal Enterprises in Iraq pp. 187-208

Gholipour Hassan F., Goodell John W., Iman Cheratian, Goltabar Saleh and Lahmar Oumaima

Volume 19, issue 2, 2023

Civil Conflicts and Exchange Rate Misalignment: Evidence from MENA and Arab League Members pp. 101-130

Thibault Lemaire

Oil Prices Pass-Through to Domestic Inflation: Symmetric Versus Asymmetric Pass-Through pp. 131-151

Mahmoud Ali Israa Ali, Hebatallah Ghoneim and Smolny Werner

Volume 19, issue 1, 2023

Collateral Reforms and Access to Finance: Evidence from the West Bank and Gaza and Their Firms pp. 1-35

Hrenko Zachary and Jeffrey Nugent

What Drives Business Cycles in Egypt? An Analysis of Coincident and Leading Indicators pp. 37-99

Hegazi Nourhan, Diaa Noureldin and Zaki Chahir R.

Volume 18, issue 3, 2022

The Arab Spring and Its Implications for FDI Inflows to the MENA Region pp. 107-138

Pascal Ghazalian

COVID-19 Impact and Policy Response: A General Equilibrium Approach for Egypt pp. 139-170

Eldeep City and Chahir Zaki

Interbank Connections, Bank Risk and Returns pp. 171-193

Albinali Abdulla Ahmed and Saibal Ghosh

Volume 18, issue 2, 2022

Economic Reform, Fiscal Rules, and the Nonlinear Autoregressive Distributed Lag Bounds Test Model. Evidence from the United Arab Emirates pp. 53-79

Dakhlallah Kassim M.

The Impact of Financial Development and Institutional Quality on Environmental Conditions: Evidence from the MENA Region pp. 81-105

Ali Awdeh

Volume 18, issue 1, 2022

Impact of Oil Price Shocks on MENA Countries Stock Markets: Event Study Methodology pp. 1-27

Benbachir Saad, Harit Satt and Chraibi Assya

Are Non-Primary Exports the Source for Further Economic Growth in the UAE? pp. 29-51

Kalaitzi Athanasia Stylianou, Kherfi Samer, Alrousan Sahel and Marina-Selini Katsaiti

Volume 17, issue 3, 2021

The Effect of the Regional “Income Tax Withholding Allowance” and “Social Security Premium Support” Programmes on Labour Outcomes in Turkey pp. 111-138

Eleftherios Giovanis, Ozdamar Oznur and Akilotu Eda

Trade Potential in Arab Nations: The Case of the GCC and PAFTA pp. 139-174

Dimitrios Dadakas

The Asymmetric Impact of Oil Prices on Unemployment in the MENA Region pp. 175-204

Iman Cheratian, Mohammad Reza Farzanegan and Goltabar Saleh

Volume 17, issue 2, 2021

Determinants of Early Retirement in the UAE pp. 57-69

Orhun Eda, Wifag Adnan and Alawad Mouawiya

The Monetary Crisis of Lebanon pp. 71-96

Joseph Bitar

Market Structure and Bank Conduct in the MENA Region pp. 97-110

Ali Awdeh, Chawki El Moussawi and Hamadi Hassan

Volume 17, issue 1, 2021

Financing Resources for Reconstruction in Severely Conflict-affected Countries pp. 1-25

Al-Asadi Mohammad

Price and Income Elasticities of Natural Gas Demand in Egypt: A Bound Test Approach pp. 27-55

Farag Markos and Chahir Zaki

Volume 16, issue 3, 2020

Do Default Loss Risks Matter for Arab Exports? Evidence from a Gravity Modelling Approach pp. 22

Riadh Ben Jelili

The Effects of Power Outages on the Performance of Manufacturing Firms in the MENA Region pp. 28

Ali Fakih, Pascal Ghazalian and Ghazzawi Nancy

SME Financing in MENA: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Multilateral and Bilateral Development Lenders’ Intermediated Lending Practices pp. 032

Barthelmess Benedikt and Langlois Jean

Volume 16, issue 2, 2020

Does Bank Profitability Stimulate Economic Growth in the Arab Region? pp. 14

Aziz Omar Ghazy

Is there a Kuznets Curve in the Arab Region? An Empirical Investigation pp. 17

Sayed Adham

Is the Elimination of Food Subsidies the Right Policy to Address Lebanon’s Public Finance Crisis? pp. 17

Paul Makdissi and Seif Edine Mohamad

Volume 16, issue 1, 2020

Validity of the Expectations Hypothesis of the Term Structure of Interest Rates: The Case of Saudi Arabia pp. 18

Harrathi Nizar and Alhoshan Hamed M.

Picking Winners: Identifying Leading Sectors for Egypt and Tunisia Using the Product Space Methodology pp. 80

Amirah El-Haddad

Volume 15, issue 3, 2019

The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Economic Activity over the Business Cycle: An Empirical Investigation in the Case of Algeria pp. 23

Chibi Abderrahim, Chekouri Sidi Mohamed and Mohamed Benbouziane

UAE Banks’ Performance and the Oil Price Shock: Evidence across Conventional and Islamic Banks pp. 23

Magda Kandil and Markovski Minko

Volume 15, issue 2, 2019

Does Oil Price Asymmetrically Impact Remittance Outflows? The Case of Oman pp. 9

Selçuk Akçay

Further Evidence on Export-Led Growth in the United Arab Emirates: Are Non-Oil Exports or Re-Exports the Key to Economic Growth? pp. 15

Kalaitzi Athanasia S. and Chamberlain Trevor W.

Reserve Adequacies and the Determinants of Foreign Exchange Reserves – Empirical Analysis through the Vector Error Correction Model: The Case of Lebanon pp. 17

Dakhlallah Kassim

Volume 15, issue 1, 2019

The Nexus between Government Expenditure and Economic Growth: Evidence of the Wagner’s Law in Kuwait pp. 9

Ebaid Ali and Bahari Zakaria

Service Trade Liberalization in Oman: International Commitments and Trade Performance pp. 12

Boughanmi Houcine and Al-Riyami Said

Housing Prices and Money Demand: Empirical Evidence in Selected MENA Countries pp. 18

Mbazia Nadia and Djelassi Mouldi

Volume 14, issue 3, 2018

The Effects of Sanctions on the Lending Policy and the Value of International Banks: the Case of Iran pp. 13

Hundt Steffen and Horsch Andreas

Financing for Development in the MENA Region pp. 14

Ali Awdeh

The Impact of New Drug Launches on Longevity Growth in Nine Middle Eastern and African Countries, 2007–2015 pp. 15

Frank Lichtenberg

Volume 14, issue 2, 2018

Uncovered Interest Rate Parity: The Turkish Evidence pp. 11

Öge Güney Pelin

Google Trends and Structural Exchange Rate Models for Turkish Lira–US Dollar Exchange Rate pp. 12

Levent Bulut and Dogan Can

Much Ado about the Egyptian Pound: Exchange Rate Misalignment and the Path Towards Equilibrium pp. 19

Diaa Noureldin

SDG-Specific Country Groups: Subregional Analysis of the Arab Region pp. 22

Aljaz Kuncic

Volume 14, issue 1, 2018

Import Determinants and Potential Markets: A Panel Data Gravity Modelling Analysis for Bahrain pp. 7

Shujaat Abbas and Waheed Abdul

Exports and Financing Constraints Evidence from Turkey pp. 11

Gezici Armağan, Ozgur Orhangazi and Cihan Yalcin

Explaining Gender Differences in Socioeconomic and Political Objectives in the Middle East pp. 22

Wu Fengyu and Jeffrey Nugent

Long-run and Short-run Monetary Policy Transmission Channels in Lebanon pp. 26

Ali Awdeh