Review of Middle East Economics and Finance

2003 - 2025

Current editor(s): Ghassan Dibeh

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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

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

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

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

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

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

The Impact of Ownership on Corporate Performance: The Case of the UAE pp. 25: Magda Kandil and Markovski Minko

Political Instability and Economic Growth in Egypt pp. 11: Hossam Eldin Abdelkader
Analysis of Food Imports in a Highly Import Dependent Economy pp. 12: Kaitibie Simeon, Munshi Haq and Rakotoarisoa Manitra A.
An Empirical Investigation of Oil-Macro-financial Linkages in Saudi Arabia pp. 15: Ken Miyajima
Iran’s Inflationary Experience: Demand Pressures, External Shocks, and Supply Constraints pp. 19: Magda Kandil and Ida Mirzaie

Towards Understanding Vegetables Consumption Behaviour in Iran: A Full Box-Cox Double-Hurdle Application pp. 12: Hatice Balli, Kouhbor Mohammad Amin and Jean Louis Rosmy
Spatial Dimensions of Sectoral Labor Productivity Convergence in Turkey: A Spatial Panel Data Approach pp. 14: Çınar Tuğrul
Children’s Gender and Men’s Income: Evidence from Iran pp. 19: Abbasi Hossein A. and Karimi Seyed M.
Political Stability, Firm Characteristics and Performance: Evidence from 6,083 Private Firms in the Middle East pp. 21: Amr Hosny

Spatial Propagation of the Economic Impacts of Bombing: The Case of the 2006 War in Lebanon pp. 225-256: Eduardo Haddad and Yasuhide Okuyama
Designing a Fiscal Framework for a Prospective Commodity-producer: Options for Lebanon pp. 257-278: Mariusz Jarmuzek, Mesa Puyo Diego and Nakhle Najla
Political Instability and Economic Growth: Evidence from Jordan pp. 279-300: Osama Sweidan
Food and Agricultural Trade in the GCC: An Opportunity for South Asia? pp. 301-330: Sarath Kodithuwakku, Weerahewa Jeevika and Boughanmi Houcine

Vote for Your Family! Particularism, Support for Democracy and Support for Shari’a in the Arab World pp. 115-137: Bakker Femke E. and Valentina Rotondi
Inclusive Economic Institutions in the Gulf Cooperation Council States: Current Status and Theoretical Implications pp. 139-173: Kaya Abdullah and Tsai I-Tsung
Product Space Perspective on Structural Change in Morocco pp. 175-200: Israel Osorio Rodarte and Hans Lofgren
Islamic Banking and Financial Development pp. 201-224: Hind Lebdaoui and Joerg Wild

Arab Trade Dynamics after the Implementation of the Pan Arab Free Trade Area (1998–2012) pp. 1-29: Georges Harb and Shady Nora Abou
Taxing Interest on Deposits: Theoretical and Empirical Analysis for the Case of Lebanon pp. 31-54: Azar Samih Antoine
The Effect of Institutional Quality on Bank Lending in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries pp. 55-63: Azmat Gani and Al-Muharrami Saeed
More on Calendar Effects on Islamic Stock Markets pp. 65-113: Christoph Weber and Nickol Philipp

Foreign Bank Entry in the Late Ottoman Empire: The Case of the Imperial Ottoman Bank pp. 207-223: Avni Hanedar
Is Bigger Better for Egyptian Banks? An Efficiency Analysis of the Egyptian Banks during a Period of Reform 2000–2006 pp. 225-248: Farrag Noha and Günter Lang
Provisioning, Bank Behavior and Financial Crisis: Evidence from GCC Banks pp. 249-275: Saibal Ghosh
New Coincident and Leading Indexes for the Lebanese Economy pp. 277-303: Matta Samer

Public Spending and Education Attainment in the Middle East and North Africa pp. 99-118: Iqbal Farrukh and Youssouf Kiendrebeogo
Determinants of Total Factor Productivity in the Middle East and North Africa pp. 119-143: Anna Raggl
The Cyclical Behaviour of Bank Capital Buffers: An Empirical Evidence for MENA Banking Systems pp. 145-182: Zied Saadaoui
Regional Employment Growth and Spatial Dependencies in Algeria pp. 183-206: Abdallah Zouache and Belarbi Yacine

Female Labor Force Participation in Iran: A Structural Analysis pp. 1-23: Mahdi Majbouri
Does Foreign Ownership Increase Firms’ Productivity? Evidence from Firms Listed on Amman Stock Exchange pp. 25-54: Tayem Ghada
The Efficiency of the Banking System in Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) 2000–2009 pp. 55-77: Shaker Sarsour and Daoud Yousef
Agency Problems and the Choice of Auditors: Evidence from the MENA Region pp. 79-97: Omar Farooq and Tabine Sonia