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Volume 50, issue 6, 2016

Nexus between venture capital and economic growth in European economic area countries: The Granger causality approach pp. 1-15

Rudra P. Pradhan, Rana P. Maradana, Danish B. Zaki, Saurav Dash and Manju Jayakumar

The effect of human resource management system on employees’ commitment: The mediating role of the AMO model pp. 17-29

Zeyad Almutawa, Nuttawuth Muenjohn and Jiaying Zhang

The impact of macroeconomic conditions on sales performance in Nigeria pp. 31-41

Ogechi Adeola

Transformational leadership and employee engagement in the banking sector in Bangladesh pp. 43-55

Soleman Mozammel and Perry Haan

Deciphering innovation across cultures pp. 57-68

Carmen Reaiche, Graciela Corral de Zubielqui and Stephen Boyle

Corporate governance in the GCC countries: Empirical assessment using conventional and non-conventional indices pp. 69-88

Rekha R. Pillai and Husam-Aldin Nizar Al-Malkawi

An empirical investigation of the impact of bank lending on agricultural output in Nigeria: A vector autoregressive (VAR) approach pp. 89-103

Ogechi Adeola and Fredrick Ikpesu

The effect of budget deficit on interest rates in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa: A panel VAR approach pp. 105-120

Ikechukwu Kelikume

Life cycle theory and financial sustainability of selected SADC microfinance institutions (MFIs) pp. 121-132

Innocent Bayai and Sylvanus Ikhide

Exchange rate volatility and manufacturing trade: Evidence from Africa pp. 133-148

V Polodoo, B Seetanah and R. V Sannassee

Financing constraints in some selected manufacturing firms: An application of stochastic frontier approach pp. 149-160

Abu Reza Mohammad Islam and Robin Hang Luo

Sustainable financial reporting practice in Australian companies - does quality matter? pp. 175-189

Omar Al Farooque

Does globalization create a ‘level playing field’ through outsourcing and brain drain in the global economy? pp. 191-207

Habibullah Khan and Omar Bashar

Motivational factors influencing teaching (FIT) as a career: An empirical study of the expatriate teachers in the Emirates pp. 209-225

Taimur Sharif, Divya Upadhyay and Ezaz Ahmed

Efficiency and related technological aspects of the Indian food processing industry: A non-parametric analysis pp. 227-243

Anup Kumar Bhandari and V Vipin

Understanding the influences of ‘world culture course’ on students’ attitude and perception: An empirical study pp. 245-259

M. Wali Ullah and Md Murad

Is environmental Kuznets curve a universal phenomenon?: - An econometric analysis of the existing studies pp. 261-276

Sabuj Mandal and Devleena Chakravarty

FDI, domestic investment and 2008 financial crisis: Evidence from emerging nations pp. 277-289

Lalita Mohan Mohapatra and Arun Kumar Gopalaswamy

Current account sustainability in Middle East and Africa (MEA) countries: Evidence from panel data pp. 291-304

Kamrul Hassan, Ariful Hoque and Ananth Rao

Gold and Islamic stocks: A hedge and safe haven comparison in time frequency domain for BRICS markets pp. 305-318

Naveed Raza, Ahmad Ibn Ibrahimy, Azwadi Ali and Sajid Ali

Does Arab spring have a spillover effect on Dubai financial market? pp. 319-331

Malek Alsharairi and Wa’el Abubaker

Meaning of integrity from the upper echelons’ perspective pp. 333-340

Manjit Monga

The relationship between cash flow and capital expenditure in the sugar industry of Pakistan pp. 341-353

Syed Gouhar Ali Qandhari, Malik Muhammad Sheheryar Khan and Wafa Rizvi

Internationalization: A study of small firms from emerging markets pp. 355-364

Santosh Kumar Tiwari, Sudipta Sen and Rihana Shaik

The conceptual framework of the factors influencing consumer satisfaction in social commerce pp. 365-376

Hasan Beyari and Ahmad Abareshi

Relationship between individual and structural determinants on job satisfaction–analysis of employee turnover in the Indian context pp. 387-398

Kirti Arekar, Rinku Jain, Bharthi Desphande and Prem Sherin

Nature and spirit of exchange and interpersonal relationships fostering grassroots innovations pp. 399-409

Rajul G. Joshi, John Chelliah, Suresh Sood and Stephen Burdon

Sustainable supply chain management: A brief literature review pp. 411-419

Mohsen Varsei

Volume 50, issue 5, 2016

The ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ effects of FDI technology spillovers: Some evidence pp. 1-12

Xiaowen Tian, Vai Io Lo and Moxi Song

Common mental disorders, economic growth and development: Economic consequences and measurement issues pp. 13-26

Janet Dzator, Michael Dzator, Felix Asante and Clement Ahiadeke

Can overseas investment improve earnings quality? pp. 27-40

Junjian Gu and Dan Semba Hu

Introducing mobile internet as a learning assistant for secondary and higher secondary students pp. 41-55

Najmul Hasan, Md. Mahfuz Ashraf, Abdullah Abm and Md Murad

Comparative advantage dynamism of Indonesian export products pp. 57-69

Ni Putu Wiwin Setyari, Tri Widodo and Muhammad Edhie Purnawan

The impact of banking sector reforms and credit supply on agricultural sector: Evidence from Nigeria pp. 71-84

Lawrence O. Osa-Afiana and Ikechukwu Kelikume

Co-movement of oil price, exchange rate and stock index of major oil importing countries: A wavelet coherence approach pp. 85-102

M. Thenmozhi and N. Srinivasan

Australia-Thailand trade: An analysis of competitiveness and effects of the bilateral FTA pp. 103-118

M. A. B. Siddique, Rahul Sen and Sadhana Srivastava

Estimating the relationship between economic growth and environmental quality for the brics economies - a dynamic panel data approach pp. 119-130

Devleena Chakravarty and Sabuj Mandal

Health, emergency facilities and development: Locating facilities to serve people and development better pp. 131-142

Michael Dzator and Janet Dzator

Climatic changes and household food availability in Malaysian east coast economic region pp. 143-155

Md. Mahmudul Alam, Chamhuri Siwar, Abdul Hamid Jaafar and Basri Talib

The impact of international brands and awards on Indian textile and apparel firms’ social disclosure practices pp. 157-169

Ratna Nurhayati, Grantley Taylor and Greg Tower

The growth of leather-based creative industry SMEs in Garut District, West Java Province, Indonesia pp. 171-183

Sudrajati Ratnaningtyas and Nur Lawiyah

New evidence from the efficient market hypothesis for the Nigerian stock index using the wavelet unit root test approach pp. 185-197

Ikechukwu Kelikume

Sustainability of Malaysian current account balance: Evidence from ardl bounds tests approach pp. 199-214

Kamrul Hassan, Ariful Hoque and Ananth Rao

Health and economic growth: are there gendered effects?: Evidence from selected southern Africa development community region pp. 215-227

Elsa Alexandra Licumba, Janet Dzator and Xiaohe Zhang

Determinants of small-scale business owners’ participation in formal microcredit markets in Sudan pp. 229-240

Abbas Magboul and Rashid Hassan

Exchange rate volatility and manufacturing trade: Evidence from Africa pp. 241-256

V Polodoo, B Seetanah and Sannassee R. V

Inflation differentials, determinants, and convergence: Evidence from Indonesia subnational data pp. 257-276

Masagus M Ridhwan

Interest rate volatility and retail interest rate pass-through in the case of the Malaysian economy pp. 277-294

Mohammed Nur Hussain and Bodrun Nahar

CSR standards and Islamic banknig practice: A case of Meezan Bank of Pakistan pp. 295-306

M. Mansoor Khan

Policies and practices for entrepreneurial education: The Malaysian experience pp. 307-316

Siti Farhah Fazira Binti Shamsudin, Abdullah Al Mamun, Noorshella Binti Che Nawi, Noorul Azwin Binti Md Nasir and Mohd Nazri Bin Zakaria

Teleworking in the new milleneum pp. 317-326

Ron Torten, Carmen Reaiche and Ervin. L. Caraballo

The roles of political inclusion and democracy in economic development: Insights from Singapore and Botswana pp. 327-334

Kevin You

Managing supply chain risks and vulnerabilities through collaboration: Present and future scope pp. 335-342

Imran Ali and Khalid Shukran

Developing a work-life balance model towards improving job satisfaction among medical doctors across different generations pp. 343-351

Maniam Kaliannan, Kala Perumal and Magiswary Dorasamy

Islamic branding and marketing: An insight of consumer perception in Pakistan pp. 353-362

Kulsoom Malik and Malik Muhammad Sheheryar Khan

Social capital and entrepreneurial competencies: A study among women micro-entrepreneurs in Malaysia pp. 363-370

Abdullah Al Mamun, Rajennd A/L Muniady, P. Yukthamarani Permarupa, Noor Raihani Binti Zainol, Noorshella Binti Che Nawi and C. A. Malarvizhi

Statistical and data mining methods in credit scoring pp. 371-381

Alireza Hooman, Govindan Marthandan, Wan Fadzilah Wan Yusoff, Mohana Omid and Sasan Karamizadeh

Approaches for scientific collaboration and interactions in complex research projects under disciplinary influence pp. 383-391

Eliasu Mumuni, Manniam Kaliannan and Patrick O’Reilly

Effective talent management in Malaysian SMES: A proposed framework pp. 393-401

Maniam Kaliannan, Mathew Abraham and Vanitha Ponnusamy

Does social business link with the sustainable livelihoods of rural households?: Lessons from Bangladesh pp. 403-413

Mohammad Masukujjaman, Chamhuri Siwar, Syed Shah Alam and Sharina Abdul Halim

Integrity and its antecedent: A unified conceptual framework of integrity pp. 415-421

Manjit Monga

Service operations practice and performance of local authorities in Malaysia pp. 423-430

Mohd Nazri Zakaria, Abdullah Al Mamun, Noorshella Binti Che Nawi and Razli Che Razak

Determining the context of an international development project pp. 431-442

Nina Ginsberg

Developing leadership curriculum for business education program in Asia pp. 443-451

Nuttawuth Muenjohn, Nattavud Pimpa, Alan Montague and John Qin

Cheap IPO: Does it matter? pp. 453-460

Othman Yong

Determinants of working capital management before, during, and after the global financial crisis of 2008: Evidence from Malaysia pp. 461-468

Razali Haron and Naji Mansour Nomran

Social media use by public relations practitioners in Malaysia: An exploratory study pp. 469-477

Selvamany P. Gabriel and Chia-Hern Koh

The impact of leadership on workplace innovation in Thai and Vietnamese SMES pp. 479-486

Nuttawuth Muenjohn and Adela McMurray

Intellectual capital and market performance: The case of multinational R&D firms in the U.S pp. 487-495

Arifatul Husna Mohd Ariff, Ainul Islam and Tony van Zijl

Why do students attend lectures?: Exploring justifications for attendance among undergraduate students from a British university in Asia pp. 497-506

Roy W. L. Khong, Chee-Ming Lim, Winnie S.P. Yap and Jessica S. Dunn

The impact of negative work home interface on intention to leave and the role of flexible working arrangements in Malaysia pp. 507-515

Azlinzuraini Ahmad, Nicky E. Shaw, Nicola J. Bown, Khatijah Omar and Jean Gardiner

Career habitus, capital, field and boundaries: Self-initiated expatriate migrant careers of south Asian professionals and managers in Australia pp. 517-524

Syed Mofazzal Mohyuddin and David Pick

Determinants of the effectiveness of celebrity endorsement in advertisement pp. 525-535

Syed Mazlan Syed Mat Dom, Hani Suhaila binti Ramli, Audrey Lim Li Chin and Tan Tze Fern

Factors determining the performance of the “right” candidates using Spearman’s RHO pp. 537-545

Caleb Lai Chen Ee, Patrick Then Hang Hui, Lau Bee Theng and Teo Tien Hiong

Volume 50, issue 4, 2016

DETERMINANTS OF INTERNET FINANCIAL REPORTING IN AFRICAN MARKETS: THE CASE OF MAURITIUS pp. 1-18

Mohamed A. Omran and Dinesh Ramdhony

INFORMAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE AND TRANS-BORDER FARMERS BETWEEN MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA pp. 19-37

Fariastuti Djafar, Mohd Khairul Hisyam Hassan and Dzul Hadzwan Husaini

CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS – PART I: SURVEY, CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS pp. 39-65

Raafat A. Samman and Jamal Ouenniche

LISTENING TO AID RECIPIENTS IN ‘AID-DEVELOPMENT’ DEBATE: FINDINGS FROM ‘THE LISTENING PROJECT’ AND JERGE-TAL VILLAGE IN KYRGYZSTAN pp. 67-80

Vassiliy Lakhonin

FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY COUNTRIES pp. 81-95

Ariuna Taivan and Gibson Nene

WHAT DRIVES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE QUALITY IN EMERGING AFRICAN ECONOMIES? EVIDENCE FROM GHANA pp. 97-111

Andrews Owusu

INVESTMENT AND GROWTH IN A DEVELOPING ECONOMY WITH VAST INFORMAL SECTOR pp. 113-132

Subhasankar Chattopadhyay and Rima Mondal

TERMS-OF-TRADE SHOCK DURATION AND NATIONAL SAVING IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES pp. 133-151

Almukhtar Al-Abri and Azmat Gani

ASSESSING THE DETREMINANTS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN GHANA pp. 153-172

Lumengo Bonga-Bonga and Ferdinand Ahiakpor

DO MICROLOANS INDUCE PERFORMANCE OF TRADITIONAL-LOANS? EVIDENCE FROM BORROWERS OF GRAMEEN AND SIMILAR BANKS pp. 173-182

Anichul Haque Khan and Nazrul Islam Kazi

AN APPLICATION OF A NEW SEASONAL UNIT ROOT TEST FOR TRENDING AND BREAKING SERIES TO INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION OF THE BRICS pp. 183-194

Ghassen El Montasser and Rangan Gupta

‘DESPOTIC DEMOCRATS’ VERSUS GOOD GOVERNANCE: CHALLENGES OF ADMINISTRATION OF NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC pp. 195-210

Adeleke Adegbami and Charles I. N. Uche

A SECTORAL ANALYSIS OF FISCAL AND MONETARY ACTIONS IN NIGERIA pp. 211-229

Isaac Nwaogwugwu and Olaniyi Evans

‘SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED FIRMS’ COMPETITIVENESS AND TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS/ ASSETS: A MLR APPROACH pp. 231-252

Theodore Metaxas, Marie-Noëlle Duquenne and Dimitris Kallioras

HOW DO FIRMS SURVIVE CRIME AND CORRUPTION ON AND OFF THE RECORD? AN EMPIRICAL AND CROSS-REGIONAL EXAMINATION AMONG GLOBAL DEVELOPING ECONOMIES pp. 253-272

Ruohan Wu

ESTIMATING EXPORT POTENTIAL FOR A SMALL OPEN ECONOMY USING A GRAVITY MODEL APPROACH: EVIDENCE FROM NAMIBIA pp. 273-288

Joel Eita

FOREIGN BANK ENTRY AND BANK COMPETITION IN AFRICA: AN INVERTED U-SHAPED RELATION pp. 289-308

Boubacar Diallo

EFFECT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ON CEO PAY - RISK TAKING ASSOCIATION: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS pp. 309-344

Abdullahi Ahmed and Gilbert A. Ndayisaba

DETERMINANTS OF PROFITABILITY OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN pp. 345-362

Twila-Mae Logan

OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, VOLATILITY AND PER CAPITA REAL GDP GROWTH IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES: A COMPARATIVE REGIONAL ANALYSIS pp. 363-382

Perekunah Eregha and Tope Rufus Oziegbe

HUMAN CAPITAL, CREDIT, AND STARTUP MOTIVES: A STUDY AMONG RURAL MICRO-ENTERPRISES IN MALAYSIA pp. 383-400

Abdullah Al Mamun, Mohammad Bin Ismail and Roselina Ahmad Saufi

THE IMPACT OF EXPATRIATES’ HOME COUNTRY CULTURE ON THEIR TIME TO PROFICIENCY: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE INDIAN CONTEXT pp. 401-422

Marie-France Waxin, Nicholas Ashill, Chris Brewster and Jean-Louis Chandon

IMPACTS OF TAX AND FIRING COSTS ON SIZE OF THE INFORMAL SECTOR AND UNEMPLOYMENT pp. 423-442

Roberto Dell’Anno and Offiong Helen Solomon

FOREST PRODUCTS EXPORTS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM RICH COUNTRIES pp. 443-458

Vishal Chandr Jaunky and Robert Lundmark

EXPECTATIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF SELF-MANAGED SUPERANNUATION FUND TRUSTEES pp. 459-467

Yen Bui, Sarath Delpachitra and Stefani Kristabela

Volume 50, issue 3, 2016

Do remittances help smooth consumption during health shocks?: Evidence from Jamaica pp. 1-19

Diether Beuermann, Inder Ruprah and Ricardo E. Sierra

Foreign aid and government expansion: Evidence from low and middle income countries pp. 21-33

Olalekan Bashir Aworinde and Adegbemi Onakoya

Do capital requirements affect cost of intermediation?: Evidence from a panel of South African banks pp. 35-51

Andrew Maredza

Perception of local experts about accessibility to international climate funds: Case of Bangladesh pp. 53-67

Syed Mahbubur Rahman and Mokbul Morshed Ahmad

Nonlinearity in the efficacy of foreign aid and evidence of poverty traps pp. 69-92

Nicholas Larsen

The relationship between oil and agricultural commodity prices in South Africa: A quantile causality approach pp. 93-107

Mehmet Balcilar, Shinhye Chang, Rangan Gupta, Vanessa Kasongo and Clement Kyei

Organic Pineapple Farming in Ghana - A Good Choice for Smallholders? pp. 109-130

Linda Kleemann

Does an extra year of primary schooling yeild higher earnings?: Evidence from Kenya pp. 131-148

Richard U. Agesa, Jacqueline Agesa and Andrew Dabalen

Technical efficiency in the Malaysian water sector: A stochastic frontier approach pp. 149-165

Hon Lee, Hui-Boon Tan and Cassey Lee

A study of disaggregated r&d expenditure on Indian pharmaceutical exports pp. 167-190

Feroz Khan Suri and Amit Banerji

Time series modelling for steel production pp. 191-207

Amir Ikram, Qin Su, Muhammad Yasir Rafiq and Ramiz-Ur-Rehman

Broken windows and crime in development challenged urban areas: Evidence from Jackson, Mississippi USA pp. 209-220

Gregory Price

Macroeconomic fluctuations and sexually transmitted infections in Mexico by level of state development pp. 221-239

Fidel Gonzalez and Troy Quast

Risk factors for domestic violence – an empirical analysis for Indian states pp. 241-259

Nabamita Dutta, Meenakshi Rishi, Sanjukta Roy and Vinodhini Umashankar

Crop portfolio choices in Burkina Faso pp. 261-285

Quentin Stoeffler

Long memory and ARFIMA modelling: The case of CPI inflation rate in Ghana pp. 287-304

Luis Gil-Alana, Alexander Boateng, Lesaoana ‘Maseka, Hlengani Siweya and Abene Belete

Impact of microfinance on household income and consumption in Bangladesh: Empirical evidence from a quasi-experimental survey pp. 305-318

Mohammad Monzur Morshed Bhuiya, Rasheda Khanam, Mohammad Mafizur Rahman and Hong Son Nghiem

Why do some countries produce more capital intensive output than others? pp. 319-335

Amjad Toukan

Productivity and research and development content of intermediate inputs - evidence from Indian industries pp. 337-356

Chandrima Sikdar and Kakali Mukhopadhyay

Oil price volatility, investment and sectoral responses: The Thai experience pp. 357-379

Ikm Mokhtarul Wadud and Huson Ali Ahmed

Effect of recent U.S. monetary policy on its balance of trade pp. 381-388

Deergha Raj Adhikari

A sectoral study of Lebanon’s economy: A dynamic CGE model pp. 389-416

Rock-Antoine Mehanna and Rayan Haykal

Reasons behind the non-application of the activity based costing system in developing countries, case of Lebanon pp. 417-435

Walid ElGammal, Janine Saba Zakka, Abdul-Nasser El-Kassar and Ghiwa Dandash

Dynamics of scale effficiency of Indian banks: A deterministic frontier approach pp. 437-457

Piyush Kumar Singh and Keyur Thaker

Volume 50, issue 2, 2016

Female empowerment and the education of children in Nepal pp. 1-19

Magnus Hatlebakk and Yogendra B. Gurung

The impact of investment climate indicators on ownership and firm performance: evidence from different stone mines in Bangladesh pp. 21-37

Mohammad Abdul Munim Joarder, Syed Hasanuzzaman and Saleh Uddin

ASEANi plus six and Successful FTAs: Can India propel intra-industry trade flows? pp. 39-57

Ram Upendra Das, Jay Dev Dubey and Meenakshi Rishi

The spillover effect of international trade and investment flows: spotlight on Arab unrest pp. 59-76

Mamoun Benmamoun, Seung H. Kim, Morris Kalliny and Kevin Lehnert

Do social responsibility disclosures show improvements on stock price? pp. 77-95

Mohammad Jizi, Rabih Nehme and Aly Salama

Awareness and adaptation to climate change among yam-based farmers in rural Oyo state, Nigeria pp. 97-108

Isaac Oluwatayo and Ayodeji O. Ojo

Confronting two faces of inequality: A panel based evidence from Indian cities pp. 109-125

Avik Sinha and Joysankar Bhattacharya

Debt arrears as a signal of sovereign defaults pp. 127-136

Hussein Zeaiter

The relationship between oil and agricultural commodity prices in south africa: a quantile causality approach pp. 137-152

Mehmet Balcilar, Shinhye Chang, Rangan Gupta, Vanessa Kasongo and Clement Kyei

Trade, overeducation, and wage inequality pp. 153-183

Sherif Khalifa

The effect of early childhood malnutrition on child labor and schooling in rural ethiopia pp. 185-211

Solomon T. Tesfu

External debt relief initiatives and economicgrowth in least developed countries pp. 213-229

Evelyn Wamboye and Kiril Tochkov

Poverty, growth, inequality and pro-poor factors: new evidence from macro data pp. 231-254

Chiara Amini and Silvia Dal Bianco

Examining the relationship between obesity and wages: Empirical evidence from Taiwan pp. 255-268

Shin-Jong Lin

Microfinance and consumption inequality: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Andhra Pradesh, India pp. 269-291

Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay

Health spending autonomy and infant mortality rates: A matter of local administrative capacity? pp. 293-309

Fabiana Rocha, Marislei Nishijima and Veronica Fernandez Orellano

Technical efficiency and its determinants in smallholder rice production in northern Ghana pp. 311-328

Benjamin Tetteh Anang, Stefan Bäckman and Timo Sipiläinen

Economic and political determinants of central fiscal transfers in India: A dynamic panel analysis of state level data pp. 329-347

Prasant Panda

Agricultural productivity growth in India: An analysis accounting for different land types pp. 349-366

Varun Das

External sources and economic growth-the role of foreign remittances: Evidence from Europe and Central Asia pp. 367-387

Muhammad Azam, Phouphet Kyophilavong, Muhammad Shahbaz and Qaisar Abbas

Financial maturity, diffusion of telecommunications technology, and economic growth in Asia pp. 389-408

Rudra P. Pradhan and Mak Arvin

An analysis of Puerto Rican interest to migrate to the United States using Google trends pp. 411-430

Miguel A. Vicéns-Feliberty and Comfort F. Ricketts

The role of agriculture for economic development and gender in iraq: a computable general equilibrium model approach pp. 431-451

Azhr Al-Haboby, Clemens Breisinger, Jenna Ferguson, Teunis Van Rheenen, Dario Debowicz, Abdul Hussein El-Hakim and Roberto Telleria Juárez

Assessment of corporate governance disclosure in the GCC countries using the UNCTAD ISAR benchmark pp. 453-460

Nermeen F. Shehata

Volume 50, issue 1, 2016

Oil prices and macroeconomic dynamics of the Oman economy pp. 1-27

Ahmed Nawaz Hakro and Abdallah Mohammed Omezzine

Technical and scale efficiency of Tanzanian saving and credit cooperatives pp. 29-46

Nyankomo Marwa and Meshach Aziakpono

Analyzing South Africa’s inflation persistence using an ARFIMA model with Markov-switching fractional differencing parameter pp. 47-57

Mehmet Balcilar, Rangan Gupta and Charl Jooste

Does institutional quality in developing countries affect remittances? pp. 59-76

Emmanuel Lartey and Evelina Mengova

The BRIC grouping’s mutually beneficial policies: A macro-modeling test pp. 77-91

Francois Boye

Is Africa’s dependence on agriculture the cause of poverty in the continent? An empirical review pp. 93-102

Isaac Oluwatayo and Ayodeji O. Ojo

The high cost of low quality infrastructure when natural disasters strike pp. 103-122

Monica Escaleras and Charles Register

How sustainable is the use of different savings devices? A study of formal and informal finance in Benin pp. 123-139

Sarah Elven and Philippe LeMay-Boucher

Determinants of foreign direct investment in Ethiopia; time series evidence from 1991-2013 pp. 141-155

Dejene Mamo Bekana

Human capital and technological catch-up of developing countries: In search of a technological leader pp. 157-174

A.K. M. AtiqurRahman and Miethy Zaman

Dependence between stock market and foreign exchange market in South Asia: A Copula-Garch approach pp. 175-194

Javed Bin Kamal and A.K. Enamul Haque

A bilateral monopsony approach to lending, and the hidden economy in LDCs pp. 195-214

Gerasimos Soldatos

Income inequality and social capital, are they negatively related? European cross-country analyses 2006-2012 pp. 215-235

Marilou Ioakimidis and Hans Heijke

Foreign capital inflows and economic growth in developed and emerging economies: A comparative analysis pp. 237-256

Nabeel N. Sawalha, Mohammad I. Elian and Adil H. Suliman

Gender equality in the workplace: The effect of gender equality on productivity growth among the Chilean manufacturers pp. 257-274

Ruohan Wu and Xueyu Cheng

The spatial effects on the rate of economic growth: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 275-288

Christian Nsiah, Bichaka Fayissa and Chen Wu

The economics of small-scale private pump irrigation and agricultural productivity in Ghana pp. 289-304

Victor Owusu

Theory, principle and practice of local governance in Nigeria pp. 305-318

J. T. Makinde, A. O. Hassan and A. Olaiya Taiwo

Assessment of sustainable land management and food security among climatic shocks’ exposed to African farmers pp. 319-332

Abayomi Oyekale

The impact of extension and ecosystem services on smallholder’s credit constraint pp. 333-350

Emmanuel Benjamin, Matthias Blum and Maarten Punt

Are religious minorities deprived of public good provisions?: Regional evidence from India pp. 351-372

Pranab Das and Saibal Kar

Dysfunctional behavior of external auditors the collision of time budget and time deadline evidence from a developing country pp. 373-388

Rabih Nehme, Abdullah Al Mutawa and Mohammad Jizi

Gradual or rapid global product rollouts?: A review of concepts, propositions, and future directions pp. 389-405

Nik M. Hazrul and Ameet Pandit

Economic freedom, human capital, and foreign direct investment pp. 407-424

Cephas Naanwaab and Malick Diarrassouba

Evaluating banks performance using key financial indicators – a quantitative modeling of Russian banks pp. 425-453

Satish Sharma, Mikhail Shebalkov and Andrey Yukhanaev