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2009: Optimization of Agricultural Water Use and Trade Patterns: The Case of Iran

Gholam Reza Soltani, Mohamed Bakhshoodeh and M. Zibaei

2009: Sources of Structural Change and its Impact on Interdependence: An Input-Output Perspective for The Post-1980 Turkish Economy

Ebru Voyvoda

2009: IMPACT OF THE ADOPTION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ON FIRM EFFICIENCY IN THE TUNISIAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR

Rim Mouelhi

2009: Regional Pro-Poor Growth and Convergence in Tunisia

Ghazi Boulila, Chaker Gabsi and Mohamed Trabelsi

2009: Education and Earnings in The Middle East: A Comparative Study of Returns To Schooling in Egypt, Iran, and Turkey

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

2009: International Corporate Governance and Finance: Legal, Cultural and Political Explanations

Hamadi Matoussi and Maha Jardak

2009: The Political Economy of Inequality in the Arab Region and Relevant Development Policies

Ali Ali

2009: REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH AND SPATIAL DEPENDENCIES IN ALGERIA (1998-2005)

Yacine Belarbi and Abdallah Zouache

2009: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EQUALITY AND INEQUALITY: INCOME DISTRIBUTION, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND POWER

Galal Amin

2009: What Drives the Efficiency of Selected MENA Banks? A Meta-Frontier Analysis

Sami Ben Naceur, Hichem Ben-Khedhiri and Barbara Casu

2009: Exchange Rate Regime Choice and Currency Crises

Ahmet Asici

2009: Investigating Generic and Brand Name Pharmaceutical’s Market Shares and Prices in Tunisia

Ines Ayadi, Houssem Eddine Chebbi and Younes Boujelbene

2009: Assessing Barriers to Trade in Services in The MENA Region

Mohamed Marouani and Laura Munro

2009: Post-Privatization Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: The Role of Private Ownership Concentration, Identity and Board Composition

Mohammed Omran

2009: Unmet Need for The Utilization of Women’s Labor - Findings from Three Impoverished Communities in Outer Beirut, Lebanon

Marwan Khawaja, Rozzet Jurdi, Shireen Assaf and Joumana Yeretzian

2009: The Political Economy of Inequality

James Robinson

2009: Trade and Job Reallocation: Evidence for Morocco

Novella Bottini and Michael Gasiorek

2009: Cooperation Against Theft - A Test of Incentives for Water Management in Tunisia

Wided Mattoussi and Paul Seabright

2009: Geographical Features vs. Institutional Factors: New Perspectives on The Growth of Africa and Middle-East

Olivier Parent and Abdallah Zouache

2009: An Estimation of Service Sectors Restrictiveness in The MENA Region

Novella Bottini and Mohamed Marouani

2009: Optimal Monetary Policy for Postwar Iraq

Bedri Tas and Selahattin Togay

2009: The Effect of Macroeconomic Environment on Productive Performance in Turkish Banking

İhsan Işık and Ali Darrat

2009: Moral Hazard, Corporate Governance, and Bank Failure: Evidence from The 2000-2001 Turkish Crises

Canan Yildirim

2009: Long and Short-Run Linkages between Economic Growth, Energy Consumption and Co2 Emissions in Tunisia

Houssem Eddine Chebbi

2009: Innovation and R&D Investment of Tunisian Firms: A Two-Regime Model with Selectivity Correction

Zouhour Karray and Mohamed Kriaa

2009: The Poverty and Equity Implications of A Rise in the Value Added Tax: A Microeconomic Simulation for Lebanon

Nisreen Salti and Jad Chaaban

2009: Understanding Financial Structure of Non-Listed Firms in MENA Panel Data Approach Applied to Moroccan Firms

Lahcen Achy and Jawad El Otmani

2009: La Croissance Economique Est-T-Elle Pro Pauvre au Maroc ? Une Tentative D’explication par L’approche Monétaire et L’approche Non Monétaire

Abdelkader Elkhider, Abdelhamid El Bouhadi and El Mustapha Kchirid

2009: The Effects of Exchange Rate Fluctuations on Exports: A Sectoral Analysis for Turkey

Nazire Nergiz Dincer and Magda Kandil

2009: Economic and Social Impacts of Groundwater Overdraft: The Case of Iran

Gholamreza Soltani and Mahmood Saboohi

2009: Spatial Patterns and Geographic Determinants of Welfare and Poverty in Tunisia

Mohamed Ayadi and Amara Mohamed

2009: Entry, Exit, Resource Reallocation and Productivity Growth in the Tunisian Private Manufacturing Industries

Riadh Ben Jelili and Mohamed Goaied

2009: Productivity and Investment Climate in Developing Countries: How Do MENA Industries Perform?

Tidiane Kinda, Patrick Plane and Marie-Ange Véganzonès

2009: Analyzing the Fiscal Process under a Stochastic Environment: Evidence from Egypt

Amir Kia and Norman Gardner

2009: Education-Occupation Mismatch and the Effect on Wages of Egyptian Workers

Fatma El-Hamidi

2009: On The Optimality of The Maghreb Area: An Analysis of The Macroeconomic Shocks

Mohamed Ben Abdallah and Zouheir Bouchaddakh

2009: Does Trade Facilitation Matter in Bilateral Trade?

Chahir Zaki

2009: Is There A Bank Lending Channel of Monetary Policy in Selected MENA Countries? A Comparative Analysis

Adel Boughrara and Samir Ghazouani

2009: The Impact of Schooling on The Timing of Marriage and Fertility: Evidence from A Change in Compulsory Schooling Law

Meltem Dayioglu, Murat Kirdar and Ismet Koc

2008: The Tenacity of the Arab Spring in People’s Perception: Trends in Values Among Egyptians

Mansoor Moaddel

2008: Asset Inequality in MENA: The Missing Dimension?

Vladimir Hlasny and Shireen Al Azzawi

2008: Do Emigrants Self-Select Along Cultural Traits? Evidence From the MENA Countries

Frédéric Docquier, Aysıt Tansel and Riccardo Turati

2008: Sovereign Wealth Funds and Macroeconomic Stabilization in the Home Economy

Hoda Youssef, Ibrahim Elbadawi and Raimundo Soto

2008: On the Determinants of Souverign Wealth Funds’ Investments: Are Arab SWFS Different?

Mohamed Arouri, Sabri Boubaker and Wafik Grais

2008: Sovereign Wealth Funds, Cross-Border Investment Bias and Institutions: The Case of Arab Countries2

Chahir Zaki, Raimundo Soto and Ibrahim El Badawi

2008: Optimal Asset Allocation and Consumption Rules for Commodity-Based Sovereign Wealth Funds

Diaa Noureldin and Khouzeima Moutanabbir

2008: Consumption Smoothing and Shock Persistence: Optimal Simple Fiscal Rules for Commodity Exporters

Arthur Mendes and Steven Pennings

2008: Readiness Of The Gulf Monetary Union: Revisited

Rock-Antoine Mehanna and M. Kabir Hassan

2008: Gulf Monetary Union and Regional Integration

M. Kabir Hassan and Ashraf Nakibullah

2008: Iranian Economy in Twentieth Century: A Global Perspective

Hadi Esfahani and Mohammad Pesaran

2008: Private Supplementary Tutoring in Turkey Recent Evidence on Its Various Aspects

Aysıt Tansel and Fatma Bircan

2008: Taking Technical Education Seriously in MENA: Determinants, Labor Market Implications and Policy Lessons

Mona Said and Fatma El-Hamidi

2008: The Effects of Bank Regulations, Competition and Financial Reforms on MENA Banks’ Profitability

Sami Ben Naceur and Mohammed Omran

2008: Credibility of Inflation Targeting in Morocco and Tunisia

Adel Boughrara, Mongi Boughzala and Hassouna Moussa

2008: Integration Sud-Sud Et Son Impact Sur Les Pays Arabes Du Sud De La Mediterranee: Le Cas Des Pays De La Declaraion D’agadir

Mohamed Boussetta

2008: How Institutions Change Over Time

James Robinson

2008: Inflation Targeting in Turkey

Hasan Ersel and Fatih Ozatay

2008: Are the Conditions for the Adoption of IT Satisfied in Morocco?

Adel Boughrara, Mongi Boughzala and Hassouna Moussa

2008: Authoritarianism, Credibility of Reforms, and Private Sector Development in the Middle East and North Africa

Mustapha Nabli, Carlos Silva-Jauregui and Ahmet Aysan

2008: Patterns of Private Investments in Palestinian Higher Education: Potential and Constraints

Mahmoud Eljafari

2008: The Impact Of Capital and Remittance Flows on Economic Performance in MENA Countries

Magda Kandil and Ida Mirzaie

2008: Oil Greasing the Wheels: When Do Natural Resources Become a Blessing?

Nisreen Salti

2008: The Political Economy of Trade Policy in Tunisia

Sonia Naccache

2008: BIT Contracting and FDI Impact in the GCC Countries

Wasseem Mina

2008: Labor Governance and Economic Reform in the Middle East and North Africa: Lessons from Nordic Countries

Mansour Omeira, Simel Esim and Sufyan Alissa

2008: Growth Fundamentals and Economic Growth in the MENA Region

Hadi Esfahani

2008: Religion, Politics, and Development: Lessons from the Lands of Islam

Jean-Philippe Platteau

2008: Potentiel Entrepreneurial en Algérie: Entre Capital Humain et Informalité, Quelle Croissance?

Nacer-eddine Hammoud and Moundir Lassassi

2008: The Impact of Capital Requirements on Banks’ Cost of Intermediation and Performance: The Case of Egypt

Sami Ben Naceur and Magda Kandil

2008: Macroeconomic Policy and Unemployment by Economic Activity: Evidence from Turkey

Hakan Berument, Nukhet Dogan and Aysıt Tansel

2008: Intertemporal Test of Beta Stationarity Performance of Islamic Sector Structured Mutual Funds

Mahmoud Haddad, Ghassem Homaifar, Said Elfakhani and Hikmat Ahmedov

2008: Structure du Capital et Gouvernance des Societes Cotees au Maroc

Sidi Rigar and Sanae Solhi

2008: The Determinants of the Perception of Happiness About Quality of Life Amongst Turkish People

Kivilcim Metin Özcan, Selin Böke and Mine Kara

2008: The Quality of Life of Palestinians under a Chronic Political Conflict: Assessment and Determinants

Awad Mataria, Rita Giacaman, Angelo Stefanini, Nirmala Naidoo, Paul Kowal and Somnath Chatterji

2008: External and Regional Shocks in the GCC Region: Implications for a Common Exchange Rate Regime

Eisa Aleisa, Shawkat Hammoudeh and Yuan Yuan

2008: ICT, Market Contestability and Economic Performance: Lessons from ERF Countries

Abdelhamid Mahboub and Doaa Salman

2008: Measuring Water-Poverty Relationship in Algeria Using ROC Curves

Samir Baha-Eddine Maliki and Abderrezak Benhabib

2008: The Education Market in Egypt: A Game Theory Approach

Tarek Selim

2008: FDI Contribution to Technical Efficiency in the Tunisian Manufacturing Sector

Sofiane Ghali and Sami Rezgui

2008: Shift-Contagion in Middle East and North Africa Stock Markets

Wajih Khallouli

2008: Regional Growth in Tunisia: Economic Geography Forces and Industrial Structure

Zouhour Karray and Slim Driss

2008: Foreign Aid and Economic Growth in Egypt and Jordan: An Empirical Analysis

Bassam Abou al Foul

2008: Measuring Agricultural Productivity Growth in MENA Countries

Mounir Belloumi and Mohamed Matoussi

2008: Trade Liberalization, Agricultural Productivity and Poverty in the Mediterranean Region

Nadia Belhaj Hassine and Magda Kandil

2008: Trade Liberalization, Gender Segmentation, and Wage Discrimination: Evidence from Egypt

Fatma El-Hamidi

2008: Management of HAV in Countries under Conflict: Palestinian Case as a Cost – Consequences Analysis

Sufyan Daghra, Awad Mataria and Khalid Abu- Khalid

2008: Inference of Oligopoly Power with Limited Data: Manufacturing in Morocco

Lahcen Achy, Azzeddine Azzam and Khalid Sekkat

2008: The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Egypt

Rania Al-Mashat and Andreas Billmeier

2008: The Macroeconomics of Workers’ Remittances in GCC Countries

Brahim Razgallah

2008: Illegal Trade in the Iranian Economy: Evidence from a Structural Model

Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

2008: Using A Neural Network-Based Methodology for Credit–Risk Evaluation of A Tunisian Bank

Hamadi Matoussi and Aida Abdelmoula

2008: The Flexible Forms of Employment and Working Conditions: Empirical Investigation from Tunisia

Ilham Haouas and Mahmoud Yagoubi

2008: Expansionary Fiscal Consolidations: New Evidence from Turkey

Fatih Ozatay

2008: Technology Diffusion, International Spillovers and Human Capital in the Mediterranean Agricultural Sector

Nadia Belhaj Hassine

2008: Liberalizing Trade in Services in Tunisia: General Equilibrium Effects

Saoussen Ben Romdhane

2008: Estimating The Size of Turkey’s Informal Sector: An Expenditure Based Approach

Nurhan Davutyan

2008: Agricultural Trade Liberalization and Poverty in Tunisia: Micro-Simulation in a General Equilibrium Framework

Mohamed Chemingui and Chokri Thabet

2008: Parametric and Non-Parametric Approaches to Exits from Fixed Exchange Rate Regimes

Ahmet Asici

2008: Emerging Market Sovereign Spreads, Global Financial Conditions and US Macroeconomic News

Fatih Ozatay, Erdal Ozmen and Gülbin Şahinbeyoğlu

2008: Impacts of World Prices Transmission to Domestic Markets and Welfare of Marginal Households: An Empirical Application to Rice in Iran

Mohammad Bakhshoodeh

2008: The Role of Government Activities in Explaining the Growth Failure of the Oil Exporting Countries

Masoud Nili and Solmaz Moselhi

2008: Impact of the 1999 Earthquakes and the 2001 Economic Crisis on the Outcome of the 2002 Parliamentary Election in Turkey

Ali Akarca and Aysıt Tansel

2008: Could the Behavioral Responses Justify the Absence of Direct Transfers to Fight Poverty in MENA Region?

Sami Bibi

2008: Monetary Policy Transmission and Targeting Mechanisms in the MENA Region

Simon Neaime

2008: The Impact of War and Terrorism on Sovereign Risk in MENA Countries

Mahmoud Haddad and Sam Hakim

2008: Analysis of Attrition Patterns in the Turkish Household Labor Force Survey, 2000-2002

Insan Tunali

2008: Normative Approach of Upstream-Downstream Relationships in the Tourism Sector: Implication for the Tourism Policy of the South Mediterranean Countries

Riadh Ben Jelili, Hélène Djoufelkit-Cottenet and Abdelhakim Hammoudi

2008: Cost Benefit Analysis of Desert Locusts Control: A Multicountry Perspective

Hala Abou-Ali and Mohammed Belhaj

2008: The Institutional Environment and the Banking – Growth Nexus: Theory and Investigation for MENA

Mohamed Suliman and Mahmoud Nabi

2008: Market Discipline and Deposit Insurance: Evidence from Some Middle Eastern Banks

Ghassan Omet, Ibrahim Saif and Hadeel Yaseen

2008: Privatization and Financial Market Development: A Comparison Between MENA Countries and Other Regions

Sami Ben Naceur, Narjess Boubakri and Samir Ghazouani

2008: Financial Liberalization and Money Demand in Morocco

Younes Zouhar and Abderrahman Kacemi

2008: Rational Speculative Bubbles: An Empirical Investigation of the Middle East and North African (MENA) Stock Markets

Jung-Suk Yu and M. Kabir Hassan

2008: Raising Awareness of Alternatives to Public Sector Employment Among Syrian Youth

Nader Kabbani and Leen Al-Habash

2008: Job Quality Among the Non-Wage Workers in the Agriculture and Non-Agricultural Sectors in Egypt

Rania Roushdy and Ragui Assaad

2008: Basel Accord and Lending Behavior: Evidence from MENA Region

Sami Ben Naceur and Magda Kandil

2008: The Role of Governance Institutions in Private Investment Decisions: The Case of Middle East and North Africa

Ahmet Aysan, Mustapha Nabli and Marie-Ange Véganzonès

2008: Vertical Integration and Institutional Constraints on Firm Behavior: The Case of the Garment Industry in Egypt

Amirah El-Haddad

2008: Do Capital Inflows Cause Currency Black Markets in MENA? Causality Tests for Heterogeneous Panels

Osman Suliman