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Arab corporatism
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012Modern discussions of economic systems generally revolve around two diametrically opposed systems: capitalism and socialism. This paper, however, argues that the modern economic systems of Egypt and Tunisia can best be characterised as corporatist economic systems, rather than socialist or capitalist systems.DocumentEfficiency gains from liberalizing labor mobility
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013The relation between cross-country labour mobility and world GDP needs further study. This paper investigates the effect of a complete liberalisation of international labour mobility on the allocation of the world labour force, world GDP/income level, and its distribution across countries and regions.DocumentDistressed whales on the Nile – Egypt capitalists in the wake of the 2010 revolution
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013This paper studies the nature and extent of business privileges in Egypt by looking at corporate development and stock market valuation of traded firms before and after 2011 revolution.DocumentCan Britain break with its colonial past? A critique of the British government’s and British extractive companies’ role in Africa
Southern African Resource Watch, 2014There is no doubt the corporate governance and the social responsibility of British companies are major issues of public debate in Africa, given Britain’s significant role both now and in the past in the extractive sector in Africa.DocumentExchange rate regimes for post-conflict recovery
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013The economic agenda for post-conflict transition has been dominated by issues of aid effectiveness. This paper argues that the received literature has largely ignored the important issue of what constitutes an optimal exchange rate and monetary regime for post-conflict countries.DocumentThe global impact of the systemic economies and MENA business cycles
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013This paper analyses spillovers from macroeconomic shocks in systemic economies (China, the Euro Area, and the USA) to the MENA region as well as outward spillovers from a GDP shock in the Gulf countries and MENA oil exporters to the rest of the world. The analysis is based on a Global Vector Auto-regression model, estimated for 38 countries/regions over the period 1979 to 2011.DocumentWhat determines the access to finance of SMEs?: evidence from the Egyptian case
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have usually been perceived as the dynamic force for sustained economic growth in developing countries. However, in Egypt, the ability of SMEs to more access suitable and sufficient means of finance has always been considered a major obstacle facing many SMEs.DocumentStructural labor market transitions and wage dispersion in Egypt and Jordan
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013The picture of the MENA region labour market dynamics and its policy implications remain disturbingly untouched. In this paper, the Burdett-Mortensen model is used to study labour market structural transitions and wage differentials in Egypt and Jordan.DocumentHow different are the wage curves for formal and informal workers?: evidence from Turkey
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013The wage curve is a graph that describes the negative relationship between regional unemployment rates and individuals' real wages. This paper estimates wage curves for formal and informal workers using an individual level data for Turkey over the period 2005-2009.DocumentWhat happened to real earnings in Egypt, 2008 to 2009?
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013This study represents the first analysis of earnings mobility in Egypt to incorporate initial earnings into analysis of earnings changes for both wage and non-wage workers.Pages