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    The differential effects of oil demand and supply shocks on the global economy

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    How do oil-price shocks affect real output, inflation, the real effective exchange rates, interest rates, and equity prices in different countries, including major oil exporters? The current paper investigates the macroeconomic effects of oil-supply and oil-demand shocks.
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    The Egypt labor market panel survey: introducing the 2012 round

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    Understanding Egypt’s labour market in this time is of great importance for the Egyptian decision makers. This paper introduces the 2012 round of the Egyptian Labour Market Panel Survey (ELMPS).
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    Assessing the impact of trade reforms on informality in Egypt

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    The effect of trade liberalisation on the informal sector has been widely discussed at both empirical and public policy levels but was never tested empirically in Egypt. This paper proposes an empirical investigation of the effect of trade liberalisation on informality in Egypt.
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    Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in urban economies: a comparative study of Egypt and Turkey at the province level

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    This paper examines how businesses operating in areas with differing rates of urbanisation differ from each other with regard to firm characteristics such as firm size and the sector of economic activity. For this purpose, a sample of thousands of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Egypt and Turkey are used in the analysis.
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    Wages and on-the-job training in Tunisia

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    Training costs may be a major obstacle to intra-firm human capital accumulation. This paper reviews an econometric analysis of the links of on-the-job training (OJT) and worker remuneration in the area of Tunis using a case study data based on 8 firms.
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    The growth of turkey in world trade: opportunity or threat for MENA countries?

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    The growth of the Turkish economy is far from being a zero sum game for the MENA region. The aim of this paper is to study the impact of the emergence of the Turkish economy on the MENA countries. The paper focuses on two channels through which MENA states and Turkey interact, namely FDI and trade flows.
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    Does Islamic banking development favor macroeconomic efficiency?: evidence on the Islamic finance – growth nexus

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    Islamic finance can be defined as finance that conforms to Islamic law, and there was an impressive expansion of this finance in recent years. The aim of this paper is to investigate the macroeconomic impact of Islamic banking development by analysing the relation between this development and productivity estimated at the macroeconomic level.
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    Accounting information system of Tunisian SMEs: complexity, determinants and impact on financial performance

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    Rarely explored in Tunisia, the Accounting Information System (AIS) theme raises interests of both theory and practice. This research is sought to identify potential determinants of AIS characteristics for Tunisian Small and Medium Entreprises (SMEs), and to prove whether a proper AIS is associated with increased financial performance of these companies.
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    The Egyptian economy post-revolution: sectoral diagnosis of potential strengths and binding constraints

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    The Egyptian revolution on January 25, 2011 was a transformative event, both at the political and economic domains. This paper diagnoses the constraints to growth in Egypt at the sectoral level using the 2011 Egyptian revolution as a natural experiment.
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    Modeling political performance of Islamism and Islamism-rooted parties in turkey

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    Although there are many studies that analysed the transformation of Islamist parties in Turkey, none of these have investigated the determinants of their political performance. This paper studies the results of the Turkish elections between 1975 and 2011 to understand the factors that determine the political performance of Islamist parties both while in office and in opposition.

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