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Ownership structure and efficiency of Tunisian banking sector
Anis, Ochi; Yosra, Saidi - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 3, pp. 239-254
level of cost efficiency. While, we have proposed an assessment of the cost efficiency of Tunisian banks during the period … affect the cost efficiency scores of banks or not. Overall, our results demonstrate that environmental variables contribute … significantly and positively to the difference cost-efficiency scores between Tunisian banks. Also, our results show that private …
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Financial liberalization and banking crisis : a spatial panel model
Triki, Mohamed Bilel; Maktouf, Samir - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 3, pp. 81-122
This paper investigates the determinants of banking system fragility by underlining the impact of bank liberalization on banking stability during the process of financial liberalization in emerging and developed countries. To this effect, we adopted a panel model with spatial dependency from a...
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Does aid induce brain drain? : a panel data analysis
Ontiveros, Darwin Ugarte; Veradi, Vincenzo - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-19
Recent evidence suggests that aid induces migration. This result is nevertheless not very informative from a policy perspective since what counts in terms of welfare consequences is the composition of migration. In this paper we focus on education and study which of skilled or unskilled...
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Pension reform in Chile : a difference in difference matching estimation
Encina, Jenny - In: Estudios de economía 40 (2013) 1, pp. 81-95
The present paper estimates the effect over participation outcomes of the new reform to the pension system made in Chile in 2008, using a difference in difference matching estimation. The main results found that the treated group shows a higher withdrawal from the labor market and that they...
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Arbeitsmigration in Zentralasien: Kinder profitieren nicht von Geldüberweisungen
Kröger, Antje Elisabeth - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 6, pp. 11-17
In den zentralasiatischen Ländern Kirgistan und Tadschikistan müssen viele Erwachsene ihre Familien zeitweilig verlassen, um sich in anderen Regionen oder Ländern einen Arbeitsplatz zu suchen. Die Geldüberweisungen an die Familien stellen in beiden Ländern einen erheblichen wirtschaftlichen...
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Wohnungspreise und Mieten steigen 2013 in vielen deutschen Großstädten weiter
Kholodilin, Konstantin A.; Mense, Andreas - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 45, pp. 3-13
Die Preise von Eigentumswohnungen und die Wohnungsmieten sind in den vergangenen Jahren in den meisten deutschen Großstädten deutlich gestiegen. Diese Entwicklung wird sich 2013 fortsetzen. Berlin, Hamburg, München und Frankfurt am Main liegen bei den Preis- und Mietsteigerungen weiterhin an...
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Size of economy, cost of transport and their impact on trade in GCC countries : evidence from qualitative and quantitative approaches
Saddam, Ahmed; Kari, Fatimah - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 3, pp. 137-169
This paper addresses the intra-regional trade of the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), namely, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait. We have found that the intra-regional trade is still at a modest level, where the trade intensity index showed...
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Technology, human capital and growth : further evidence from threshold cointegration
Apergis, Nicholas - In: The open economics journal 2 (2009), pp. 80-86
This paper assesses whether the linkages between R&D, human capital and productivity growth in a panel of EU manufacturing industries over the period 1980-2002 are affected by a critical level of human capital. To employ our data in an efficient manner, the study makes use of a dynamic...
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Dynamic approach of capital structure of European shipping companies
Arvanitis, Stavros H.; Tzigkounaki, Irakleia S.; … - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 5 (2012) 3, pp. 33-63
The issue of capital structure of companies is one of the most debated problems of financial management. According to economic theory, capital structure determines the stock market value of firms and therefore their viability, while one of the most negative result of the crash of 2008 and the...
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Euro and technology effects on job turnover in Greek manufacturing
Papadogonas, Theodore; Voulgaris, Fotini - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 3 (2010) 1, pp. 27-38
This paper investigates the effects of Greece's European Union (EU) accession and European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) entry, as well as R&D intensity and industry concentration on job creation and job destruction in the Greek manufacturing sector. The study is based on firm-level economic...
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