On the economic and political determinants of trade in natural gas

M Farag, C Zaki - The World Economy, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper analyses the determinants of trade in natural gas through a political economy
lens. In addition to the economic determinants of trading in natural gas, the latter could be …

Role of governance in open trade policies–growth nexus in ECOWAS countries: The use of extended IV approach in panel data

E Mamba - The Journal of International Trade & Economic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The work assesses whether the effect of open trade policies-OTP on growth is dependent on
the level of governance quality in the Economic Community of West African States …

The Role of Corruption in Natural Resource-Financial Development Nexus: Evidence from MENA Region

D Chebab, NS Mazlan, MR Rabbani… - Institutions and …, 2022 - jice.um.edu.my
This paper contributes to the literature on resource curse by investigating the impact of
natural resource abundance on financial development while accounting for the interactive …

[PDF][PDF] The role of cultural and institutional distances in international trade

NT Long, NT Gam, VH Van, BH Ngoc - Emerging Science Journal, 2023 - academia.edu
Despite the effectiveness of the observed barriers such as taxes and quotas to adjust
bilateral trade, they are still not well supported by governments in general and the World …

A new dawn for MENA firms: service trade liberalization for more competitive exports

F Karam, C Zaki - Applied Economics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
While micro-level empirical evidence has emerged to highlight the positive effect of services
deregulation on the productivity and exports of manufacturing firms in developing countries …

Impact of the institutional quality on NAFTA's international trade: a system GMM approach

Y Heo, NT Thanh Huyen, NK Doanh - Journal of Economic Studies, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to analyze the impacts of institutional quality on trade flows of
NAFTA with a panel data set of 105 countries spanning the period 2006–2017 …

On GVC and innovation: the moderating role of policy

Y Eissa, C Zaki - Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 2023 - Springer
This paper empirically investigates the association between global value chains (GVC)
participation and countries' innovation performance. Highlighting the learning effect of …

China Trade with belt and road countries: the role and impact of institutions

S Bakhsh, H Yin, M Shabir, K Ali - China Economic Journal, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This article investigates the impact of institutional quality on China's trade with belt and road
economies by testing the augmented gravity model framework. Our empirical analysis is …

On the political economy of trade agreements: A de jure and de facto analysis of institutions

A Ezzat, C Zaki - International Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper examines the effect of the quality of institutions on membership in trade
agreements from de jure and de facto perspectives, with a particular focus on the Middle …

On women participation and empowerment in international trade: Impact on trade margins in the MENA region

F Karam, C Zaki - The journal of international trade & economic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This paper investigates the contribution of female labor participation as well female
ownership/management to trade margins using firm-level data for 18 manufacturing and …