... at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence Economic growth Trade openness Event study ARCH/GARCH effect ARIMA model Trade is the backbone of a country's economic growth and development. Every country and nation participate in trade, and the magnitude of trade depends on the strength...

...Abdulrhman Mohmmad Alamoudi Purpose This study aims to examine the mediating role of political stability in the relationship between economic growth and poverty reduction in the MENA region. While several countries in the region have experienced economic expansion, persistent poverty remains...

...Mahmood Alhamran; Nanthakumar Loganathan; Tirta Nugraha Mursitama; Narayan Sethi Purpose The impact of political stability and economic growth on foreign direct investment (FDI) is analysed using a quantitative regression approach in countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Design...

...João Jungo Purpose The paper aims to investigate the relationship between institutions and economic growth in developing countries, considering the role of financial inclusion, education spending and military spending. Design/methodology/approach The study employs dynamic panel analysis...

... participation. In this backdrop, the paper aims to examine the dynamics of structural changes in employment pattern in view of economic growth led by services-led growth model in India. Design/methodology/approach The study employs a non-linear autoregressive model (NARDL) to examine the effect...

...Juan Gabriel Brida; Emiliano Alvarez; Gaston Cayssials; Matias Mednik Purpose Our paper studies a central issue with a long history in economics: the relationship between population and economic growth. We analyze the joint dynamics of economic and demographic growth in 111 countries during...

... the autoregressive characteristic of the model. Findings Personal remittances positively contribute to reducing the income gap among the people of the society and declining income inequality. In contrast, RMG export income and economic growth contribute to further income inequality. The T-Y causality analysis...

...Adamu Braimah Abille; Esin Kiliç Purpose The impact of debt on economic growth has attracted immense economic research necessitated by ballooning public debt stock among countries and most of the literature presume a symmetric relationship between debt and economic growth. However, this study...

...Hisham Abdeltawab Mahran Purpose This paper investigates the impact of governance on economic growth, considering the spatial dependence between countries. Design/methodology/approach The study employs spatial regression models to estimate the impact of governance on economic growth...

.... Using the recently compiled index on social unrest (RSUI) of Barrett et al. (2020), the paper sets out to examine the nexus between economic growth and social unrest in the case of 29 Middle East and Central Asia countries over the period 2000–2018. Design/methodology/approach To probe...

... corruption, economic growth and external debt, and in the end proffer solutions to the problems arising therefrom. Design/methodology/approach The study employed ARDL technique on time series data running from 1990 to 2019 with real gross domestic product as the dependent variable and external debt...

... that advances economic growth and reduction of unemployment. Originality/value The paper examines how the persistent increase in small and medium enterprise formation improves the growth and development of the Nigerian economy, employing the ECM approach. Oluyemi Theophilus Adeosun can be contacted...

...Sudeshna Ghosh Purpose This paper aims to consider the role of geopolitical risk in explaining tourism demand in India, a major tourist destination of the Asian region. Furthermore, the study also considers how in addition to geopolitical risk, economic policy uncertainty, economic growth...

... of Egypt's main sources of foreign capital, this study aims to identify the impact of these remittances on economic growth. Design/methodology/approach The study collects annual data on migrant remittances sent to Egypt during the period 1980–2017. The study uses the Augmented Dickey–Fuller test...

... commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence maybe seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode ECOWAS External debt Debt sustainability Solvency ratio Capital flows Economic growth...

...Mamdouh Abdelmoula Mohamed Abdelsalam Purpose This paper aims to explore the extreme effect of crude oil price fluctuations and its volatility on the economic growth of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. It also investigates the asymmetric and dynamic relationship between oil price...

...Saganga Mussa Kapaya Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to empirical evidence by recognizing the importance of stock markets in the financial system and consequently its causality to economic growth and vice versa. Design/methodology/approach The study used the autoregressive...

...Gouda Abdel-Khalek; Mohammed Gamal Mazloum; Mohammed Ramadan Mohammed El Zeiny Purpose The relationship between military expenditure and economic growth is complex. The purpose of this paper is to examine this relationship in India. Design/methodology/approach The design of this study...