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  • The determinants of sovereign default 
    Zeaiter, Hussein; Chakrabati, Avik (2016-05-16)
    A vast and growing empirical literature aims at identifying key determinants of sovereign default. The literature is extensive and controversial. Can policy-makers use this body of research to learn anything that can help ...
  • Determinants of Vacation Leave and Relations to Work Hours and Wages in Canadian Establishments 
    Fakih, Ali (2017-07-11)
    Using a nationally representative sample of employees and workplaces from Statistics Canadaís Workplace Employee Survey (WES) 1999-2005, we provide new evidence on the determinants of vacation leave and its relationship ...
  • Did the Arab Spring reduce MENA countries' growth? 
    Arayssi, Mahmoud; Fakih, Ali; Haimoun, Nathir (2019-06-13)
    This paper examines the economic ramifications of the recent political reconfigurations that the MENA region witnessed, commonly known as the Arab Spring, utilizing MENA countries’ data for the period 2005–2016. Using the ...
  • Did the intensity of countries’ digital transformation affect IT companies’ performance during covid-19? 
    El Khoury, Rim; Nasrallah, Nohade; Harb, Etienne G. (2023-08-31)
    This study explores the impact of the intensity of countries’ digital transformation on the performance of 3961 global companies in the Information Technology sector in 2020. We analyse the impact of e-government index, ...
  • Difference-form persuasion contests 
    Toukan, Amjad; Skaperdas, Sterigios; Vaidya, Samarth (2017-04-07)
    We explore the equilibrium properties of two types of “difference-form” persuasion contest functions derived in Skaperdas and Vaidya in which contestants spend resources to persuade an audience. We find that both types of ...
  • The differential impact of IFRS adoption on aspects of seasoned equity offerings in the UK and France 
    Harakeh, Mostafa; Lee, Edward; Walker, Martin (2020-01-10)
    We examine the potential for IFRS to influence the market for SEOs in the UK and France. The divergence between the UK domestic accounting standards and IFRS is minor (low-divergence firms) whereas domestic accounting ...
  • Digital technology management and educational innovation 
    Beyrouti, Nouri (2018-03-16)
    Universities have discovered that learning need not dwell inside the confines of the four traditional classroom walls. The internet provides a vital link to information like never before. As the number of internet users ...
  • Digital transformation framework 
    Tarhini, Abbas; Tarhini, K. (2019-09-16)
    Today, with increased global awareness to protect natural resources and secure private assets, digital transformation is becoming an obligation in large public enterprises such as modern utility firms and armed forces that ...
  • Dining behavior exhibited by Lebanese consumers during the month of Ramadan 
    Ladki, Said M. (2015-11-02)
    The purpose of this study is to report about the dining behavior exhibited by Lebanese consumers during the month of Ramadan. Five factors with eigenvalues of 1.0 or more emerged from the factor analysis, which explained ...
  • Director Compensation and the Reliability of Accounting Information 
    Boumosleh, Anwar (2016-03-03)
    This paper studies the effect of incentive-based compensation on directors' monitoring of management. Using total accruals to measure the level of earnings management, I find that director stock option compensation is ...
  • Disruptions versus more disruptions 
    Farah, Maya F.; Ramadan, Zahy B. (2018-03-15)
    Technology, particularly Self-Service Technology (SST), has reshaped the way an individual interacts with a certain brand or retailer. In 2015, Amazon, known for its progressive usage of technology, launched the Dash Button, ...
  • The distributional impact of taxes in Lebanon 
    Unknown author (Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, 2017-08-31)
    A survey of the impact of Lebanon’s 1993 tax reforms on different groups of the population. The book provides an analysis of the effects of direct taxes on income inequalities and an evaluation of the social and economic ...
  • Diversity in the workplace 
    Armache, Jalal (2016-05-19)
    The world's increasing globalization requires more interaction among people from diverse cultures, beliefs, and backgrounds than ever before. This is due to the fact that a homogeneous workforce is not likely to come up ...
  • Dividend policy and corporate investment under information shocks 
    Harakeh, Mostafa (2020-06-23)
    This study exploits the mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as an exogenous shock to the corporate information environment to examine how the constraining effect of dividend policy on ...
  • Do macroeconomic factors matter for stock returns? Evidence from the European automotive industry 
    El Khoury, Rim M. (2023-09-12)
    This paper applies the multi-index model to explore the sensitivity of the stock return of European automotive companies to some macroeconomic variables. The analysis involves the monthly returns of nine European companies ...
  • Do social responsibility disclosures show improvements on stock price? 
    Jizi, Mohammad; Nehme, Rabih; Salama, Aly (2021-01-26)
    The 2007 financial crisis was the largest shock to the financial markets not only to the United States but the world as a whole since 1930. Lack of information and confusion in financial markets causes sharp declines in ...
  • Does corporate governance spillover firm performance? A study of valuation of MENA companies 
    Arayssi, Mahmoud; Issam Jizi, Mohammad (2021-01-26)
    Purpose The aim of the paper is to examine the association of corporate governance (CG), the firms’ characteristics and the financial performance of firms operating in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region after ...
  • Does restaurant menu information affect customer attitudes and behavioral intentions? A cross-segment empirical analysis using PLS-SEM 
    Assaker, Guy; Fakih, Khodr; Assaf, A. George; Hallak, Rob (2017-04-11)
    This research looks at how consumer desires for restaurant menu information including “nutritional information”, “product characteristics”, and “preparation and ingredients” influence customers’ attitudes and behavioural ...
  • Does sharing economy promote sustainable economic development and energy efficiency? Evidence from OECD countries 
    Dabbous, Amal; Tarhini, Abbas (2023-05-24)
    The sharing economy is a new phenomenon considered to stimulate sustainable practices. It is viewed as the synergy between technology, information and marketing that promotes a new culture where customers favor access over ...
  • Dynamic asymmetric connectedness in technological sectors 
    Alshater, Muneer M.; Alqaralleh, Huthaifa; El Khoury, Rim (2023-08-29)
    This paper investigates the asymmetric, time, and frequency-based volatility spillovers in global IT industries. To this end, we introduce a new Wavelet-Time Varying Parameter-VAR (W-TVP-VAR) approach to compute connectedness ...

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