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  • De-listing from NCCTs and money laundering control measures 
    Shahin, Wassim (2016-05-05)
    Analyses from a banking regulation perspective the general experience of 23 countries that were initially listed as non‐cooperative countries and territories (NCCTs); this group did not meet some or most of the 25 criteria ...
  • Debt arrears as a signal of sovereign defaults 
    Zeaiter, Hussein (2017-10-12)
    The accuracy of the inference about the risk of default is very important to the potential creditors in their lending decisions. In the literature, the usual used indicators of sovereign default in a given country (debtor) ...
  • Decision to emigrate amongst the youth in Lebanon 
    Dibeh, Ghassan; Fakih, Ali; Marrouch, Walid (2017-07-07)
    This article studies the determinants of youth emigration decisions, which is considered one of the main causes of ‘Brain Drain’ in Arab Mediterranean Countries (AMCs). We focus on the case of Lebanon using a unique dataset ...
  • Decomposing Gender Wage Differentials Using Quantile Regression 
    Dah, Abdallah; Fakih, Ali (2016-05-19)
    This paper investigates gender pay inequality in the labor market of a developing country. Our empirical investigation uses data derived from a sample of employees in the Lebanese banking sector for the years 2008 and 2014. ...
  • Decomposition method for solving a nonlinear business cycle model 
    Dibeh, Ghassan; Deeba, Elias; Khuri, Suheil; Xie, Shishen (2016-05-17)
    In this paper we present a Kaleckian-type model of a business cycle based on a nonlinear delay differential equation. A numerical algorithm based on a decomposition scheme is implemented for the approximate solution of the ...
  • Definition and selection of fuzzy sets in genetic‐fuzzy systems using the concept of fuzzimetric arcs 
    Kouatli, Issam (2016-05-06)
    Purpose – This paper seeks to identify and propose a standard approach for the selection and optimization of fuzzy sets used in fuzzy decision‐making systems. Design/methodology/approach – The design was based on two ...
  • Demand For Electricity In Lebanon 
    Dah, Abdallah; Abosedra, Salah; Ghosh, Sajal (2016-05-19)
    This paper estimates the demand for electricity in Lebanon by employing three modeling techniques namely OLS, ARIMA and exponential smoothing for the time span January 1995 to December 2005. In- sample forecasts reveal ...
  • The democratization of intangible luxury 
    Ramadan, Zahy (2019-09-24)
    Purpose The notion of luxury has changed due to the democratization and the fast adoption pace of intangible luxury service providers embedding voice-controlled assistants. In particular, Amazon’s Echo Look is expected ...
  • Demutualisation, initial public offerings and long-run market performance of Canadian life insurance companies 
    Aintablian, Sebouh (2016-05-10)
    We examine alternative hypotheses for the demutualisation of a sample of Canadian life insurance companies (1999-2000) as well as short-run and long-run market effects of demutualisation on firm performance. Our results ...
  • Design of a fuzzy multivariable technique based upon human behavior 
    Kouatli, Issam (IEEE, 2017-11-15)
    Difficulties are encountered in applying multivariable fuzzy systems to industrial processes mainly due to the complexity of the multidimensional fuzzy relation that is to be developed and as a consequence memory overload ...
  • Detecting latent classes in tourism data through response-based unit segmentation (REBUS) in Pls-Sem 
    Assaker, Guy; Hallak, Rob (2017-04-11)
    This research note describes Response-Based Unit Segmentation (REBUS), a “latent class detection” technique used in partial least squares–structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to examine data heterogeneity. The research ...
  • Determinants of Audit Fees 
    El-Gammal, Walid (2016-04-27)
    This paper studies the views of external auditors and client's representatives (accountants, financial controllers and internal auditors) about the factors that affect determining audit fees and provides evidence whether ...
  • Determinants of dividend payout ratio 
    Elgammal, Walid (Asian Society of Management & Marketing Research, 2018-03-29)
    This paper studies the determinants of the dividends payout ratio. The factors affecting the dividends payout ratio are to be identified. The study focuses only on the cement and construction industry within the MENA region ...
  • Determinants of Domestic Workers' Employment 
    Fakih, Ali; Marrouch, Walid (IZA, 2017-07-10)
    This paper provides new evidence on the determinants of domestic workers’ employment using a unique micro-level dataset on Lebanese households drawn from the National Household Budget Survey (2005) conducted by Central ...
  • Determinants of effective succession in family businesses and their influence on decision making 
    Fahed-Sreih, Josiane; El Maalouf, Nicole (2018-04-11)
    To discover new determinants of effective succession in family businesses and their influence on decision making, six Lebanese family businesses were interviewed using a qualitative approach. Those determinants include the ...
  • Determinants of longevity and success in Lebanese family businesses 
    Fahed-Sreih, Josiane; Djoundourian, Salpie (2016-05-10)
    This article explores the characteristics of Lebanese family businesses using a sample of 114 firms and tests various propositions regarding the relationships between correlates of effective succession planning and longevity. ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...

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