Academic Publications

2023

Alamah, Z., Elgammal, W., & Fakih, A. (2023). Does Twitter Economic Uncertainty Matter for Wheat Prices?. Economics Letters, 111463.

Karaki, M. B., & Safieddine, H. (2023). Do defense news crowd out private investment?. Economics Letters, 111421.

Ahmad, I. A., Fakih, A., & Hammoud, M. (2023). Parents’ perceptions of their children’s mental health during COVID-19: Evidence from Canada. Social Science & Medicine.

Diab, S., & Karaki, M. B. (2023). Do increases in gasoline prices cause higher food prices?. Energy Economics, 107066.

Al Gharib, F., & Marrouch, W. (2023). Central air conditioning, air pollution and housing location: Evidence from Lebanon. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 16(5), 979-990.

Boutros, P., & Fakih, A. (2023). The disability employment paradox in developing countries: recent evidence from Lebanon. Development Studies Research, 10(1), 1-16.

Fakih, A., Kassab, S., & Lizzaik, Z. (2023). Employability of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: The Role of Legal Residency. Defence and Peace Economics, 1-18.

Singh, V. K., Abosedra, S., Fakih, A., Ghosh, S., & Kanjilal, K. (2023). Economic volatility and financial deepening in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from panel cointegration with cross-sectional heterogeneity and endogenous structural breaks. Empirical Economics, 1-26.

Fakih, A., Hammoud, M., & Sayour, N. (2023). Youth voting and institutional change in the post-Arab Spring MENA region. Economic and Political Studies, 1-27.

Abosedra, S., Fakih, A., Ghosh, S., & Kanjilal, K. (2023). Financial development and business cycle volatility nexus in the UAE: Evidence from non‐linear regime‐shift and asymmetric tests. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 28(3), 2729-2741.

El Baba, W., & Fakih, A. (2023). COVID‐19 and consumer behavior: Food stockpiling in the US market. Agribusiness, 39(2), 515-534.

Arayssi, M., Fakih, A., & Haimoun, N. (2023). Skill Mismatch, Nepotism, Job Satisfaction, and Young Females in the MENA Region. Econometrics, 11(2), 16.

Harb, G; and Bassil, C. (2023). “TFP in the manufacturing sector: long-term dynamics, country and regional comparative analysis”, Economies, 11(2), 1-22. 

Bassil, C; Harb, G; and Al Daia, R. (2023). “The economic impact of tourism at regional level: a systematic literature review”, Tourism Review International, 27(2), 159-175.

Dagher, L., Jamali, I., & Abi Younes, O. (2023). Extreme energy poverty: The aftermath of Lebanon’s economic collapse. Energy Policy, 183, 113783.

Fakhoury, A., & Fakih, A. (2023). Government intervention and business response as determinants of business continuity amid COVID-19: the case of Jordan and Morocco. International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, 17(2), 196-219.

Alamah, Z., AlSoussy, I., & Fakih, A. (2023). The Role of International Research Collaboration and Faculty Related Factors in Publication Citations: Evidence from Lebanon. Economies, 11(3), 90.

Farahmand, S., Hilmi, N., Cinar, M., Safa, A., Lam, V. W., Djoundourian, S., … & Raybaud, V. (2023). Climate change impacts on Mediterranean fisheries: A sensitivity and vulnerability analysis for main commercial species. Ecological Economics, 211, 107889.

Gilsinan, J. F., Fisher, J. E., Islam, M. Q., Ordower, H. M., & Shahin, W. (2023). The contagion of corruption: a model for understanding systemic ethical failures. Journal of Financial Crime.

Hashem, I., & Marrouch, W. (2023). Polluting resource extraction and climate risk. Natural Resource Modeling, 36(1), e12354.

Rao, A., Dagar, V., Sohag, K., Dagher, L., & Tanin, T. (2023). Good for the planet, good for the wallet: The ESG impact on financial performance in India. Finance Research Letters, 56, 1-7.

Dagher, L., and Hasanov, F. (2023). Oil market shocks and financial instability in Asian countries. International Review of Economics and Finance, 84, 182-195.

Urom, C., Guesmi, K., Abid, I., and Dagher, L. (2023). Dynamic integration and transmission channels among interest rates and oil price shocks. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 87, 296-317

Hilmi, N., Benitez Carranco, M. B., Broussard, D., Mathew, M., Djoundourian, S., Cassotta, S., … & Ferrier-Pagès, C. (2023). Tropical blue carbon: solutions and perspectives for valuations of carbon sequestration. Frontiers in Climate, 5, 1169663.

Boutros, P., Fakih, A., & Tarraf, M. (2023). COVID-19, Remote Work and Firm’s Performance in the MENA Region: A Propensity-Score, 2023, Regional Science Policy and Practice.

Fakih, A., TANG, C., & Abosedra, S. (2023). A Cross-Country COVID-19 Mortality Rate: How Do Institutions Make A Change?, 2023, Journal of Health Management.

2022

Fakih, A., & Sleiman, Y. (2022). The Gender Gap in Political Participation: Evidence from the MENA Region. Review of Political Economy, 1-24.

Fakih, A., & El Baba, M. (2022). The willingness to emigrate in six MENA countries: The role of post‐revolutionary stress. International Migration.

Fakih, A., & Khayat, R. (2022). Social identity, confidence in institutions, and youth: Evidence from the Arab Spring. Social Science Quarterly, 103(5), 997-1018.

Fakih, A., Haimoun, N., & Sleiman, A. (2022). What drives demand for private tutoring in the Middle East and North Africa region? Evidence from a Youth Survey. African Development Review, 34(2), 268-279.

Fakih, A., Makdissi, P., Marrouch, W., Tabri, R. V., & Yazbeck, M. (2022). A stochastic dominance test under survey nonresponse with an application to comparing trust levels in Lebanese public institutions. Journal of Econometrics, 228(2), 342-358.

Abdo Ahmad, I., & Fakih, A. (2022). Does the legal form matter for firm performance in the MENA region?. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 93(1), 205-227.

Tang, C. F., Fakih, A., & Abosedra, S. (2022). The fatality rate of COVID-19: How does education, Health Infrastructure and Institutional Quality Make a change?. Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, 16(2), 166-182.

Harb, G; and Bassil, C. (2022). “Regional growth, domestic and foreign tourism in NUTS regions: new insights from the Old continent”, Journal of Travel Research, 61(2), 279-298.

Boutros, P., Fakih, A., Kassab, S., & Lizzaik, Z. (2022). Does the Number of Publications Matter for Academic Promotion in Higher Education? Evidence from Lebanon. Social Sciences, 11(10), 454.

Boutros, P., & Fakih, A. (2022). Drivers of research outcomes in developing Countries: the case of Lebanon. Economies, 10(3), 58.

Assaker, G., & Shahin, W. (2022). What Drives Faculty Publication Citations in the Business Field? Empirical Results from an AACSB Middle Eastern Institution. Publications, 10(4), 44.

Djoundourian, S., & Shahin, W. (2022). Academia–business cooperation: A strategic plan for an innovative executive education program. Industry and Higher Education, 36(6), 835-845.

Hilmi, N., Djoundourian, S., Shahin, W., & Safa, A. (2022). Does the ECB policy of quantitative easing impact environmental policy objectives?. Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 25(3), 259-271.

Djoundourian, S., Marrouch, W., & Sayour, N. (2022). Adaptation funding and greenhouse gas emissions: halo effect or complacency?. The Energy Journal, 43(4).

Baki, G. A., & Marrouch, W. (2022). Environmental taxation in the Bertrand differentiated duopoly: New insights. Resource and Energy Economics, 70, 101329.

Djoundourian, S. S. (2022). Middle East and North Africa: Civil society and environmental activism in the Arab world. The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Movements, 96-108.

Haidar, J. I. (2022). Internalization of externalities in international trade. Empirical Economics, 63(1), 469-497.

Ganguli, I., Haidar, J. I., Khwaja, A. I., Stemper, S. W., & Zafar, B. (2022). Economic Shocks and Skill Acquisition: Evidence from a National Online Learning Platform at the Onset of COVID-19 (No. w29921). National Bureau of Economic Research.

2021

Abosedra, S., Laopodis, N. T., & Fakih, A. (2021). Dynamics and asymmetries between consumer sentiment and consumption in pre-and during-COVID-19 time: Evidence from the US. The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, 24, e00227.

Fakih, A., & Ghazalian, P. L. (2021). Did the Arab Spring lead to economic, institutional and sociopolitical changes? An empirical analysis through the perceptions of Egyptian youth. International Journal of Social Economics, 48(11), 1658-1676.

Barakat, Z., & Fakih, A. (2021). Determinants of the Arab Spring Protests in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya: What Have We Learned?. Social Sciences, 10(8), 282.

Dibeh, G., Fakih, A., Marrouch, W., & Matar, G. (2021). Who Cares About Environmental Quality in the MENA Region?. Social Indicators Research, 157(2), 603-629.

Marrouch, W., & Sayour, N. (2021). Hedonic housing prices and environmental quality in Lebanon. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 14(5), 953-968.

Belaid, F., Dagher, L., and Filis, G. (2021). Revisiting the resource curse in the MENA region. Resources Policy, 73, 1-14.

Karaki, M. B. (2021). Lower oil prices since 2014: Good news or bad news for the Lebanese economy?. In Oil and the political economy in the Middle East (pp. 213-236). Manchester University Press.

Harb, G; and Bassil, C. (2022). “Harnessing cross-regional disparities to assess the impact of tourism on regional growth in Europe”, Current Issues in Tourism, 24(11), 1491-1504.

Dagher, L., and Nehme, R. (2021). Can Lebanon’s Economy Be Saved? A Plan for Revival. Middle East Policy, 28(1), 123-134.

Djoundourian, S. S. (2021). Response of the Arab world to climate change challenges and the Paris agreement. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 21(3), 469-491.

Diwan, I., & Haidar, J. I. (2021). Political connections reduce job creation: firm-level evidence from Lebanon. The Journal of Development Studies, 57(8), 1373-1396.

2020

Fakih, A., Ghazalian, P., & Ghazzawi, N. (2020). The effects of power outages on the performance of manufacturing firms in the MENA region. Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 16(3), 20200011.

Fakih, A., Haimoun, N., & Kassem, M. (2020). Youth unemployment, gender and institutions during transition: evidence from the Arab Spring. Social Indicators Research, 150, 311-336.

Dibeh, G., Fakih, A., & Marrouch, W. (2020). Tourism–growth nexus under duress: Lebanon during the Syrian crisis. Tourism Economics, 26(3), 353-370.

Gilsinan, J. F., Fisher, J. E., Islam, M., Ordower, H. M., & Shahin, W. (2020). The undeserving rich: can they be redeemed? Policy options for curbing illegal wealth. Journal of financial crime, 27(4), 1075-1087.

Rayan Baalbaki & Walid Marrouch, (2020). Is there a garbage Kuznets curve? Evidence from OECD countries, Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 40(2), pages 1049-1055.

Karaki, M. B. (2020). Monetary shocks and job flows: evidence from disaggregated data. Empirical Economics, 58(6), 2911-2936.

Dagher, L., Fattouh, B., and Jamali, I. (2020). Oil price dynamics and energy transitions in the Middle East and North Africa: Economic implications and structural reforms. Energy Policy, 139, 1-3.

Harb, G; and Bassil, C. (2020). “Gravity analysis of tourism flows and the ‘multilateral resistance to tourism’ “, Current Issues in Tourism, 23(6), 666-678.

Harb, G; and Bassil, C. (2020). “Terrorism and inbound tourism: does immigration have a moderating effect?”, Tourism Economics, 26(3), 500-518.

Haidar, J. I. (2020). Late-movers outperform first-movers in export markets. Economics Letters, 196, 109565.

Ishrakieh, L.M., Dagher, L. and El Hariri, S. (2020). A financial stress index for a highly dollarized developing country: The case of Lebanon. Central Bank Review, 20, 2, 43-52.

2019

Arayssi, M., Fakih, A., & Haimoun, N. (2019). Did the Arab Spring reduce MENA countries’ growth?. Applied economics letters, 26(19), 1579-1585.

Dibeh, G., Fakih, A., & Marrouch, W. (2019). Employment and skill mismatch among youth in Lebanon. International Journal of Manpower, 40(8), 1438-1457.

Dibeh, G., Fakih, A., & Marrouch, W. (2019). Labor market and institutional drivers of youth irregular migration in the Middle East and North Africa region. Journal of Industrial Relations, 61(2), 225-251.

Coutts, A., Daoud, A., Fakih, A., Marrouch, W., & Reinsberg, B. (2019). Guns and butter? Military expenditure and health spending on the eve of the Arab Spring. Defence and Peace Economics, 30(2), 227-237.

Fakih, A., & Marrouch, W. (2019). Environmental Kuznets curve, a mirage? A non-parametric analysis for MENA Countries. International Advances in Economic Research, 25, 113-119.

Arayssi, M., Fakih, A., & Kassem, M. (2019). Government and financial institutional determinants of development in MENA countries. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 55(11), 2473-2496.

Marrouch, W., & Mourad, J. (2019). Effect of gasoline prices on car fuel efficiency: Evidence from Lebanon. Energy Policy, 135, 111001.

Alsalman, Z. N., & Karaki, M. B. (2019). Oil prices and personal consumption expenditures: does the source of the shock matter?. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 81(2), 250-270.

Herrera, A. M., Karaki, M. B., & Rangaraju, S. K. (2019). Oil price shocks and US economic activity. Energy policy, 129, 89-99.

Harb, G. (2019). “The impact of terrorism on inbound tourism: disentangling the cross-spatial correlation”, Economics Bulletin, 39(1), 686-700.

Ishrakieh, L.M., Dagher, L., and El Hariri, S. (2019). Not the usual suspects: Critical indicators in a dollarized country’s Financial Stress Index. Finance Research Letters, 32, 1-6.

Singh, G. G., Hilmi, N., Bernhardt, J. R., Cisneros Montemayor, A. M., Cashion, M., Ota, Y., … & Cheung, W. (2019). Climate impacts on the ocean are making the Sustainable Development Goals a moving target travelling away from us. People and Nature, 1(3), 317-330.

Bindoff, N. L., Cheung, W. W., Kairo, J. G., Arístegui, J., Guinder, V. A., Hallberg, R., … & Williamson, P. (2019). Changing ocean, marine ecosystems, and dependent communities.

Lam, V. W., Chavanich, S., Djoundourian, S., Dupont, S., Gaill, F., Holzer, G., … & Hall-Spencer, J. M. (2019). Dealing with the effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs in the Indian Ocean and Asia. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 28, 100560.

Hilmi, N., Osborn, D., Acar, S., Bambridge, T., Chlous, F., Cinar, M., … & Safa, A. (2019). Socio-economic tools to mitigate the impacts of ocean acidification on economies and communities reliant on coral reefs—a framework for prioritization. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 28, 100559.

Diwan, I., & Haidar, J. I. (2019). Clientelism, Cronyism, and Job Creation. Crony Capitalism in the Middle East: Business and Politics from Liberalization to the Arab Spring, 119.

Mansour-Ichrakieh, L., & Zeaiter, H. (2019). The role of geopolitical risks on the Turkish economy opportunity or threat. The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 50, 101000.

Shahin, W. , Islam, M. Gislsinan, J., & Fisher, J. (2019) Aftermath: Regulatory Wrangling in the Financial Sector Following the Great Recession, The Company Lawyer, Volume 40, number 3.

2018

Dibeh, G., Fakih, A., & Marrouch, W. (2018). Decision to emigrate amongst the youth in Lebanon. International Migration, 56(1), 5-22.

Fakih, A. (2018). What determines vacation leave? The role of gender. Bulletin of Economic Research, 70(1), 1-19.

Karaki, M. B. (2018). Oil prices and state unemployment rates. The Energy Journal, 39(3).

Karaki, M. B. (2018). Asymmetries in the responses of regional job flows to oil price shocks. Economic Inquiry, 56(3), 1827-1845.

Bitar, N., Chakrabarti, A., & Zeaiter, H. (2018). Were reinhart and rogoff right?. International Review of Economics & Finance, 58, 614-620.