Economics

Faculty and MA Economics Students Joint Publications

  1. Karaki, M. B., & Neaimeh, A. (2024). Do higher global oil and wheat prices matter for the wheat flour price in Lebanon?. Agricultural Economics.
  2. Alamah, Z., Elgammal, W., & Fakih, A. (2024). Does twitter economic uncertainty matter for wheat prices?. Economics Letters, 234, 111463.
  3. Kassab, S. (2024). The Impact of Remittance Inflows on Inflation: The Case of Lebanon. Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 20(1), 113-127.
  4. Diab, A., & Fakih, A. (2024). Determinants of Happiness Among Arab Youth: Evidence from a Youth Survey. SAGE Open, 14(1), 1-13.
  5. 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, 337, 11629.
  6. Karaki, M. B., & Safieddine, H. (2023). Do defense news crowd out private investment?. Economics Letters, 111421.
  7. Diab, S., & Karaki, M. B. (2023). Do increases in gasoline prices cause higher food prices?. Energy Economics, 107066.
  8. Fakih, A., Kassab, S., & Lizzaik, Z. (2023). Employability of Syrian refugees in Lebanon: the role of legal residency. Defence and Peace Economics, 1–18.
  9. Baltaji, R., Fakih, A., & Sayour, N. (2023). How did COVID lockdowns affect firms and workers? Evidence from Jordan and Morocco. Development Policy Review, 41(6), 1-23.
  10. Boutros, P., Fakih, A., & Tarraf, M. (2023). Adapting to the New Normal: The Impact of Remote Work on Firm Performance in Jordan and Morocco. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 15(8), 1722-1740.
  11. Fakih, A., & El Baba, M. (2023). The willingness to emigrate in six MENA countries: The role of post‐revolutionary stress. International Migration, 61(4), 201-220.
  12. Boutros, P., Fakih, A. (2023). The Disability Employment Paradox in Developing Countries: Recent Evidence from Lebanon, Development Studies Research, 10(1), 1-16.
  13. El Baba, W., & Fakih, A. (2023). COVID‐19 and consumer behavior: Food stockpiling in the US market. Agribusiness, 39(2), 515-534.
  14. 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.
  15. Hashem, I., & Marrouch, W. (2023). Polluting resource extraction and climate risk. Natural Resource Modeling, 36(1), 1-9.
  16. 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.
  17. Bouri, E., Hammoud, R., & Kassm, C. A. (2023). The effect of oil implied volatility and geopolitical risk on GCC stock sectors under various market conditions. Energy Economics, 120, 106617.
  18. Fakih, A., & Khayat, R. (2022). Social identity, confidence in institutions, and youth: Evidence from the Arab Spring. Social Science Quarterly, 103(5), 997-1018.
  19. Baki, G. A., & Marrouch, W. (2022). Environmental taxation in the Bertrand differentiated duopoly: New insights. Resource and Energy Economics, 70, 101329.
  20. 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.
  21. Al Gharib, F., & Marrouch, W. (2022). Central air conditioning, air pollution and housing location: evidence from Lebanon. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 16(5), 979-990.
  22. Boutros, P., Fakih, A. (2022). Drivers of Research Outcomes in Developing Countries: The Case of Lebanon. Economies, 10(3), 58. 
  23. Fakih, A., Haimoun, N., Sleiman, A. (2022) What Drives Demand for Private Tutoring in the MENA Region? Evidence from a Youth Survey. African Development Review, 34(2), 268-279.
  24. Abdo A., 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.
  25. Fakih, A., Sleiman, Y. (2022). The Gender Gap in Political Participation: Evidence from the MENA Region. Review of Political Economy, 1-24.
  26. 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.
  27. Baalbaki, R., Marrouch, W. (2020). Is there a garbage Kuznets curve? Evidence from OECD countries. Economics Bulletin, 40(2), 1049-1055.
  28. Fakih, A., Ghazzawi, N., Ghazalian, P. (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), 1-28.
  29. Marrouch, W., Mourad, J. (2019). Effect of gasoline prices on car fuel efficiency: Evidence from Lebanon. Energy Policy, 135, 111001.