Mohammad AlawinUniversity of Jordan | UJ · Department of Business Economics
Mohammad Alawin
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This paper is designed to investigate the main determinants of economic diversification in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The data cover the six GCC countries over the period from 1995 to 2016. The model is estimated using the pooled OLS method, with fixed effects specification to detect the impact of trade, GDP per capita, FDI, tour...
The main purpose of this research is to highlight on the importance of entrepreneurship as a mechanism for knowledge spillovers, thereby contributing to the economic growth and prosperity of Kuwait. Using data for the period 2001 to 2014, we have analyzed the relationship between the number of establishments and economic growth. We have found some...
This study provides a theoretical framework for the role of renewable energy in mitigating the climate change in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The abundancy of renewable resources and widely accessible technology are the key drivers for the renewable energy business in the GCC. However, lack of effective policies and regulations, al...
The primary objective of this study to examine the sustainability of public finance and debt in Jordan. This paper will use the method of Fully Modified Least Squares (FMOLS). The results show that public finance is unable to stabilize the ratio of public debt to GDP at the target. However, for some measures, there was the sustainability of public...
This study measured the sustainability of the current account for the Jordanian economy during the period (1990-2017). Intertemporal Solvency Model has been used to know the ability of the government to pay its current obligations of future surpluses. The results of this study show that, in the long run, there is not enough solvency in the current...
The main purpose of this paper is to examine whether the relationship between economic development and gender inequality in the MENA Region represents an S-Shape Kuznets Curve (A non-monotonic relationship). In order to identify the nature of this relationship, we will analyze a data set covering 17 countries over the period (1991–2015) using panel...
The study highlighted the impact of political shocks in the Middle East during the study period (2000-2016). It aimed at identifying the most important political shocks along with its economic dimensions by identifying the political scene in the Middle East during that period. The study proved that there is cointegration between Jordan and the coun...
The objective of this study is to compare the performance of headline inflation and core inflation in Jordan to determine which indicator interacts more with economic variables and which indicator is more sensitive to economic policies. This comparison will be done by measuring the extent of the impact of a number of economic variables on these two...
In order to achieve that goal, the study presents theoretical and econometric
framework for an economic model that includes the determinants of inflation where
current account deficit is one of them. The study finds out that the increase in current
account deficit affects domestic inflation negatively in the long run. This result would be
attribute...
This study examines the impact of the degree of trade openness, real exchange rate (RER) and the level of imports on the production of the manufacturing sector in Jordan for the monthly period (1992-2012). This study applies the Chow test for structural changes. The results show that the year 2000, when Jordan officially joined the World Trade Orga...
How the military burden affects economic growth, especially in developing countries, is the subject of much research in the economic literature. Studies have varied on the findings of the effects of military expenditure (ME) on growth. Therefore, we see multiple schools of thought about the relationship between ME and economic growth. However, ther...
The genetic and phenotypic variability among 22 Jordanian faba bean (Vicia faba L.) accessions were explored. Fifteen horticultural traits were evaluated including Biological weight, Days to flowering, Grain yield, Plant height, Highest lowest pod, Number of primary branches, Pod length, Pod width, Pod weight, days to filling, pod number node-¹, Po...
This study identifies the determinants of international tourism in Jordan, and studying the uncertainty as one of these determinants. To do this, the study employed two approaches; Gravity model to identify the determinants of international tourism, and Panel-GARCH model to investigate the effect of uncertainty on the number of tourist arrivals to...
The objective of this paper is to test the long-run validity of the monetary model of exchange rate determinations for the Jordanian economy. Two empirical models were tested; the flexible price monetary model and the sticky price monetary model. These models postulate the existence of a strong link between exchange rates and a set of macroeconomic...
In this paper, an early warning system will be developed to explain any potential currency crisis and identify a number of leading indicators that can help the understanding of the crises, using Jordanian data. The methodology of this paper includes utilizing the Multinomial Logit analysis. The paper has found evidence that number of key indicators...
The aim of this study is to examine the twin deficits hypothesis for Kuwait for the quarterly period (1993:4-2010:4). The twin deficit hypothesis states that an increase in the budget deficit will cause a similar increase in current account deficit. To analyze the relationship between the two variables, the paper tests the stationarity of the two v...
The aim of this study is to examine the twin deficits hypothesis for Kuwait for the quarterly period (1993:4-2010:4). The twin deficit hypothesis states that an increase in the budget deficit will cause a similar increase in current account deficit. To analyze the relationship between the two variables, the paper tests the stationarity of the two v...
This paper examines the effect of the official intervention by the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Central Bank of Turkey on the Australian and on the Turkish exchange rates; respectively. The data series used in this paper covers the daily Australian intervention over the period January 2, 1998 to December 22, 2006 and the daily Turkish interven...