convergence of real per capita gdp within east asian and middle east countries: panel unit root evidence

Convergence of Real Per Capita GDP within East Asian and Middle East Countries: Panel Unit Root Evidence

This paper examines convergence of real GDP per capita in the selected East Asian countries and this relationship with selected Middle East countries during the period 1950-2009. The reason behind this refers to the fact that East Asia countries (including China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and South Korea) have been involved in achieving success arising from regi...

Openness, Growth, And Development: Evidence From A Panel Of East Asian Countries

Strategies of Hepatitis B vaccine export to the Middle East and Central Asian countries

Introduction: This paper proposes an appropriate strategy for exporting Hepatitis B vaccine, manufactured by Pasteur Institute of Iran, to other countries. Methods: Eeffectiveness factors and their relative variables were found out by factor analysis method in SPSS software. Results: We could identify 6 main factors which can extremely affect the export of this product. We evaluated manufacture...

openness, growth, and development: evidence from a panel of east asian countries

Revisiting Energy-GDP Nexus for the Selected Countries of the Middle East Region

This paper investigates the relationship between total energy consumption and GDP in six countries of the Middle East , including Iran,Pakistan,Saudi Arabia,Oman,Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. The data are annual and spanning the period 1980-2012.We employed Hsiao’s (1981) methodology to examine causality relation between total energy consumption and GDP.The empirical findings show a uni...

The Effect of Ease of Doing Business on Capital Flight: Evidence from East Asian Countries

T he business environment is characterized by environmental and exogenous factors that affect company performance to the extent that it prevents managers from interacting effectively with a company. This study built on the literature on the ease of doing business and capital flight by empirically demonstrating the importance of business environments across different countries. To thi...