Achieving a more inclusive financial system is crucial to unlocking economic opportunities, reducing inequality, and ensuring that no person will be excluded from access and usage of financial and banking services. Even if financial services are wide...
During the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), organized under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and hosted by the United Arab Emirates, member nations reached a global agreement to begin transitioning away from fossil fue...
This study investigates the structure of the tail dependence between the United States (US) and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banking sectors for the period February 2010 to July 2017. Conditional value at risk and conditional diversification benefi...
No specific markers have been identified to detect non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell-derived exosomes circulating in the blood. Here, we report a new biomarker that distinguishes between cancer and non-cancer cell-derived exosomes. Exosomes iso...
The accuracy of time delay estimation seriously affects the accuracy of sound source localization. In order to improve the accuracy of time delay estimation under the condition of low SNR, a delay estimation optimization algorithm based on singular v...
Purpose: This study examines the impact of macroeconomic factors on GCC banks’ stability. As GCC countries still rely on oil export revenues to cover government expenses and perform an undiversified economy, hence, increased awareness of the fi...
The economic crisis and decline in oil prices caused by the pandemic led governments in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region to step up their diversification efforts. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries w...
This survey study analyzed the existing literature on the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait). This stud...
In recent years, the intersection of institutional quality and climate vulnerability has emerged as a critical yet largely untapped area of study, despite its profound implications for understanding resilience to environmental challenges and sustaina...
Investigating the key factors that contribute to the development of a green economy is essential for governments and policymakers as they decide where to allocate their investments. However, the determinants of a green economy, particularly regarding...
CO2, N2O, and CH4 are the three most widespread Greenhouse Gases (GHGs). Electricity consumption and the related CO2-equivalent gas emissions resulting from oil and gas combustion for the six countries that comprise the Cooperation Council for the Ar...
Global financial markets have experienced significant volatility during crises, particularly COVID-19 and the Russia–Ukraine conflict, prompting questions about how regional markets respond to such shocks. Previous research highlights the influ...
Over the past decade, the debate on the microeconomic effects of financial inclusion has intensified, with a growing body of research exploring how access to financial services impacts banks’ behaviors. Studying the effect of financial inclusio...
This paper assesses the effect of the recent 2014–2015 oil price slump on the financial stability in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. The first objective of this paper is to assess how oil price shock propagates within the macroeconomy and...
Our study explores how ESG performance affects corporate misconduct (CM) in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) firms and whether having more women on corporate boards influences this relationship. Using logistic regression and using data collected from G...
The main objective of this study is to investigate the causal relationship between tourism development and economic growth in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in a multivariate model, using panel data for the period 1995–2012. The study adopt...
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have faced environmental challenges in recent decades. This study aims to identify the contribution of digitalization, industrialization, and financial development to the ecological footprint (EF) in GCC count...
This study seeks to investigate the potential effects of the recent pandemic (COVID-19) on capital structure dynamics. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a fascinating topic for this study because of its distinct economic characteristics. The anal...
Economic diversification has been a cornerstone of the policy agenda of resource-rich countries, such as Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, seeking sustainable economic development to avoid reliance on hydrocarbon revenues that cause significa...
The real estate sector has emerged as the bedrock of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies, and it has remained resilient despite the various unprecedented micro- and macro-economic shocks devouring the world’s economies. However, wavering inv...
This study examines whether financial analysts consider or incorporate the environmental, social and governance disclosures (thereafter ESG) in their recommendations. We then test whether royal family directors affect this relation. Using a dataset f...
Oil prices and rapidly increasing urbanization could have a long-lasting impact on the environment in oil-abundant Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Therefore, the environmental role of oil price, economic growth, and urbanization on CO2 emis...
This study explores how ESG reforms impact economic growth in GCC countries, using annual data from 2000 to 2022 and analyzing the role of financial development in supporting these effects. Applying a fixed effect technique, results reveal that ESG f...
In recent years, the importance of developing the tourism sector and diversifying income sources has grown in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. This paper estimates the impact of tourism industry development on income equality in the GCC...
As prominent oil producers, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have played a significant role in the global energy market. However, as the world’s attention increasingly shifts towards environmental sustainability, understanding the impli...
Background: Meat adulteration poses serious public health, economic, and religious concerns, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) regions where halal authenticity is essential. While isolated stud...
This research explores the effects of significant global economic shocks, such as the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, on GDP growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations. Employing a dynamic generalized method of...
This study examines the relationship between Sovereign Environmental, Social, and Governance (SESG) initiatives and foreign direct investment (FDI) within the context of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries from 2000 to 2022. The research exp...
The current study aims to explore the role of various macroeconomic factors in determining corporate investment. Using firm-level data of six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region countries for a 14 year period (2007–2020), the current study es...
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies are investing heavily in digital infrastructure to diversify beyond hydrocarbons, yet the productivity returns from these investments remain uncertain. This study examines whether digital adoption enhances lab...
In arid climates, almost half of the urban peak load of energy demand is used to supply cooling and air-conditioning in the summertime. The pressure placed on energy resources to satisfy inhabitants’ indoor comfort requirements is mounting due...
This study explores the ownership–risk relationship in the GCC emerging economies during the COVID-19 pandemic, examining 44 commercial banks classified as private and publicly owned banks. The two-stage least squares (2SLS) method is employed...
Malaria is the most common vector-borne parasitic infection causing significant human morbidity and mortality in nearly 90 tropical/sub-tropical countries worldwide. Significant differences exist in the incidence of malaria cases, dominant Plasmodium...
One of the most useful and simplified approaches in assessing building energy estimates is the degree days method. The heating and cooling requirements can be easily compared for different locations as well as system trends. In this paper, the coolin...
This study investigates the relationship between private family control (excluding state and royal) and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance among publicly listed firms in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), focusing specifically o...
This study investigates the financial interconnections among Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), sukuk (Islamic bonds), and oil in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations. The study sample comprises S&P GCC Composite Equity Real Estate Investme...
Follicle development refers to the process in which the follicles in the ovary gradually develop from the primary stage to a mature state, and most primary follicles fail to develop normally, without forming a dense granular cell layer and cell wall,...
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The rising complexity of financial fraud in highly digitalized regions such as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) poses challenging issues owing to class imbalance, adversarial attacks, concept drift, and explainability requirements. This paper sugge...
This paper empirically investigated the impact of climate governance on the relationship between ESG reporting and firm profitability. The collected sample is all the nonfinancial companies in Europe and Gulf countries during the period 2010–20...
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region has witnessed significant growth in the global electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) market, especially in the industrial field due to the high demand from oil and gas and other related sectors. However,...
The current study examines the moderating role of R&D expenditures by the government on the relationship between entrepreneurship and per capita output in GCC countries. Using secondary quantitative data, panel data analysis was conducted for six...
Stock returns are a critical aspect of investment decisions, and understanding whether climate change commitment influences stock returns is essential for informed decision-making. This paper investigates the impact of climate change commitment on th...
This article examines how the volatile oil price affected Saudi Arabia’s and the other GCC countries’ fiscal policy dynamics from 2000 and 2024. The region’s fiscal systems are vulnerable to external shocks due to their substantial...
While existing literature has explored the effects of financial technology on CO2 emissions, there has been limited research examining how variations in financial technology itself influence its impact on emissions. To supplement the shortness of exi...
Photovoltaic transformerless inverters are very efficient and economical options for solar-power generation. The absence of the isolation transformer improves the converters’ efficiency, but high-frequency voltage to ground can appear in the ph...
Cystinosis is a rare systemic disease characterized by the accumulation of cystine in tissues, leading to multi-organ damage. Infantile nephropathic cystinosis is the dominant and severe form of cystinosis with critical renal manifestations that requ...
In response to the growing environmental concerns and sustainability imperatives in the GCC and the world in general, companies are increasingly being urged to integrate environmental accountability into their core strategies and operations by accoun...
This study investigates the impact of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance on corporate corruption risk management (CCRM) and examines the moderating role of the risk management committee (RMC) among non-financial firms in Gulf Coo...
This article explores the intersection of gender, entrepreneurship, and sustainability in the context of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The article proposes a comprehensive analytical framework that incorporates multiple levels of anal...
This study investigates the contributions of five key sectors—insurance, materials, utilities, real estate, and transport—to the financial markets of six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries from 2004 to 2023. Grounded in the Sectoral...
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