Proceedings of the Middle East Economic Association

2004 Proceedings of the Middle East Economic Association

Selected condensed papers presented in the 24th annual meeting of MEEA in conjunction with Allied Social Sciences Association in San Diego, U.S.A., January 3-5, 2004 Full papers can be requested from the authors.

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Editor and Publisher of Electronic Journal E. Mine Cinar, Loyola University Chicago Research Associates Matthew Davidson, Loyola University Chicago Sarah Stec, Loyola University Chicago Editorial Advisory Board for Volume 6 Parvin Alizadeh, London Guildhall University Sohrab Behdad, Denison University Jacques Charmes, University of Versailles Guzin Erlat, Middle East Technical University Hadi Esfahani, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Hassan Hakimian, City University of London Fatemeh Moghadam, Hofstra University Jeffrey Nugent, University of Southern California Edward Sayre, Agnes Scott College Wassim Shahin, Lebanese American University

Contents - Volume 6 Business Cycles Characteristics of the Mediterranean Area Countries by Marco Gallegati, Mauro Gallegati, Wolfgang Polasek Polytechnical University of Marche, Institute for Advanced Studies Oil Economics and Globalization: The Case of the GCC Countries by Yousif Khalifa Al-Yousif College of Administration and Economics, United Arab Emirates University Economic Conditions and Resistance to Occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip: There is a Causal Connection by Basel A. Saleh Kansas State University Evaluating Financial Sector Development in the Middle East and North Africa: New Methodology and Some New Results by Susan Creane, Rishi Goyal, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Randa Sab IMF, IMF, The University of Colorado at Boulder and IMF Relative Price Variability: The Case of Turkey 1994-2002 by Hande Kucuk and Burc Tuger The Central Bank of Turkey Euro Pricing of Crude Oil: An OPEC's Perspective by Mohana Rajamanickam, Massood V. Samii, Arul Thirunavukkarasu Southern New Hampshire University E-Readiness Assessment of Small and Medium Enterprises in Egypt: A Micro Study by Nagla Rizk The American University in Cairo Emerging Strains in GCC Labor Markets by Ugo Fasano and Rishi Goyal The International Monetary Fund

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