Proceedings of the Middle East Economic Association

2005 Proceedings of the Middle East Economic Association

Selected condensed papers presented in the 25th annual meeting of MEEA in conjunction with Allied Social Sciences Association in Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., January 7-9, 2005 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 Kathryn Sedlacko, Loyola University Chicago Editorial Advisory Board for Volume 7 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 7 Oil Consumption and Microeconomic Policies: Evidence of Asymmetry in Developing Countries by Magda E. Kandil and Ida A. Mirazaie The International Monetary Fund, John Carroll University General or Vocational: Evidence on School Choice and Returns from Egypt by Fatma El-Hamidi University of Pittsburgh Do Turkish Exports have a Comparative Advantage with Respect to the European Union Market, 1999-2000 by Guzin Erlat and Haluk Erlat Middle East Technical Univerversity Bank Runs in Emerging Market Countries: Turkey's Special Finance Houses by Martha Starr and Rasim Yilmaz American University, Dumlupinar University A Cross Section Estimate of Translog Production Function: Jordanian Manufacturing Industry by Ali M. Khalil Al-Ahliyya Amman University Understanding Post-independence Visions of Economic Prosperity in Algeria through the Mirror of the Second Napoleonic Empire by Kay Adamson Glasgow Caledonian University, UK Survey Results on Hunger and Food Insecurity in Yemen by Nader Kabbani American University of Beirut, Lebanon How to Boost Private Investment in the MENA Countries: The Role of Economic Reforms by Ahmet Aysan, Gaobo Pang and Marie-Ange Véganzonès -Varoudakis University of Maryland Université d´Auvergne, France The Information Revolution and the Industrial Revolution: Today's Egypt in the Shadow of the Past - A Note by Nagla Rizk The American University in Cairo

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