Publications

by members of

Arab Planning Institute (API)
Kuwait City, Kuwait

Working papers

2009

1. Onour, Ibrahim, 2009. "Financial Integration of North Africa Stock Markets," MPRA Paper 14938, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
2. Onour, Ibrahim, 2009. "Natural Gas markets:How Sensitive to Crude Oil Price Changes?," MPRA Paper 14937, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
3. Onour, Ibrahim, 2009. "Extreme Risk and Fat-tails Distribution Model:Empirical Analysis," MPRA Paper 17736, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 20 Sep 2009. [Downloadable!]
4. Onour, Ibrahim, 2009. "Rational bubbles and volatility persistence in India stock market," MPRA Paper 18545, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

2008

1. Razzak, Weshah, 2008. "On The dynamic of search, matching and productivity in New Zealand and Australia," MPRA Paper 8262, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
2. Weshah Razzak & Rabie Nasser, 2008. "A Nonparametric Approach to Evaluating Inflation-Targeting Regimes," EERI Research Paper Series EERI_RP_2008_18, Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI). [Downloadable!]
3. Onour, Ibrahim, 2008. "Forward-Looking Beta Estimates:Evidence from an Emerging Market," MPRA Paper 14992, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
4. Onour, Ibrahim, 2008. "Financial Integration of GCC Capital Markets:Evidence of Nonlinear Cointegration," MPRA Paper 15187, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

2007

1. Weshah Razzak, 2007. "Explaining the gaps in labour productivity in some developed countries," Money Macro and Finance (MMF) Research Group Conference 2006 30, Money Macro and Finance Research Group. [Downloadable!]
2. Razzak, Weshah & Timmins, Jason, 2007. "A Macroeconomic perspective on skill shortages and the skill premium in New Zealand," MPRA Paper 1886, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
3. Razzak, Weshah & Timmins, Jason, 2007. "Education and labour productivity in New Zealand," MPRA Paper 1882, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
4. Razzak, W A, 2007. "In The Middle of the Heat:The GCC countries Between Rising Oil Prices and the Sliding Greenback
   [Same as above]," MPRA Paper 6591, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
5. Razzak, Weshah & Timmins, Jason, 2007. "A Macroeconomic perspective on skill shortages and the skill premium in New Zealand," MPRA Paper 1884, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
6. Razzak, Weshah & Timmins, Jason, 2007. "Education and labour productivity in New Zealand," MPRA Paper 1880, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
7. Onour, Ibrahim, 2007. "Testing Efficiency Performance of an Underdeveloped Stock Market," MPRA Paper 15020, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

2006

1. Razzak, Weshah, 2006. "Iraq: Private ownership of oil and the quest for democracy," MPRA Paper 54, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
2. Razzak, Weshah, 2006. "Explaining the gaps in labour productivity for some developed countries," MPRA Paper 53, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

2005

1. Robin Johnson & W A Razzak & Steve Stillman, 2005. "Has New Zealand benefited from its investments in research & development?," Development and Comp Systems 0510022, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
2. Razzak, Weshah & Stillman, Steve & Johnson, Robin, 2005. "Has New Zealand benefited from its investments in research & development?," MPRA Paper 1887, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
3. Razzak, Weshah, 2005. "Explaining the gaps in labour productivity in some developed countries," MPRA Paper 1888, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised May 2006. [Downloadable!]

2004

1. W A Razzak, 2004. "Towards Building A New Consensus About New Zealand’s Productivity," GE, Growth, Math methods 0405002, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]

2003

1. Razzak, Weshah, 2003. "A Perspective on Unit Root and Cointegration in Applied Macroeconomics," MPRA Paper 1970, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2007. [Downloadable!]
2. Weshah A. Razzak, 2003. "Wage-Price Dynamics, the Labour Market and Deflation in Hong Kong," Working Papers 242003, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research. [Downloadable!]

2002

1. W A Razzak, 2002. "Monetary policy and forecasting inflation with and without the output gap," Reserve Bank of New Zealand Discussion Paper Series DP2002/03, Reserve Bank of New Zealand. [Downloadable!]

2001

1. W A Razzak, 2001. "Money in the era of inflation targeting," Reserve Bank of New Zealand Discussion Paper Series DP2001/02, Reserve Bank of New Zealand. [Downloadable!]
2. W A Razzak, 2001. "Is the Taylor rule really different from the McCallum rule?," Reserve Bank of New Zealand Discussion Paper Series DP2001/07, Reserve Bank of New Zealand. [Downloadable!]

1999

1. Francisco Nadal-De Simone & Weshah Razzak, 1999. "Nominal Exchange Rates and Nominal Interest Rate Differentials," IMF Working Papers 99/141, International Monetary Fund.

1998

1. W A Razzak, 1998. "Business cycle asymmetries and the nominal exchange rate regimes," Reserve Bank of New Zealand Discussion Paper Series G98/4, Reserve Bank of New Zealand. [Downloadable!]
2. W A Razzak & Thomas Grennes, 1998. "The long-run nominal exchange rate: specification and estimation issues," Reserve Bank of New Zealand Discussion Paper Series G98/5, Reserve Bank of New Zealand. [Downloadable!]
3. W A Razzak, 1998. "The forward rate unbiasedness hypothesis in inflation-targeting regimes," Reserve Bank of New Zealand Discussion Paper Series G99/3, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, revised Aug 1999. [Downloadable!]

1997

1. Weshah Razzak, 1997. "The inflation-output trade-off: Is the Phillips Curve symmetric? A policy lesson from New Zealand," Reserve Bank of New Zealand Discussion Paper Series G97/2, Reserve Bank of New Zealand. [Downloadable!]
2. W A Razzak, 1997. "Testing the rationality of the National Bank of New Zealand's survey data," Reserve Bank of New Zealand Discussion Paper Series G97/5, Reserve Bank of New Zealand. [Downloadable!]
3. Onour, Ibrahim & Cameron, Norman, 1997. "Parallel Market Premia and Misalignment of Official Exchange Rates," MPRA Paper 15537, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

1994

1. Rouis, Mustapha & Razzak, Weshah & Mollinedo, Carlos, 1994. "The supply response to exchange rate reform in sub-Saharan Africa (empirical evidence)," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1311, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]

Undated

1. Weshah Razzak, . "In the Middle of the Heat The GCC Countries Between Rising Oil Prices and the Sliding Greenback," API-Working Paper Series 0801, Arab Planning Institute - Kuwait, Information Center. [Downloadable!]
2. Weshah Razzak, . "Self Selection Versus Learning-By-Exporting Four Arab Economies," API-Working Paper Series 0804, Arab Planning Institute - Kuwait, Information Center. [Downloadable!]
3. Weshah Razzak and Rabie Nasser, . "A Nonparametric Approach to Evaluating Inflation-Targeting Regimes," API-Working Paper Series 0901, Arab Planning Institute - Kuwait, Information Center. [Downloadable!]
4. Ibrahim Onour, . "North Africa Stock Markets: Analysis of Unit Root and Long Memory Process," API-Working Paper Series 0906, Arab Planning Institute - Kuwait, Information Center. [Downloadable!]
5. Ibrahim Onour, . "Financial Integration of North Africa Stock Markets," API-Working Paper Series 0908, Arab Planning Institute - Kuwait, Information Center. [Downloadable!]
6. Ibrahim Onour, . "Extreme Risk and Fat-tails Distribution Model:Empirical Analysis," API-Working Paper Series 0911, Arab Planning Institute - Kuwait, Information Center. [Downloadable!]

Journal articles

2009

1. Ibrahim A. Onour, 2009. "Financial integration of GCC capital markets: evidence of non-linear cointegration," Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(3), pages 251-265, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ibrahim A. Onour, 2009. "Dynamic analysis of dual exchange rates in small open economy," International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 2(1), pages 50-62, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2008

1. Weshah A. Razzak & Jason C. Timmins, 2008. "A Macroeconomic Perspective On Skill Shortages And The Skill Premium In New Zealand ," Australian Economic Papers, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 47(1), pages 74-91, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ibrahim A. Onour, 2008. "Forecasting volatility in Gulf Cooperation Council emerging markets: the predictive power of alternative models," Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(2), pages 129-139, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Ibrahim A. Onour, 2008. "What drives short-term GCC stock market returns? Empirical evidence from fat-tailed distribution," Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(1), pages 17-25, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2007

1. W A Razzak, 2007. "A Perspective on Unit Root and Cointegration in Applied Macroeconomics," International Journal of Applied Econometrics and Quantitative Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 4(1), pages 77-102. [Downloadable!]
2. Robin Johnson & W. A. Razzak & Steven Stillman, 2007. "Has New Zealand benefited from its investments in research & development?," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 39(19), pages 2425-2440. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Razzak, W.A., 2007. "Explaining The Gaps In Labour Productivity In Some Developed Countries: New Zealand, Australia, The United States And Canada, 1988-2004," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 7(2). [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Ibrahim A. Onour, 2007. "Impact of oil price volatility on Gulf Cooperation Council stock markets' return," OPEC Review, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, vol. 31(3), pages 171-189, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2003

1. W. A. Razzak, 2003. "Is the Taylor Rule Really Different from the McCallum Rule?," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 21(4), pages 445-457, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2002

1. Razzak, W A, 2002. "The Forward Rate Unbiasedness Hypothesis Revisited," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 7(4), pages 293-308, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2001

1. W.A. Razzak, 2001. "Business Cycle Asymmetries: International Evidence," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 4(1), pages 230-243, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2000

1. Onour, Ibrahim A, 2000. " Unification of Dual Foreign Exchange Markets," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 33(3), pages 171-84. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ibrahim Onour, 2000. "Unification of Dual Foreign Exchange Markets," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 33(3), pages 171-184, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1998

1. Mayes, David G. & Razzak, W. A., 1998. "Transparency and accountability: Empirical models and policy making at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 15(3), pages 377-394, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1997

1. Razzak, W., 1997. "The Hodrick-Prescott technique: A smoother versus a filter: An application to New Zealand GDP," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 57(2), pages 163-168, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1995

1. Razzak, W A, 1995. "Are Devaluations Effective in Inducing Real Depreciations in Sub-Saharan Africa?," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 2(11), pages 437-39, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1991

1. Razzak, W. A., 1991. "Target zone exchange rate," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 35(1), pages 63-70, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

Software components

2001

1. Weshah Razzak, 2001. "Triples Asymmetry Test for "Business Cycle Asymmetries: International Evidence"," Computer Codes razzak01, Review of Economic Dynamics. [Downloadable!]

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