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The impact of institutions' quality and information availability on capital inflows volatility in selected MENA countries

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  • Ola Al Sayed
  • Noha Sami Omar
  • Abdelmoneam Khaled

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Purpose - This paper aims to discuss the main characteristics of the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region's capital inflows volatility. It also examines the effect of institutional quality and information availability on capital inflows volatility in selected MENA countries (Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia) in the period 1996–2017. Design/methodology/approach - The study's assessments are based on the International Country Risk Guide (ICRG) and globalization indices. It also employs an updated data set of balance of payments indicators released by the International Monetary Fund. Moreover, the study uses econometric panel modeling of random effect model, with Driscoll-Kraay robust standard error, to analyze the relationship between capital inflows volatility, institutional quality and information availability. Findings - The paper finds that both institutional quality and information availability are in an inverse relationship with the total capital inflows volatility in the MENA region. However, the findings vary across the different components of total capital inflows. For example, the volatility of foreign direct investment (FDI) declines, like total capital flows, as the two factors improve. However, the volatility of foreign portfolio investment (FPI) is negatively related to institutional quality but does not have any significant relationship with information availability. While the volatility of foreign other investments (FOI) decreases with the availability of information, but does not have any significant relationship with institutional quality. Originality/value - This paper expands the limited literature regarding the determinants of capital inflows volatility. Furthermore, it is the first study that investigates the effect of institutional quality and information availability on capital inflows volatility in the MENA region.

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  • Ola Al Sayed & Noha Sami Omar & Abdelmoneam Khaled, 2023. "The impact of institutions' quality and information availability on capital inflows volatility in selected MENA countries," Review of Economics and Political Science, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 10(3), pages 190-205, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:repspp:reps-12-2022-0103
    DOI: 10.1108/REPS-12-2022-0103
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    Keywords

    Capital flows volatility; Capital movements; Panel data models; Institutions; Information; MENA region; F32; N1; C23; E02; G14; N25;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F32 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements
    • N1 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • E02 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Institutions and the Macroeconomy
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • N25 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Asia including Middle East

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