The COVID-19 outbreak has had severe economic consequences across the globe. The
crisis emanating from the pandemic has caused demand and supply side shocks, more far …

In this paper we investigate whether trade liberalization leads to more stringent product
standards in a developing country context, uncovering the role that the connected firms' …

This Element argues that the low dynamism of low-to mid-income Arab economies is
explained with a set of inter-connected factors constituting a'segmented market economy' …

Although borderland regions of the Middle East and North Africa represent active sights of
economic and social exchange, they remain peripheral to the analysis of the region's …

The implications of red‐tape barriers (RTBs) under lobbying pressures differ markedly from
those of traditional trade barriers. RTBs affect the extensive margin of trade and may …

Although non-tariff measures (NTMs) have surpassed tariffs as the most prevalent
instrument of trade protection globally, our knowledge of what drives these NTMs is …

This article argues that the low dynamism of low-to mid-income Arab economies is
explained with a set of interconnected factors that constitute a particular variety of capitalism …

Using firm-level data, we document that politically connected firms (PCFs) create more jobs
than unconnected firms in Lebanon. We observe, however, that the presence of PCFs in a …

International political economy has largely ignored the Middle East. This special issue not
only expands the discipline's scope geographically but also conceptually by addressing …

This project explores the political economy of informal and illegal cross-border trade in North
Africa, focusing in particular on Tunisia's border with Libya, and Morocco's North-East …