We examine the potential confounding effects that awarding outside directors stock options may have on the quality of financial disclosure. By aligning their interests with those of shareholders, directors should be more ...

This paper examines the relationship between the organizational hierarchy at the highest management level and the allocation of internal financial resources within a firm. A measure of CEO influence is devised that reflects ...

In this article, the researchers explore the relationship between the three types of commitment i.e. affective, continuance and normative and the seven components of learning organization. The aim of the study is to examine ...

This paper provides new evidence on the determinants of domestic workers’ employment using a unique micro-level dataset on Lebanese households drawn from the National Household Budget Survey (2005) conducted by Central ...

This article studies the determinants of youth emigration decisions, which is considered one of the main causes of ‘Brain Drain’ in Arab Mediterranean Countries (AMCs). We focus on the case of Lebanon using a unique dataset ...

Federal laws require regular condition reporting for portions of the national highway system. Most agencies use instrumented vehicles to collect data on and report the required information. The routing of these vehicles, ...

In the context of the Arab Spring, which started in 2011 and overcame the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, this paper examines the growth effects of financial development, controlling for distinct macroeconomic ...