Proceedings of the Middle East Economic Association

2009 Proceedings of the Middle East Economic Association

Selected papers presented in the
29th International Conference of MEEA in San Francisco, CA, January 2-5, 2009 and in the
Seventh International Summer Conference of MEEA, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus, May 29-31, 2008.

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Presentation of the articles in the Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies was made possible by a limited license granted to Loyola University Chicago and Middle East Economics Association from the authors who have retained all copyrights in the articles. The articles in this volume shall be cited as follows: (authors/title)Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies, electronic journal, Volume 11, Middle East Economic Association and Loyola University Chicago, September, 2009, http://www.luc.edu/orgs/meea/

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Editor of Electronic Journal
E. Mine Cinar, Loyola University Chicago

Research Associate
Nina (Chun-Chi) Hsu, Loyola University Chicago

Editorial Advisory Board for Volume 11
Parvin Alizadeh, London Guildhall University
Hassan Aly, Ohio State University
Adel Boughrara, University of Sousse
Sohrab Behdad, Denison University
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, University of Southern Mississippi
Serdar Sayan, TOBB University
Wassim Shahin, Lebanese American University
Tarik M. Yousef, Dubai School of Government and Georgetown University

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