White elephants on quicksand: Low oil prices and high geopolitical risk
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We investigate the effects of low oil prices and heightened geopolitical risks on economic growth investment in Middle East North Africa (MENA) countries. find that negative shocks to positive risk have adverse GDP investment. Moreover, we impact MENA countries is muted when are and/or level high. These findings cast doubts prospects mega-project transformation plans as envisioned 2030 visions for several
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عنوان ژورنال: Scottish Journal of Political Economy
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0036-9292', '1467-9485']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12279