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January 9, 2020, Opinion, "After years of maintaining a dysfunctional political economy based on sectarianism and rentierism, Lebanon's ruling elites are being confronted with…
Debunking myth: economic values in the Arab World through the prism of opinion polls. Ishac Diwan, June 2018, Paper, "Using World Value Survey opinion poll data, we empirically…
Private Banking and Crony Capitalism in Egypt. Ishac Diwan, 2016, Paper, "In Egypt, the bulk of bank loans during 2003-2010 went to politically connected firms. At the same…
Pyramid Capitalism. Ishac Diwan, July 2015, Paper, "This paper uses an original database of 469 politically connected firms under the Mubarak regime in Egypt to explore…
Pyramid Capitalism: Cronyism, Regulation, and Firm Productivity in Egypt. Ishac Diwan, March 2015, Paper. "Using an original database of 469 politically connected firms under…