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The moderating role of terrorism on the insurance–growth nexus: empirical evidence from the 14 MENA countries

Md Badrul Alam (Institute of Business Administration, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Bangladesh)
Muhammad Tahir (Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan)
Norulazidah Omar Ali (UBD School of Business and Economics, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei Darussalam)
Muhammad Naveed Jan (Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan)
Aziz Ullah Sayal (Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan)

Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences

ISSN: 2054-6238

Article publication date: 16 January 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper empirically examines the impact of terrorism on the insurance–growth relationship in the context of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, thereby attempting to address the unexplored area in the relevant literature.

Design/methodology/approach

The study considered MENA as it has been one of the terribly affected zones in the world during the study period. Panel data for the period (2002–2017) are sourced from reliable sources for 14 member economies of the MENA region.

Findings

After employing the suitable econometric procedures on the panel data, the results indicate that terrorism appears to have detrimental impact on the observed positive relationship between insurance and economic growth. In addition, trade openness seems to be the main driving force behind economic growth of the selected MENA countries. Surprisingly, the study suggests a negative association between the growth of physical capital and economic growth. Human capital has played a positive but insignificant role in improving economic growth as it is insignificant in majority of the specifications. The growth of labor force has although positively but insignificantly influenced economic growth. Finally, the results demonstrate that government expenditures and high inflation are harmful for growth.

Originality/value

The study investigated the impact of terrorism on the insurance–growth relationship for the first time, and hence policymakers of the MENA region are expected to be benefited enormously from the findings of the study.

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Citation

Alam, M.B., Tahir, M., Omar Ali, N., Naveed Jan, M. and Sayal, A.U. (2023), "The moderating role of terrorism on the insurance–growth nexus: empirical evidence from the 14 MENA countries", Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEAS-05-2022-0137

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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