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New Piece on Too-Big-To-Fail Banks
Wednesday, 15 April 2009 11:12
As the financial crisis keeps unfolding, concerns are being raised regarding financial regulation in general, and the treatment of large and inter-connected financial institutions that are deemed too-big-to-fail (TBTF) in particular.

Dr. Rima Turk Ariss, Assistant professor of Finance at the Lebanese American University (LAU) Business School discussed the topic of TBTF banks in an article  published in Annahar daily newspaper Tuesday 14 April 2009.

Download TBTF article in English

Download TBTF article in Arabic
 
VAT Seminar
Tuesday, 07 April 2009 00:00
The “Capacity Building for Poverty Reduction” Project (joint project between the Ministry of Social Affairs and United Nations Development Programme), the Lebanese Economic Association and the Basil Fuleihan Institute of Finance have the pleasure to invite you to participate to a discussion session on a paper entitled “A Micro-economic Analysis of the Poverty and Equity Implications of a Rise in VAT in Lebanon”, prepared by Dr. Nisreen Salti and Dr. Jad Chaaban.
 
The session will take place on Tuesday April 7, 2009 at 9:00 AM at the Basil Fuleihan Institute of Finance, 512, Corniche El Nahr – Beirut.
 
Kindly confirm your participation before 6 April 2009 on phone number 01-388122 or by email to Mrs. Lydia Aghnatios: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Summary of VAT paper (Arabic version).

Power Point Presentation

A Micro-economic Analysis of the Poverty and Equity Implications of a Rise in VAT in Lebanon (Paper)

 
Presentation on the "Impact of the World Financial Crises on the Lebanese Economy"

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You can now download the file on the presentation that took place October16, 2008 about the Impact of the World Financial Crisis on the Lebanese Economy presented by Dr. Mounir Rached.

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