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  • Correlation between crude oil and gold 
    Saadeh, Christel (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2013)
    Oil and gold are considered to be the most two strategic commodities. Crude oil is the world’s most frequently transacted commodity while gold has a leading position among the main precious metals. This thesis examines empirically the relationship between gold prices, oil prices and US dollar index. Monthly data for gold prices, oil prices, US dollar index and other controlled variables over a period of 20 years were selected from Bloomberg platform. This thesis uses a unit root test and the Johansen test to check for the existence of cointegration between each pair of selected variables. Further ...
  • The impact of Basel III on lending spreads of banks (Group Alpha) operating in Lebanon? 
    Saliba, Pierre (Notre Dame University-Louaizé, 2013)
    After the financial crisis of 2008, the Basel committee on Banking Supervision announced the Basel III reforms that can increase the quantity, quality, consistency, and transparency of a bank’s capital. Banks can adjust to the regulatory reforms in a number of ways. In this paper, we assume that Lebanese banks seek to pass on any additional costs of meeting regulations by raising the loan rates. The aim of this paper is to study empirically the relationship between capital and lending spreads of banks operating in Lebanon, group alpha. Following the release of Basel III requirements, Lebanese ...
  • Public transit users versus private car users: a study of the Lebanese perceptions toward transit services 
    Akiki, Rania Elie (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2013)
    Public transit is considered nowadays a basic mobility service helping people reach their destinations. However the absence of optimized public transport services in Lebanon and the increased dependency on private cars by the Lebanese are the major concerns of this research study. The key finding indicate that in order to increase public transport usage, the service should be designed in a way that meets the levels of service required by customers and by doing so, attract potential users. The present study investigates the accuracy of perceptions of Lebanese public transport users and private ...