TY - JOUR TI - Determinants of Economic Complexity in MENA Countries AB - Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries lag behind most of the emerging economies in terms of economic complexity. This study contributes to the literature by exploring the determinants of economic complexity in the MENA region for the period between 1970-2015 by employing a system GMM approach. The findings reveal that human capital is positively associated with economic complexity. However, natural resource rent has a negative influence on economic complexity, supporting the existence of Dutch disease for this country group. The results also indicate that the effect of natural resource rents on economic complexity depends on the accumulation of human capital AU - Yalta, A. Yasemin AU - Yalta, A. Talha PY - 2021 JO - Journal of emerging economies and policy (Online) VL - 6 IS - 1 SN - 2651-5318 SP - 5 EP - 16 DB - TRDizin UR - http://search/yayin/detay/445392 ER -