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Shiva, &#8220;A Method of Detecting Whether a Central Bank Engages in the Black Market for Foreign Exchange: Evidence from Iran,&#8221; <em>Economic Letter<\/em>s, Vol. 60 (July 1998), pp. 97-103.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bahmani-Oskooee, M., &#8220;The Long-Run Relation Between a Black market Exchange Rate and the Trade Balance: Evidence from Iran,&#8221; <em>Journal of Economic Studies<\/em>, Vol. 26 (1999), pp. 121-129.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bahmani-Oskooee, M., &#8220;Does Black Market Exchange Rate Volatility Deter the Trade Flows? 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Kandil, &#8220;Exchange Rate Fluctuations and Output in Oil Producing Countries: The Case of Iran&#8221;, <em>Emerging Markets Finance and Trade<\/em>, Vol. 46 (2010), pp. 23-45.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bahmani-Oskooee, M. and Amr Hosny. \u201cThe S-Curve Dynamics of Trade between Egypt and her Two Largest Partners\u201d, <em>International Journal of Trade and Global Markets<\/em>, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2012), pp. 142-152.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bahmani-Oskooee, M. and A. Hosny, \u201cEgypt-EU Commodity Trade and the J-Curve\u201d, <em>International Journal of Monetary and Financial Economics<\/em>, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2012), pp. 192-209.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bahmani-Oskooee, M. and S. Bahmani, \u201cExchange Rate Volatility and the demand for Money in Iran\u201d, <em>International Journal of Monetary and Financial Economics<\/em>, Vol. 5, No. 3 (2012), pp. 268-276.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bahmani-Oskooee, M., S. Huseynov and R. Jamilov, &#8220;Is there a J-Curve for Azerbaijan? 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