Research

Selected Publications

Papers

Ben Amar, A., Hachicha, N., Rezgui, H., & Hammoudeh, S., (2023). How does the Russian-Ukrainian war rock stock and commodity markets? Fresh insights from joint network-connectedness analysis. Defence and Peace Economics.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2023.2277031

Ben Amar, A., Bouattour, M., Bellalah, M., & Goutte, S., (2023). Shift contagion and minimum causal intensity portfolio during the COVID-19 and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. Finance Research Letters.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.103853

Ben Amar, A., Goutte S., Hasnaoui, A., Marouane, A., & Mzoughi, H., (2023). The Ramadan Effect on Commodity and Stock Markets Integration. Review of Accounting and Finance.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/RAF-01-2023-0001

Billah, M., Ben Amar, A., & Balli, F., (2023). The extreme return connectedness between Sukuk and green bonds and their determinants and consequences for investors. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacfin.2023.101936 

Persis, J., & Ben Amar, A., (2023). Predictive modeling and analysis of air quality – Visualizing before and during COVID-19 scenarios. Journal of Environmental Management.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116911 

Hachicha, N., Ben Amar, A., Ben Slimane, I., Bellalah, M.,  & Prigent, J-L., (2022). Dynamic connectedness and optimal hedging strategy among commodities and financial indices. International Review of Financial Analysis.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102290 

Ben Amar, A., & El Alaoui, A., (2022). Profit- and Loss-sharing Partnership: The Case of the Two-tier Mudharaba in Islamic Banking, International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IMEFM-12-2020-0630 

Ben Amar, A., Goutte, S., & Isleimeyyeh, M., (2022). Asymmetric Cyclical Connectedness on the Commodity Markets: Further Insights from Bull and Bear Markets, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2022.04.009 

Mzoughi, H., Ben Amar, A., Bélaïd, F., Guesmi, K., (2022). The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Islamic and Conventional Financial Markets: International empirical evidence. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2022.04.007 

Ben Amar, A., Bouattour, M., & Carlotti, J-E., (2022). Time-frequency analysis of the comovement between wheat and equity markets, Journal of Risk Finance, 23(4), 368-384. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JRF-01-2022-0018

Ben Amar, A., Goutte, S., Isleimeyyeh, M., & Benkraiem, R., (2022). Commodity markets dynamics: What do cross-commodities over different nearest-to-maturities tell us? International Review of Financial Analysis, 82. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102190 

Ben Amar, A., (2022). On the role of Islamic banks in the monetary policy transmission in Saudi Arabia. Eurasian Economic Review, vol.12, 55-94. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40822-022-00200-0 

Abid, I., Ben Amar, A., Guesmi, K., & Porcher, T., (2022). Covid-19 and oil price shocks: the case of Republic of the Congo. International Journal of Global Energy Issues. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGEI.2022.10044938

Ben Amar, A., Arrassen, W., Moisseron, J-Y., & Guesmi, K., (2022). Financial Contagion Before and During the COVID-19 Medical Shock. Bankers, Markets & Investors.  no.167, 39-50.

Ben Amar, A., Marouane, A., & Mefteh-Wali, S., (2021). Impact of Oil Prices on a Panel of OPEC’s Banks Stock Prices: Some Insights from TYDL Procedure. Empirical Economics Letters.  vol.20, no.11. 

Link: Researchgate.net 

Isleimeyyeh, M., Ben Amar, A., & Goutte, S., (2021). Commodity markets dynamics: What do crosscommodities over different nearest-to-maturities tell us?. HAL Working Paper, HAL Id: halshs-03211699. 

Link: Hal Open Science

Ben Amar, A., (2021). Economic Growth and Environment in the United Kingdom: Robust Evidence Using More than 250 Years Data. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-020-00300-8

Bélaïd, F., Ben Amar, A., Goutte, S., & Guesmi, K., (2021). Emerging and Advanced Economies Market Behavior During the COVID-19 Crisis Era. International Journal of Finance and Economics. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2494  

Ben Amar, A., Hachicha, N., & Halouani, N. (2021) Is there a Shift Contagion Among Stock Markets During the COVID-19 Crisis? Further Insights from TYDL Causality Test. International Review of Applied Economics, 35(2), 188-209. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2020.1853685

Ben Amar, A., Bélaïd, F., Ben Youssef, A., Chiao, B., & Guesmi, K., (2021). The Unprecedented Equity and Commodity Markets Reaction to COVID-19. Finance Research Letters, 38. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2020.101853

Ben Amar, A., Bélaïd, F., Ben Youssef, A., & Guesmi, K., (2021). Connectedness among regional financial markets in the context of the COVID-19. Applied Economics Letters, 28(20), 1789-1796. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2020.1854434

Ben Amar, A., & Carlotti, J-E., (2021). Who Drives the Dance? Further Insights from a Time-Frequency Wavelet Analysis of the Interrelationship Between Stock Markets and Uncertainty. International Journal of Finance and Economics. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.1867

Ben Amar, A., (2019). The Effectiveness of Monetary Policy Transmission in a Dual Financial System: Insight from a Time-Varying VAR Model with Stochastic Volatility. Economics Bulletin. 39(4), 2317-2332. 

Ben Amar, A., (2019). L'Interdiction de la Thésaurisation en Finance Islamique : l'Explication Historique, sa Pertinence Actuelle. La Revue du Financier. 40(233-234). 

Ben Amar, A., (2018). An Old Wine in New Shari’a Compliant Bottles? A Time-frequency Analysis of the Efficiency of Monetary Policy in Dual Financial Systems. Economics Bulletin. 38(1), 558-564. 

Ben Amar, A., Jerfel, M-L., & Bellalah, M., (2017). Du Tunindex au Tunindex-i: Structure et Performance, SSRN Working Paper. 

Ben Amar, A., Ben Slimane, I., & Bellalah, M., (2017). Are Non-Conventional Banks More Resilient than Conventional Ones to Financial Crisis?. Lemna Working Paper, 2017/03.

Ben Amar, A., Hachicha, N., & Saadallah, R., (2015). The Effectiveness of Monetary Policy Transmission Channels in the Presence of Islamic Banks. International Journal of Business. 20(3), 237-260. 

Hachicha, N., & Ben Amar, A., (2015). Does Islamic Bank Financing Contribute to Economic Growth? The Malaysian Case. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management. 8(3), 349-368. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IMEFM-07-2014-0063

Ben Amar, A., & Sterdyniak, H., (2011). Faut-il Remettre en Cause le Rôle Stabilisateur des Finances Publiques. OFCE Working Paper. 

Book chapters

Mzoughi, H., & Ben Amar, A., (2021). Oil Price and Electricity Firms: Robust Evidence from the U.S. Economy During the COVID-19 Era. Handbook: Springer Energy Risks. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71403-1_2  

Hachicha, N., & Ben Amar, A., (2015). Islamic Finance and Economic Growth: The Malaysian Case / Chapter [14] in H A El-Karanshawy et al. (Eds.), Islamic Economic: Theory, policy and social justice.