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Research Interests: My research sits at the intersection of applied econometrics and development economics, with a regional focus on the Arab and Mediterranean world. I work on foreign direct investment, finance-growth dynamics, firm productivity, and the political economy of governance and democratic transitions. More recently, I have built a dedicated agenda on sustainability and green finance, examining the institutional and regulatory drivers of green bond issuance, greenwashing, and climate-related financial risk.
PUBLISHED PAPERS
PUBLISHED PAPERS
What Drives Corporate Green Bond Issuance in Europe? The Role of Institutions, Environmental Policy, and Financial Contexts (with Olivier Adoukonou and Youssef Fahmi), forthcoming China Finance Review International, 1-26, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1108/CFRI-01-2025-0029
Is Tunisia’s democracy on its deathbed Social Capital, Economic Insecurity and Attitudes Toward Democracy, Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 2024, 45(3), pp427-446. https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2024.2372396
How Does Political Risk Matter for Foreign Direct Investment into Arab Economies? Middle East Development Journal, 2023, pp1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/17938120.2023.2254190
Do Default Loss Risks Matter for Arab Exports? Evidence from a Gravity Modelling Approach, Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 16(3), 2020. https://doi.org/10.1515/rmeef-2019-0013
Does foreign direct investment affect growth in MENA countries? A semi-parametric fixed-effects approach, Middle East Development Journal, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/17938120.2020.1719700
Access to Finance Thresholds and the Finance-Growth Nexus, (with W. Abdmoulah) Economic Papers, Volume 32, Issue 4, pages 522-534, December 2013. https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-3441.12059
Revisiting the Finance-Growth Nexus: Further Evidence from Tunisia, Middle East Development Journal, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793812012500034
Tourism Competitiveness and Specialization in South Mediterranean Countries: A Panel Data Approach, (with A. Abdel-Azim Ebrahim) Journal of Development and Economic Policies, vol.13, No.1, 2011.
Learning and Productivity Performance in Arab Manufacturing Industries, Journal of Development and Economic Policies, vol.12, No.1, 2010, pp.7-30.
Entry, Exit, Resource Reallocation and Productivity Growth in the Tunisian Private Manufacturing Industries, (with M. Goaied), Middle East Development Journal, vol.1, Issue 2, December 2009, pp.189-208. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793812009000097
Mark-up Pricing and Import Competition: Has Import Disciplined Tunisian Manufacturing Firms? Journal of Development and Economic Policies, vol.8, No.2, June 2006.
Performance, Technical Progress and Investment in Tunisian Manufacturing Firm: Evidence from Firm Level Panel Data, Journal of Development and Economic Policies, vol.7, No.2, June 2005.
Transferts des migrants Tunisiens et qualification : Théorie et évidence, (with M. Jellal), l'Actualité Économique, vol.78, n°3, Septembre 2002.
Rural-Urban Migration and Self-Selection in Tunisia, (with H. Mzali) Papers in Regional Science, vol.77, n°4, 1999.
Assimilation sociale des immigrants tunisiens en Europe et décision de retour de migration : estimation d'un modèle logit ordonné, Région et Développement, n°6, 1997.
Investissement et rationnement sur le marché tunisien des importations de biens intermédiaires et d'équipement : estimation par le PMVS, Économie et Prévision, n°119, 1995. https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecop_0249-4744_1995_num_119_3_5729
Le Pseudo-maximum de Vraisemblance théorique et Simulé : application au cas des modèles de déséquilibre, (with F., MIHOUBI and S., HAMMOUCHE), Économie et Prévision, n°112 ; 1994. https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecop_0249-4744_1994_num_112_1_5659
BOOKS
BOOKS
Les réformes économiques en Tunisie, une urgence en quête de leadership, Sud Editions, 2016, Tunis, Tunisia, 248 pages, ISBN 9789938010954.
Addressing the Unemployment Problem in the Arab States: Case Study of Egypt and Syria, Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait, (in Arabic). Editor, 2010.
Femmes et développement régional en Tunisie (book in two volumes, with S. Cherif), Publisher : Centre de Recherches d’Études de Documentation et d’Information sur la Femme (CREDIF), Tunis, 2003.
CHAPTERS
CHAPTERS
Determinants of Entry and Exit: Evidence from Tunisian Manufacturing Industries, in Innovation, Globalization and Firm Dynamics, Edited by Anna Maria Ferragina, Erol Taymaz and Kamil Yilmaz, Routlidge New York, 2014, pp.195-209.
Entry, Exit and Productivity in Tunisian Manufacturing Industries, (with Goaied M.) in Market Dynamics and Productivity in Developing Countries, Edited by Khali Sekkat, Springer, 2009, pp.73-108.
Competition, Efficiency and Competition Policy, in Tunisia in Competition and Efficiency in the Arab World, Edited by Khalid Sekkat, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, pp.159-202.
RECENT WORKING PAPERS & MANUSCRIPTS
RECENT WORKING PAPERS & MANUSCRIPTS
Managing Credibility in Green Bond Markets: Dynamic Subsidy Design under Investor Learning, paper presented at the 42 International Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI), held in Clermont-Ferrand June 1-3, 2026.
The Economics of Sustainability Bond Choice: Governance, Flexibility, and Greenwashing (with Olivier Adoukonou, Youssef Fahmi and Jean-Laurent Viviani), paper presented at the 42 International Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI), held in Clermont-Ferrand June 1-3, 2026.
Key Drivers of Corporate Green Bond Growth in Europe: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach (with Olivier Adoukonou and Youssef Fahmi). Paper presented at the 5th Financial Economics Meeting (FEM-2024), held in Paris from December 16–18, 2024.
Machine Learning Approaches to Predicting Corporate Green, Social, and Sustainability Bond Issuance, January 2025. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5111487
Green Bond Issuance Strategies: A Stackelberg Approach with Empirical Evidence from Europe (with Olivier Adoukonou et Youssef Fahmi). Paper accepted for presentation at the 41st International Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI), Dijon May 26 to 28, 2025. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5123798
Corporate Decision-Making in Sustainability Bonds: The Importance of Governance Quality (with Olivier Adoukonou, Youssef Fahmi, Jean-Laurent Viviani). Paper presented at the 24th International Governance Conference (CIG), organized by the International Academic Association on Governance, held in Montreal, June 5–6, 2025. Also presented at the 14th International Conference of the Financial Engineering and Banking Society (FEBS), hosted by MBS School of Business, Montpellier campus, June 11–13, 2025.
Separation or Integration? Political Amplification and the Governance of Monetary and Macroprudential Policy (July, 2025). https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5971702
Dynamic Incentive Design for Green Bonds: Signaling, Reputation, and Optimal Subsidies. A Stackelberg Model under Asymmetric Information (September, 1st, 2025). Available at https://ssrn.com/abstract=5428205.
Beyond Principal-Agent: Rethinking Central Banks under Systemic Climate Risk (August, 2025). Available at https://ssrn.com/abstract=5560818.
A Dynamic Signaling Theory of Greenwashing: Reputation, Equilibrium, and Governance. (September 2025).
Écologie sous contrainte : Un modèle dynamique d’arbitrage gouvernemental en période de crise (December 2025).
Authoritarian Civic Traps: Repression, Civic Capacity, and Political Participation after the Arab Spring (January 2026).
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