Browsing by Author "Mimouni, Karim"
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Can exchange rate policies and trade partners' income enhance the trade balance in Algeria? Evidence from the nonlinear ARDL model
Alsamara, Mouyad; Mimouni, Karim; Barkat, Karim; Kayaly, Diana ( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2022 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to examine the effects of the real exchange rate on trade balance in Algeria and investigates whether it represents a viable tool to sustain and improve trade performance using the nonlinear ... -
Can government expenditure help reconstruct the Syrian economy in the post-conflict period? evidence from the SVAR and nonlinear ARDL models
Mrabet, Zouhair; Alsamara, Mouyad; Mimouni, Karim; Shikh Ebid, Ahmad ( Taylor & Francis , 2023 , Article)This paper explores the viability of the fiscal policy in the reconstruction of the Syrian economy. We use the Structural VAR estimation technique to assess the response of real GDP to shocks in government expenditures and ... -
Can human development and political stability improve environmental quality? New evidence from the MENA region
Mrabet, Zouhair; Alsamara, Mouyad; Mimouni, Karim; Mnasri, Ayman ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)We investigate the effects of human development and political stability on environmental quality and examine whether they are viable tools for improving environmental policies. The literature finds that countries can reduce ... -
Can remittances alleviate energy poverty in developing countries? New evidence from panel data
Karim, Barkat; Alsamara, Mouyad; Mimouni, Karim ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Universal energy access in developing countries is a key ingredient to achieve sustainable economic growth and social welfare. Therefore, it is of paramount importance for policymakers to identify potential new factors to ... -
Currency risk and microcredit interest rates
Al-Azzam, Moh'd; Mimouni, Karim ( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)Foreign currency debt provides additional access to capital and offers funds in favorable and flexible terms to microfinance institutions (MFIs). Yet, we find that the use of foreign currency debt, on average, leads to ... -
Do economic downturns affect air pollution? Evidence from the global financial crisis
Alsamara, Mouyad; Mimouni, Karim; Mrabet, Zouhair; Temimi, Akram ( Routledge , 2021 , Article)This paper investigates the impact of the 2008 global financial crisis on CO2 emissions within the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis framework. Using a sample of 68 countries for the period 1960 to 2014, we unveil ... -
Do financial crises alter the dynamics of corporate capital structure? Evidence from GCC countries
Zeitun, Rami; Temimi, Akram; Mimouni, Karim ( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)We study the impact of the 2008 financial crisis on the capital structure of GCC firms. We employ a dataset covering a 10-year period from eight sectors to investigate patterns in corporate leverage before and after the ... -
Do oil producing countries offer international diversification benefits? Evidence from GCC countries
Mimouni, Karim; Charfeddine, Lanouar; Al-Azzam, Moh'd ( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)This paper provides evidence of the existence of diversification benefits in international stock markets when oil producing countries are included in a global portfolio. Moreover, it examines whether recent oil shocks and ... -
Do sukuk spur infrastructure development?
Smaoui, Houcem; Mimouni, Karim; Ben Salah, Ines ( Emerald Insight , 2021 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to examine the effect do Sukuk Spur Infrastructure Development of Sukuk market expansion on infrastructure development for a sample of 15 emerging countries over the period 1997–2018. The paper ... -
Funding liquidity risk and banks' risk-taking: Evidence from Islamic and conventional banks
Smaoui, Houcem; Mimouni, Karim; Miniaoui, Héla; Temimi, Akram ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of funding liquidity risk on the risk-taking behaviour of Islamic and conventional banks. Using bank-level and country-level data from 18 countries over the period ... -
How does the tax status of a country impact capital structure? Evidence from the GCC region
Temimi, Akram; Zeitun, Rami; Mimouni, Karim ( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)We investigate whether the tax status of a country has an impact on corporate capital structure. This research question is important and timely given that the empirical literature has not reached a consensus on the effect ... -
The impact of Sukuk on the insolvency risk of conventional and Islamic banks
Smaoui, Houcem; Mimouni, Karim; Temimi, Akram ( Springer , 2019 , Article)This paper investigates the impact of Sukuk market development on bank insolvency risk using a sample comprising 72 Islamic banks (IBs) and 145 conventional banks (CBs) spanning 15 countries over the 2003–2014 period. We ... -
Is exchange rate risk priced in microfinance?
Al-Azzam, Moh'd; Mimouni, Karim ( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)High microcredit interest rates have often been a source of criticism against the microfinance movement. Research has focused attention on the cost structure of interest rates and more recently on the macroeconomic and ... -
Subsidies vs. deposits and cost inefficiency in microfinance
Moh'd, Al-Azzam; Mimouni, Karim; Smaoui, Houcem; Temimi, Akram ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Lending tiny loans to poor clients lacking credit history and enough collateral is an expensive business for microfinance institutions (MFIs). Minimizing cost inefficiency is important if MFIs are to meet their dual mission ... -
Sukuk, banking system, and financial markets: Rivals or complements?
Smaoui, Houcem; Mimouni, Karim; Temimi, Akram ( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)Using the system GMM estimation technique, we study the effects of the financial development on Sukuk markets using a panel dataset of 11 countries from 1995 to 2015. First, we find that Sukuk and bank financing are ... -
The Impact of Liquidity on Debt Maturity After a Financial Crisis: Evidence from the Gulf Cooperation Council Region
Mimouni, Karim; Temimi, Akram; Goaied, Mohamed; Zeitun, Rami ( Routledge , 2019 , Article)This article contributes to the existent literature on corporate debt maturity by studying a new channel through which firms may mitigate the effects of a major economic downturn such as the 2008 global financial crisis. ...