Almost all countries in the MENA region entered the new millennium with large unemployment rates. In this context, decision makers emphasize the role of efficient markets which could lead to higher firm creation rates and thereby, to lower unemployment rates. Aside to direct employment effects,...

Based on Aghion et al. (2005), this article provides new insights regarding whether financial development can affect economic growth non-linearly by adopting the concept of threshold effects. The empirical approach adopted in this article allows for the finance-growth relationship to be...

The present paper is motivated by the interest of a more thorough analysis of the determinants of remittances for developing countries. Thus, a simple formal remittance behaviour model is provided in which the amounts of the sums transferred are negatively related to the migrants’ individual...

[eng] Theoretical and Simulated Pseudo Maximum Likelihood Applied to Disequilibrium Models, . by Riadh Ben Jelili, Salima Hamouche and Ferhat Mihoubi.. . This methodological note takes an example to explain the use of the theoretical and simulated pseudo maximum likelihood estimation method....

[fre] Investissement et rationnement sur le marché tunisien des importations de biens d'équipement . par Riadh Ben Jelili . Dans cet article, nous nous intéressons à un marché particulièrement important pour la réalisation des projets d'investissement en Tunisie. Il s'agit du marché des...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between financial development and economic growth in terms of intersectoral spillovers. The econometric investigations are performed using a dynamic theoretical framework consistent with Feder (1983). For this purpose, yearly national accounts...