• Analysis of the performance of TAM in oil and gas industry: Factors and solutions for improvement 

      Al-Marri, Abdulhadi Nasser; Nechi, Salem; Ben-Ayed, Omar; Charfeddine, Lanouar ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
      Although it is well recognized that turnaround maintenance (TAM) projects are key determinant of the performance of oil and gas (O&G) companies, little is known about the factors that determine their performance and what ...
    • Does sukuk market development spur economic growth? 

      Smaoui, Houcem; Nechi, Salem ( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)
      We investigate the impact of sukuk market development on economic growth using a sample comprising all sukuk-issuing countries spanning the period 1995-2015. We use the system GMM estimator to tackle potential omitted ...
    • Impact of terrorist attacks on stock market volatility in emerging markets 

      Mnasri, Ayman; Nechi, Salem ( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)
      We use an event study methodology alongside an improved bootstrapping test to evaluate the impact of terrorist attacks on the volatility of stock markets in 12 MENA countries, and test for regional financial integration. ...
    • Managing sustainable development through goal programming model and satisfaction functions 

      Nechi, Salem; Aouni, Belaid; Mrabet, Zouhair ( Springer New York LLC , 2019 , Article)
      Managing the sustainable development path of a nation requires the aggregation of incommensurable and conflicting objectives related to economic, environmental and social dimensions. Their aggregation requires some tradeoffs ...
    • New nonlinear estimators of the gravity equation 

      Ayman, Mnasri; Nechi, Salem ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
      The gravity model of international trade is often applied by economists to explain bilateral trade between countries. Nevertheless, some estimation practices have been subject to criticism, namely how zero trade values and ...
    • Stock price crash risk and leverage dynamics: Evidence from the GCC countries 

      Ramzi, Benkraiem; Ben-Nasr, Hamdi; Nechi, Salem; Rjiba, Hatem ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      This paper examines the impact of stock price crash risk on capital structure dynamics using a sample of firms located in the GCC region. The results show that a higher exposure to stock price crash risk is associated with ...