Are structural policies in countries bordering mediterranean appropriate to economic convergence: Panel ARDL application

Bardi, Wajdi; Ayouni, Saif Eddine; Hamdaoui, Mekki

doi:10.1080/23322039.2019.1636496

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“…The sign of foreign direct investment is negative and significant. Due to the FDI entering to Tunisia is not very capital intensive; result can be explained, generally related to the textile sector (Ayouni and Bardi [2018] and Bardi et al [2019]). In addition, the corruption index has a positive and statistically significant coefficient.…”

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Does Fdi and Corruption Affect Environmental Quality in Tunisia?

Hfaiedh¹,

Bardi²

2021

IJEEP

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This paper investigates the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) and corruption on the environmental pollution in Tunisia over the period 1984-2014 by applying an autoregressive distributed lag model. Our results revealed the existence of Environmental Kuznets Curve in Tunisian case. The pollution haven hypothesis postulates that polluting industrial activity in developed countries is shifting to developing countries with less stringent environmental regulations. This hypothesis has been proved. Hence, this study advises to make more aware to the negative effect of corruption. Overall, to improve environmental quality, the findings suggest that Tunisia should promote energy efficiency with sustainable growth. Therefore, results show that Tunisia should encourage more FDI inflows particularly in technology-intensive and environment-friendly industries.

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Does Fdi and Corruption Affect Environmental Quality in Tunisia?

Hfaiedh¹,

Bardi²

2021

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“…Third the variable of trade is positive and promotes the growth and increase the poverty (Bardi and Hfaied (2021)) and investment variable reduce the poverty and increase the economic growth (Bardi et al (2019) and Ayouni and Bardi (2018)) in our sample of countries.…”

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Financial Development, Economic Development and Poverty: Is there a Threshold Effect?

Bardi¹,

Msakni²,

Benabdennour³

2022

R. Econ. and Finan.

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The purpose of this article is to propose an empirical study that allows the determination of the threshold effects of financial development and economic development to reduce poverty. Our study, based on the PTR model developed by Hansen (1999), will be carried out on a sample of 49 countries, over the period 2004-2017. The main results show that the effect of financial development on poverty is a function of levels of economic development and financial development. The results conclude that threshold levels associated with financial development and economic development are necessary to have a significant reduction in poverty. Thus, economic policies aiming to promote financial development are necessary in poverty reduction strategies; theses economic policies must be sufficient to place the economy above the thresholds and successfully fight poverty.

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“…It can thus be concluded that a null hypothesis cannot be rejected, and the PMG estimator is preferred. Under the null (slope homogeneity), the PMG estimator is consistent and efficient (Bardi et al 2019). The study only reports the findings from the PMG estimator because the Hausman test chose it as the preferred model.…”

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The Impact of Port Performance on Trade: The Case of Selected African States

Mlambo

2021

Economies

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Maritime transport remains the main gateway to the global marketplace. Ocean ports are a central and necessary component in facilitating trade. Ports are essentially a channel of integration into the global economic system. Resourceful and well-connected container ports empowered by regular and consistent shipping services are key to reducing trade costs, including transport costs, connecting supply chains and supporting global trade. Consequently, port performance is an important factor that can influence countries’ trade competitiveness. However, for Africa, the ports are dilapidated, lack essential infrastructure, are congested and perform poorly. Africa’s shipping and ports do not always match global trends and standards. In light of this, this study seeks to assess Africa’s current port performance and test the relationship between Africa’s port performance and trade performance. Very few studies have attempted to investigate the impact of port performance on trade. Hence, it was worthwhile to study the impact of port performance on Africa’s trade. The study used panel data that covering the period 2005–2018. An ARDL panel technique was used for estimation purposes. Results showed that port performance positively affects trade. This study argues that African ports require expensive infrastructure to be able to compete successfully. Africa needs to pursue an intensive course of infrastructure development so as to maintain economic growth and improve port efficiency and trade competitiveness. At the moment, African ports are inefficient, and there is congestion partly because the ports cannot accommodate further expansion without serious investments.

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Are structural policies in countries bordering mediterranean appropriate to economic convergence: Panel ARDL application

Cited by 8 publications

References 62 publications

Does Fdi and Corruption Affect Environmental Quality in Tunisia?

Does Fdi and Corruption Affect Environmental Quality in Tunisia?

Financial Development, Economic Development and Poverty: Is there a Threshold Effect?

The Impact of Port Performance on Trade: The Case of Selected African States

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