Working papers 2017

1.  Name of publication: Not published
Date of publication: November 2016
Type of publication: Working paper

Title: Quantity Formulation vs. Price Formulation and Assessment of the Minimum Price Policy in the Tunisian Dairy Sector

Authors: Abbassi A., Dakhlaoui A. and Tamini L.D.
Affiliation of authors: Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management of Nabeul, ENVIE and CRÉATE, University of Carthage and WTO Chair Tunis Business School; Department of Industrial Economics at the Polytechnic Institute of Tunisia LEGI, University of Carthage, Tunisia; Department of Economy, Agri-food, Consumption Science and CRÉATE, University of Laval, Canada.

JEL Code: L66, C6, Q13
Keywords: minimum price policy, dairy sector, partial equilibrium model, price
formulation, quantity formulation


2.  Name of publication: Not published
Date of publication: March 2017
Type of publication: Working paper

Title: Risk Aversion, Environmental Regulation and Cournot Competition on Electricity Wholesale Market

Authors: Hedfi, H.,  Abbassi, A. and Dakhlaoui, A.

Affiliation of authors: LEGI-Polytechnic School of Tunisia, University of Carthage, Tunisia; Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management of Nabeul, ENVIE and CRÉATE, University of Carthage and WTO Chair Tunis Business School; LEGI-Polytechnic School of Tunisia, University of Carthage, Tunisia and CREATE-University of Laval, Canada.

JEL Code: L94, Q25.

Keywords: wholesale electricity market, Cournot competition, Green technology, Dirty technology, Environmental regulation.


3.  Name of publication: Not published

Date of publication: October 2016
Type of publication: Working paper

TitleImpact of Non-Tariff Measures on SMEs in Tunisia

Authors: Baghdadi, L.,Ben Kheder, S., Arouri, H.

Affiliation of authors: WTO Chair, Tunis Business School, University of Tunis, Tunisia; ESSECT and WTO Chair, Tunis Business School, University of Tunis, Tunisia; National Institute of Statistics, Tunisia.

JEL Code: F13, F14.

Keywords: non-tariff measures, imports, firm level data, firm performance.


4.  Name of publication: Not published

Date of publication: May 2017
Type of publication: Working paper

Title: FDI and food security in DCs: Does Institutional quality matter

Authors: Ben Slimane, M., Huchet-Bourdon, M., Zitouna, H.

Affiliation of authors: Tunis Business School, University of Tunis, Tunisia; Agrocampus-Ouest Rennes, UMR SMART Lereco, France; Tunisian Institute for Competitiveness and Quantitative Studies and University of Carthage, Tunisia.

JEL Code: F1 ; O1 ; Q1.

Keywords: Food security, FDI, Income, Inequality, Developing countries.


5.  Name of publication: Not published

Date of publication: May 2017
Type of publication: Working paper

Title: Governance and renewable energy investment in MENA countries: How trade matters?

Authors: Bellakhal R., Ben Kheder, S., Haffoudhi H.

Affiliation of authors: ESC Tunis Business School, University of Manouba; Higher School of Economic and Commercial Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis;Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management of Nabeul, University of Carthage, Tunisia.

JEL Code: Q28, D73, F18, C23.

Keywords: Renewable energy investment, governance, trade openness, interaction effect, random effect panel.


6.  Name of publication: Not published

Date of publication: July 2017
Type of publication: Working paper

TitleIn Search of A New Development Model For Tunisia: Assessing the Performance of the Offshore Regime

Authors: Baghdadi, L., Ben Kheder, S., Arouri H. 

Affiliation of authors: WTO Chair, Tunis Business School, University of Tunis, Tunisia; ESSECT and WTO Chair, Tunis Business School, University of Tunis, Tunisia; National Institute of Statistics, Tunisia.

JEL Code: F14, L15.

Keywords: Trade premium, trade policy, offshore firms.


7.  Name of publication: Economic Research Forum Working Paper

Date of publication: forthcoming
Type of publication: Working paper

TitleStandards and Market power: Evidence from Tunisia

Authors: Inma Martínez-Zarzoso, Hendrik W. Kruse, University of Göttingen Leila Baghdadi, WTO Chair Holder, Tunis Business School, University of Tunis

Affiliation of authors: University of Göttingen and University Jaume I, WTO Chair, Tunis Business School, University of Tunis, Tunisia

JEL Code: F12, F13.

Keywords: NTMs, market power, political economy, development, imports, Tunisia


8.  Name of publication: Not published

Date of publication: July 2017
Type of publication: Working paper

Title: Exchange rate depreciations and sectoral competitiveness in Tunisia

Authors: Chebbi, H.E. , OLARREAGA, M.

Affiliation of authors: 

ESSEC de Tunis and MACMA (University of Tunis), WTO Chair and ERF ;University of Geneva, CEPII, CEPR and FERDI.

WTO Chair, Tunis Business School, University of Tunis, Tunisia; ESSECT and WTO Chair, Tunis Business School, University of Tunis, Tunisia; National Institute of Statistics, Tunisia.

JEL Code: F14, Q17, C32

Keywords: Agricultural trade balance, exchange rate, cointegration, Tunisia.