Mahieddine Adnan Ghecham

Al Ain University · College of Business

This paper argues that income inequality explains the variation in the economic performance of different countries over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike the conclusions reported by some studies, this study showed that health casualties caused by COVID-19 has had a higher adverse economic impact on countries with lower income inequali...

Purpose This study aims at increasing the authors’ understanding how and why the oil curse takes place. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a structural equation model (SEM) and stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) in order to underline the mechanism under which the oil curse operates. Findings The study shows that oil abundance could lead t...

This article contains cross-sectional time series (panel) data on 46 banks that operates in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries. This data reports a number of financial ratios that are constructed from various financial information listed in the Audited Financial Statements of the banks operating in the GCC countries. The financial statements...

Using large dataset from audited financial statements of 81 banks in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, this article aims at assessing the performance of Islamic banks and conventional banks during the 2008 financial crisis. Unlike major studies that explored this area of study in the GCC countries, this paper investigates the performance o...

Purpose The paper focuses on the role of students’ cultural background in explaining their academic performance. Design/methodology/approach The paper aims at achieving the research objective with the use of questionnaires and structural equation modelling (SEM). Findings our study shows that students’ code of conduct, which is grounded in the...

The objective of this study is to examine the role of government spending in economic diversification process of Algeria. This is achieved by investigating the impact of the government spending on the real exchange rate. This follows on works done on the topic of Dutch disease. The outcome of this study shows that although the relationship oscillat...

This paper reviews the impact of trade liberalisation on dynamic of real exchange rate. This is investigated while applying cointegration analysis with use of VAR and error correction models. Unlike the previous studies, the results of this paper show that liberalisation of trade in Algeria could lead to real appreciation of the real exchange rate,...

This paper contends that international trade liberalization can be an effective policy for economic diversification so long a number of pre-requisite conditions are in place. Serious attention should be paid to institutional settings and economic structure of the recipient environment. The policy should be regarded as a tool and not as an objective...

The paper endeavours to discuss insider-outsider hypothesis in the context of the Tunisian business environment. By doing so, the paper expands our understanding about the underperformance of Tunisia in attracting fair level of foreign direct investment. The paper argues that privatised firms with domestic owners perceive the constraints imposed by...

This study examines important issues regarding the effect of the legal system and financial institutions on the economic activity of private firms in Egypt. These are reviewed in the context of the interaction of formal and informal institutional constraints. The study shows that this effect is more complex than it is reported to be by the current...

This paper develops a conceptualization of the way in which owner-managers in SMEs create strategic space. The term is defined as the time, resources, motivation and capabilities needed for owner-managers to reflect on and review existing practices leading to learning, transformation and higher organizational performance. The empirical data is base...

The paper sets out to examine the effect of the interaction between the informal and formal institutional constraints on the investment performance of firms in Egypt. The paper endeavours to increase our understanding about the importance and the role of the institutional factors in business operations. The paper argues that the effect of the insti...

This Paper argues that the institutional framework is as much important as the economic factors in explaining the economic and investment outcomes in Algeria. Moreover, the paper discusses the failure of many informal institutions to follow the path of the formal institutions' change, which resulted in poor performance of the reform policies. The p...