GUETAT Imène

Research team

Learning and Innovating

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Educational activities

Research interest

• Convergence of per capita income at the international level
• Globalization and economic growth
• Energy consumption and sustainable development
• Corruption and institutional quality
• Regional integration
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Corporate governance and financial performance

Current Research Programs

Projects of Research articles (forthcoming publications), with Benoît Berquier, CESI Nanterre :

• The impact of renewable energies on EU economic growth
• Strengthening Innovation in Europe’s regions for an inclusive transition
• Does concentration, boosts innovation for energy transition?

 

PhD supervision

More than 10 thesis defended since 2015 including :

• S. KaTal, “The Cyclicality of Fiscal Policy, Public Debt Sustainability, and Economic Growth, Analysis for OECD Countries”, defended in 20 June 22.
• O. Fatnassi, “Institutional environment, private sector and economic growth”, defended in Marsh 2021.
• W. Issa, “International migration and the brain drain, causes and consequences for the countries of departure”, defended in July 2020.
• A. Ifa, “Public expenditure and inclusive growth case of Mediterranean Basin countries”, defended in July 2020.
• N. Farjallah, “Effect of political instability on economic growth”, defended in July 2019.
• O. Ben Abdallah Golli, “Corporate Social Responsibility: A lever for ecological sustainability: validation for the Mediterranean” (by, University of Sousse-Tunisia and University of Côte d´Azur; co-supervision with Damien Bazin, defense in December 2017.
• D. Sridi, “Institutional quality and transfers of immigrants”, defense in April 2017.
• H. Sékrafi, “Energy consumption and its effect on sustainable growth: is renewable energies a solution? », defense in June 2015.

 

Other scientific activities

• Referee for several journals, reviews and conferences.
• Member of several networks, forums and research associations (ERF, GDN, MEEA, CEMAFI International, etc…).
• Member of scientific committees and/or organization of several conferences
• Participation in thesis and HDR committees, as referee, president or member.

Publications

Several scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and reviews

Selected publications

• «The role of institutional factors in the economic growth process: theoretical justification and empirical application to developing countries », Revue Française d’Economie et de Gestion, 4 (3), 405-422, 2023, (with O. Fatnassi). DOI:1177/01445987221136396.
• « Save Infant’s Live or Save Economic Growth? An Analysis by ARDL Approach: Case of India», Energy Exploration & Exploitation, 41(3), November 2022, (with A. Ifa).
• « Crypto currencies, challenges and opportunities of digitalization », Les bonnes feuilles de l’assurance, number 2, December 2021.
• « Analyzing Short and Long run Causality Relationship among Public Spending, Renewable Energy Consumption, Non-renewable Energy Consumption and Economic Growth: Evidence from Eight of South Mediterranean Countries (SMCs) », (avec A. Ifa), Energy Exploration & Exploitation. Première publication en ligne le 14 octobre 2021.
• « The direct and indirect risk impacts on remittances: A cross‐regional specific effects», with D. Sridi, African Development Review, Volume 32, Issue 3, Pages 288-302, 2020.
• « Fiscal stance, election year and 2007 crises, evidence from OECD countries (1980-2017) », avec Sami Kallel, The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Volume 21, e00163, 2020. (Indexé: RePEc, Journal of Economic Literature, Scopus).
• « Effet de court et de long terme de la crise sanitaire Covid-19 sur la croissance économique des pays de l’OCDE », Les bonnes feuilles de l’assurance, numéro 1, 2020.
• « The Short and Long run Causality Relationship between Public Health Spending and Economic Growth: evidence from Tunisia and Morocco », (avec A. Ifa), Journal of economic Development, Volume 44, Number 3, September 2019.
• « Migration Perspective and their Effect for the Origin Countries », (avec W. Issa), International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Volume 7, Issue 12, décembre 2018.
• « How Can Public Education Spending Affects Moroccan and Tunisian GDP per Capita? ARDL Approach », (avec A. Ifa), International Economic Journal, Publié En ligne : 01 novembre 2018.