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View article: Assessing the Prognostic Value of Lung Ultrasound in Detecting Pulmonary Congestion in Acute Heart Failure Patients
Assessing the Prognostic Value of Lung Ultrasound in Detecting Pulmonary Congestion in Acute Heart Failure Patients Open
Background Pulmonary congestion, as opposed to low cardiac output, is the predominant cause of hospitalizations for heart failure and is associated with elevated mortality rates. Persisting congestion symptoms at discharge and during outpa…
View article: Ceftriaxone induced pancreatitis: A case report with review of literature
Ceftriaxone induced pancreatitis: A case report with review of literature Open
Although rare, clinicians should consider ceftriaxone as a potential cause of acute pancreatitis, especially when no other causes are evident. Prompt discontinuation of the drug typically results in rapid clinical and biochemical improveme…
View article: Measuring the time-invariant and time-varying technical efficiency of ports in Tunisia: a stochastic frontier analysis
Measuring the time-invariant and time-varying technical efficiency of ports in Tunisia: a stochastic frontier analysis Open
Purpose In Tunisia, foreign commercial exchanges are predominantly maintained via ocean freight and accomplished through eight major ports. The latter play a critical role in the Tunisian economy, whereby nearly 30.7 million tons of goods …
View article: IMPACT OF BUDGET DEFICIT ON MACROECONOMICS VARIABLES: DATA FROM EUROZONE COUNTRIES (1990-2016)
IMPACT OF BUDGET DEFICIT ON MACROECONOMICS VARIABLES: DATA FROM EUROZONE COUNTRIES (1990-2016) Open
This study aims at examining the interactions between budget deficit and macroeconomic variables namely: budget deficit openness, GDP per capita growth, Gross fixed capital formation, and inflation rate. To test this analysis, we have used…
View article: Joined Efficiency and Productivity Evaluation of Tunisian Commercial Seaports Using DEA-Based Approaches
Joined Efficiency and Productivity Evaluation of Tunisian Commercial Seaports Using DEA-Based Approaches Open
Seaports are important infrastructures to support international trade. Therefore, it is vital that port efficiency and productivity are continuously evaluated and improved. In this context, the objective of this article is to evaluate both…
View article: An Empirical Study on the Main Determinants of Recycling Plastic Waste in Tunisia
An Empirical Study on the Main Determinants of Recycling Plastic Waste in Tunisia Open
Over the past fifteen years, numerous policies for recycling and recovering waste have been implemented throughout the world. Tunisia is among the countries considering recycling as a sustainable development path. This empirical study aime…
View article: The Dynamic Links between Public Debt, Unemployment, and Budget Deficit in the MENA Countries and Eurozone during 1990 to 2016 Fresh Evidence from Simultaneous Equation Models
The Dynamic Links between Public Debt, Unemployment, and Budget Deficit in the MENA Countries and Eurozone during 1990 to 2016 Fresh Evidence from Simultaneous Equation Models Open
This study aims at examining the interactions between three macroeconomic variables, namely: public debt, unemployment and budget deficit. We have assumed that the increase in unemployment is caused by the worsening of the budget deficit a…
View article: Do Transport Infrastructures Promote the Foreign Direct Investments Attractiveness? Empirical Investigation from Four North African Countries
Do Transport Infrastructures Promote the Foreign Direct Investments Attractiveness? Empirical Investigation from Four North African Countries Open
The relationship among foreign direct investments and economic growth is a very controversial issue that has given rise to an abundant literature. Numerous research studies examine the bidirectional causal relationship and investigate the …
View article: The impact of macroprudential supervision tools on financial soundness in the Southern Mediterranean countries
The impact of macroprudential supervision tools on financial soundness in the Southern Mediterranean countries Open
This paper presents a macroprudential approach to supervision the soundness of the financial system in the southern Mediterranean countries by using a panel data. The objective of this research is to estimate the impact of the macroprudent…
View article: Impact of Investments in Public Infrastructures on Economic Performance and Private Investment in Developing Countries: A Case Study for Tunisia
Impact of Investments in Public Infrastructures on Economic Performance and Private Investment in Developing Countries: A Case Study for Tunisia Open
This article aims to evaluate the impact of different categories of investments in public infrastructures on economic growth and private investment in Tunisia over the period 1975-2014. By using the generalized method of moments, we estima…
View article: EXPLORING LINKS BETWEEN FDI INFLOWS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: FURTHER EVIDENCE FROM MENA COUNTRIES
EXPLORING LINKS BETWEEN FDI INFLOWS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: FURTHER EVIDENCE FROM MENA COUNTRIES Open
(ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.)1. INTRODUCTIONThe relationship between energy consumption, foreign direct investment as well as energy consumption and economic growth has been the subject of considerable academic research over th…
View article: Financial frictions and regime switching: The role of collateral asset in emerging stock market
Financial frictions and regime switching: The role of collateral asset in emerging stock market Open
This paper examines empirically the nonlinear business cycle dynamics due to the presence of financial frictions. Using a threshold vector auto regression, the authors estimate the behavior of interest rate shocks in which a regime change …
View article: The Determinant Factors for the Rate of Recycling: The Example of Used Lube Oils in Tunisia
The Determinant Factors for the Rate of Recycling: The Example of Used Lube Oils in Tunisia Open
This study analyses the effects of several waste management policies on recycling rate of hazardous industrial waste such as used lube oils by using country-level temporal data for Tunisian Company of Lubricants (TCL) from 1980-2015. The e…
View article: CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TRANSPORTS, TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: FRESH EVIDENCE FOR THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TRANSPORTS, TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: FRESH EVIDENCE FOR THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Open
Among the traditional determinants, transport infrastructures affect directly and significantly the territorial attractiveness of the foreign direct investment in the host countries. The increasing importance of this new determinant is ess…
View article: Energy, pollution, and economic development in Tunisia
Energy, pollution, and economic development in Tunisia Open
Since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held its Rio meeting in 1992, where participants discussed the necessity of fighting against the hazardous effects of pollution and climate change, these issues have become…
View article: The Place of Transport Infrastructures among the Economic Factors of Foreign Direct Investment Attractiveness in the Meda-10 Region
The Place of Transport Infrastructures among the Economic Factors of Foreign Direct Investment Attractiveness in the Meda-10 Region Open
This article aims to evaluate the contribution of transport infrastructures to improve the attractiveness of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the countries of the MEDA-10 region. The present article is formed by two sections. In the …
View article: The Impact of FDI Inflows and Environmental Quality on Economic Growth: an Empirical Study for the MENA Countries
The Impact of FDI Inflows and Environmental Quality on Economic Growth: an Empirical Study for the MENA Countries Open
This study examines the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, environmental quality, and capital stock on economic growth in 17 Middle East and North African Countries (MENA) countries. We did our analysis in the panel framewo…
View article: Determinants of nonperforming loans in the Southern Mediterranean countries
Determinants of nonperforming loans in the Southern Mediterranean countries Open
The main aim of this paper is to examine the determinants of financial soundness indicators (non-performing loans) of the banking system. There are several factors that lead to the growth or decline of non-performing loans, such as macroec…