This paper seeks to investigate the causal relationship between oil prices and economic growth in Tunisia over a period from 1960 to 2009. The empirical analysis starts by analyzing the time series properties of the data which is followed by examining the nature of causality among the variables....

This study aims to verify the financial repression theory’s assumptions for the Arabic Maghrebean countries during a time period ranging from 1973 to 2003. First, the interest rates in the Arab Maghrebean countries were regulated. Moreover, the low and administered interest rate discourages...