Growth and financial liberalization
The link between financial openness, investment and growth trajectories.
- Financial openness and long-run dynamics
- Reform sequencing and macroeconomic effects
- Empirical reading of comparative experiences
— Karl A. Menninger
My work focuses on finance and development, but also on Islamic economics and finance, artificial intelligence and employment, and unemployment and growth — all open lines of inquiry, in ongoing dialogue with one another.
The link between financial openness, investment and growth trajectories.
Financial depth, credit allocation and productive investment.
Principles, instruments and macroeconomic implications of ethical and Islamic finance.
Impacts of AI on the labor market, skills and the organization of production.
Determinants of unemployment, labor-market entry and transitions.
How finance and growth redistribute — or deepen — inequality.
Three structuring pillars for research that is useful, rigorous and teachable.
Questions of finance and development are examined through regional realities.
Quantitative approaches that yield interpretable, teachable results.
Research feeds into lectures, tutorials and thesis supervision.
Articles in academic journals — finance, inequality and the Maghreb.
International Journal of Applied Economics
International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
Journal of Economics and Political Economy
Six subjects with PDF materials and tutorials — direct access to the materials.
Content actually available on the site (indicative counts).
Suggested academic content to be expanded over the semester — blog included.
Short notes popularizing a finding, a paper or economic news related to the research areas.
Sessions, tutorial worksheets and course documents already online on each subject page.
Go to courses →Possible topics around finance, development and inequality — to be refined with the instructor.
Request a meeting →Useful links to follow economic conditions and institutions (to be expanded).
A clear path for students who want to go further.
Follow the structured subjects (microeconomics, finance, monetary economics…).
Work through the materials and sessions to consolidate the tools.
Read the publications to see how a question becomes a paper.
Locate your interest within one of the research fields and areas.
Discuss a thesis, a project or a PhD direction.
Students, colleagues or partners: write to me to discuss a research area, teaching material or a collaboration.