Publications

Contribution to Practice (Applied Research)

  1. Al-Azzam, M., Mimouni, K., Smaoui, H., Temimi, A. (2022). Subsidies vs. Deposits and Cost Efficiency in Microfinance. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 198, 212 – 235.
  2. Al-Azzam, M., Parmeter, C. (2021). Competition and Microcredit Interest Rate: International Evidence. Empirical Economics, 60, 829 – 868
  3. Al-Azzam, M., Parmeter, C., Sarangi, S. (2020). On the Complex Relationship between Different Aspects of Social Capital and Group Loan Repayment. Economic Modelling, 90, 92 – 107.
  4. Mimouni, K., Smaoui, H., Temimi, A., Al-Azzam, M. (2019). The Impact of Sukuk on the Performance of Conventional and Islamic Banks. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 54, 42 – 54.
  5. Al-Azzam, M. (2019). Financing Microfinance Institutions: Subsidies or Deposit Mobilisation. Applied Economics, 51, 1621- 1633.
  6. Al-Azzam, M., and K. Mimouni. (2017). “Currency Risk and Microcredit Interest Rates,” Emerging Markets Review, 31, 80 – 95.
  7. Al-Azzam, M. (2016). “Corruption and Microcredit Interest Rates: Does Regulation Help?”, Bulletin of Economic Research, 68, 182 – 202.
  8. Mimouni, K., Charfeddine, L., and M. Al-Azzam. (2016). “Do Oil Producing Countries Offer International Diversification Benefits? Evidence from GCC Countries,” Economic Modelling, 57, 263 – 280.
  9. Al-Azzam, M., and K. Mimouni. (2016). “Is Foreign Exchange Risk Priced in Microfinance?”, Research in International Business and Finance, 36, 520 – 531.
  10. Al-Azzam, M., Sarangi, S., and M. Heracleous. (2013), “Does the Group Leader Affect Repayment Performance Differently?,” Southern Economic Journal, 80, 502-522.
  11. Al-Azzam, M., Mimouni, K., and Abu Ali. (2013), “The Impact of Socio-Economic Factors and Financial Access on Microfinance Institutions,” International Journal of Economic Perspectives, 7 (2), 32 – 44.
  12.  Abu Ali, M., M. Al-Azzam and K. Mimouni. (2013), “Oil and Stock Markets Co-variations: Evidence from the GCC Countries,” International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Issue 107, 50- 60.
  13.  Al-Azzam, M., C. Hill and S. Sarangi. (2012), “Repayment Performance in Group Lending: Evidence from Jordan,” Journal of Development Economics, 97, 404 – 414.
  14.  Al-Azzam, M., and K. Mimouni. (2012), “What Types of Social Ties Improve Repayment in Group Lending Setting,” International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Issue 87, 25 – 33.