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The Political Economy of Business Elites in Tunisia: Actors, Strategies and Identities

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    (Institut Royal de la Culture AmazigheAuthor-Name: Houda Ben Hamouda)

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When the Tunisian government seized the assets of the Ben Ali clan in 2011, prosperous companies were sold to some fractions of the business elite which started adopting a strategy of direct intervention in the political sphere to consolidate their resources and find new opportunities. In order to study the position of business elites in Tunisia we use a methodology combining a social network analysis (SNA) of the board of directors of Tunisian listed companies and a qualitative history of its political economy. We shed light on the regional identities of some family groups and the centrality of financial institutions such as insurance companies. The financial sector is dominated by the State, but some Djerbian families occupy important positions. Sfaxian entrepreneurs are organized in clusters that control certain large industrial enterprises.

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  • Mohamed Oubenal, 2018. "The Political Economy of Business Elites in Tunisia: Actors, Strategies and Identities," Working Papers 1273, Economic Research Forum, revised 19 Dec 2018.
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    1. Oubenal Mohamed, 2018. "Crony interlockers and the centrality of banks: the network of Moroccan listed companies," Middle East Development Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(2), pages 175-194, July.
    2. Bellin, Eva, 1994. "The politics of profit in Tunisia: Utility of the rentier paradigm?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 22(3), pages 427-436, March.
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    1. Nizar Becheikh, 2021. "Political stability and economic growth in developing economies: lessons from Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt ten years after the Arab Spring," Insights into Regional Development, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 3(2), pages 229-251, June.
    2. El-Haddad, Amirah, 2020. "Redefining the social contract in the wake of the Arab Spring: The experiences of Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 127(C).
    3. Nizar Becheikh, 2021. "Political stability and economic growth in developing economies: lessons from Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt ten years after the Arab Spring," Post-Print hal-03583934, HAL.

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