MBS School of business

ROUATBI Wael

Position Associate Professor
Academic department Finance & Accounting
Contact w.rouatbi@mbs-education.com
Short Bio

Wael Rouatbi is an Associate Professor of Finance at Montpellier Business School. He teaches Corporate Finance, Strategic Finance, Power Platform and Financial Modelling. He obtained his PhD in Management Sciences from University of Paris–Est in 2016. Wael Rouatbi’s research interests are international, covering corporate finance,corporate governance, and going private transactions. He has published several academic papers in international refereed journals including Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Annals of Operations Research, European FinancialManagement, International Review of Financial Analysis and Global Finance Journal. He received the 2017 Emerald/EFMD outstanding doctoral research award in the Finance category.

Selected intellectual contributions

ROUATBI, W., T. KACZMAREK, E. DEMIR, A. ZAREMBA, "Tariffs Announcement as a Global Stress Test: Early Stock Market Reactions to U.S. Protectionism", Finance Research Letters, November 2025, vol. 85, no. D, pp. 108080

ZAREMBA, A., W. ROUATBI, R. KIZYS, Z. UMAR, "Air temperature and sovereign bond returns.", Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments, May 2024, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 179-209

WEHBE, N., W. ROUATBI - "How Could the Business be Powered by Microsoft Power Platform Optimization? The Case Center." - 2024

RIND, A. A., W. ABBASSI, M. BIGELLI, W. ROUATBI, "Industry influence on firms' R&D andinnovation.", Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, June 2023, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 162-210

GRIRA, J., C. LABIDI, W. ROUATBI, "Does political risk matter for sovereign wealth funds? International evidence.", International Review of Financial Analysis, May 2022, vol. 81, no. May 2022, pp. 101236

DEMIR, E., R. KIZYS, W. ROUATBI, A. ZAREMBA, "Sail away to a safe harbor? COVID-19 vaccinations and the volatility of travel and leisure companies.", Journal of Risk & Financial Management, May 2022, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 182

DEMIR, E., R. KIZYS, W. ROUATBI, A. ZAREMBA, "COVID-19 Vaccinations and the Volatility of Energy Companies in International Markets.", Journal of Risk & Financial Management,, December 2021, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 611

ROUATBI, W., E. DEMIR, R. KIZYS, A. ZAREMBA, "Imminizing markets against the pandemic: COVID-19 Vaccinations and stock volatility around the world.", International Review of Financial Analysis, October 2021, vol. 77, no. October 2021, pp. 101819

BOUBAKER, S., R. M.TA, W. ROUATBI, "Large shareholders, control contestability and firm productive efficiency.", Annals of Operations Research, January 2021, vol. 296, no. 1/2, pp. 591-614

BOUBAKER, S., W. ROUATBI, W. SAFFAR, "The role of multiple large shareholders in the choice of debt source.", Financial Management, March 2017, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 241-274

Research themes

Banking finance, Business ethics, Corporate finance, Corporate social responsibility (CSR), Finance

Teaching disciplines

Finance, Digital tools

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