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Amel BEN ABDESSLEM, PhD Washington, DC abenabdesslem@stratford.edu

Nationality French | Residency status U.S. permanent resident

WORK EXPERIENCE

 May 16–Present Adjunct Lecturer Stratford University, Alexandria (VA) ▪ Teaching Principles of Economics.

▪ Teaching Microeconomics. ▪ Preparing lectures and exercises. ▪ Preparing and grading tests, exams and essays.

 Oct 10–Mar 15 Researcher

University of Bordeaux, Pessac (France)

▪ Research interests: industrial policy, innovation, industrial clusters, competitiveness policies, monetary unions.

▪ Usage of World Bank and IMF databases (eg, International Financial Statistics), to extract and analyze macroeconomic indicators.

▪ Usage of online statistical tools for financial information on public and private companies (eg, Diane, Amadeus) and analysis of financial data describing SMEs economic performance (eg, added value, export revenue) provided by the French's National Council for Statistical Information.

▪ Exploiting the French firm-level database FICUS covering over 4 million firms from both manufacturing sector and services, to analyze the selection process of a cluster policy through a logit model, before combining a propensity score matching procedure and a differences-in-differences estimation in order to capture its impact on firms’ performance in the optic/photonic industry.

▪ Analysis of statistical data provided by Eurostat to study the impact of a European green industrial policy on eco-innovations, using a negative binomial model.

▪ Statistical analysis using mathematical tools such as R, STATA and Eviews. ▪ Redaction and presentation of scientific articles.

 Oct 10–Jun 14 Adjunct Faculty

University of Bordeaux, Pessac (France) ▪ Teaching Mathematics for Economics & Business (12 classes of 30 undergraduate

students in Economics and Business). ▪ Teaching Monetary Economics & Banking (16 classes of 30 undergraduate students in

Economics and Business). ▪ Preparing lectures, exercises and tests. ▪ Helping faculty librarians by teaching Literature Search to undergraduate students (3

classes of 40 students in Business Administration) ▪ Tutoring undergraduate students in Mathematics, as part of a program aiming to

increase graduate success rates.

Sep 09–Jun 14 Tutor

Bordeaux (France) ▪ Teaching Financial Statistics for undergraduate students (Acadomia Learning Center).

▪ Teaching Mathematics for High School students (private lessons).

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Sep 11–Jun 12 Academic Advisor University of Bordeaux, Pessac (France)

▪ Helping undergraduate students manage their academic plans and career goals. ▪ Advising students on how to select a major and relevant classes. ▪ Helping students with their resumes, cover letters and interviews. ▪ Representing the School of Economics in various university fairs.

Jun 08–Jul 08 Project Manager Assistant French Public Treasury - Economic Assessment Division, Bordeaux (France)

▪ Consultation on financial statement analyses for private enterprises (eg, small and medium-sized enterprises).

▪ Prepared reports on financial support projects and economic development initiatives (eg, Chambers of Trade and Crafts)

Jun 07–Jul 07

Financial Analyst Intern

French Public Treasury - Local Public Services, Bordeaux (France) ▪ Consultation on financial statement analyses for private enterprises (eg, small and

medium-sized enterprises).  

Jun 06–Jul 06 Customer Advisor Crédit Agricole Bank, Bordeaux (France) ▪ Processing cheque payments and withdrawals, promoting and selling financial

products, setting up and maintaining customers’ accounts and safe deposit boxes.

     

EDUCATION  

Sep 10–Mar 15 PhD in Economics University of Bordeaux, Pessac (France) ▪ Laboratory for Analysis and Research in International Economics & Finance (Larefi).

▪ Thesis: "Industrial policy, competitiveness policy: towards a European strategy of productive site" - supervisor: Prof. Pascal Kauffmann.

▪ Conference: 11th European Summer University (Sep. 2012) - CRDEI, Pessac (France). ▪ Courses: Spatial econometrics, Panel data econometrics, Impact evaluations related to development interventions.

 Sep 09–May 10 Master of Science in International Economics & Finance

University of Bordeaux, Pessac (France) ▪ Diploma with honors.

▪ Subjects: International macroeconomics, Valuation of financial assets, International financial management, International indebtedness, Time-series econometrics, Applied econometrics, Regional integration, Geographical economics.

▪ Term paper and essays: L’unification monétaire dans les pays du Golfe persique (the Gulf Cooperation Council monetary union), Zone monétaire optimale et union monétaire des pays du Golfe (optimum currency area and GCC monetary union), Border effect puzzle and GCC economic integration.

Sep 08–Jun 09

Erasmus Exchange Program University of Bristol, Bristol (United Kingdom) ▪ Subjects: Econometrics, History of economic thought, Games and information, Current economic

problems, International economics, Macroeconomic theory and policy.              

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Sep 06–Sep 09 Magistère in International Economics & Finance University of Bordeaux, Pessac (France) ▪ A magistère is a highly selective three-year program.

▪ Diploma with honors. ▪ Major subjects: Financial management, Monetary economics and policy, Banking and Finance,

Stochastic finance, International trade, Econometrics, Spanish, English.  

 Sep 04–May 07 Bachelor of Science in Economics & Business

University of Bordeaux, Pessac (France) ▪ Diploma with honors.

▪ Major subjects: Industrial economics, International economics and finance, Economics and international trade, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Financial analysis, International management, English.

     

PUBLICATIONS  

2016 Ben Abdesslem, Amel, and Chiappini, Raphael, 2016, “Cluster policy and firm performance: a case study of the French optic/photonic industry” (forthcoming).

2015

Ben Abdesslem, Amel. 2015. “Le projet d’unification monétaire des pays du Golfe persique” (The monetary unification project of GCC countries). In Les intégrations régionales, l’Union européenne et après? (Regional integrations, the European union and then?), Pedone, p. 202.

Ben Abdesslem, Amel. 2015. "Politique industrielle, politique de compétitivité : vers une stratégie européenne de site productif" (Industrial policy, competitiveness policy: towards a European strategy of productive site), thesis, University of Bordeaux, March.

2014

Ben Abdesslem, Amel, and Kauffmann, Pascal, 2014, “European growth: a crisis exit strategy”, Economic analysis, 47(3-4), pp 3-19.

Ben Abdesslem, Amel, and Kauffmann, Pascal, 2014, “Croissance et compétitivité en Europe” (Growth and competitiveness in Europe), Etudes européennes, la revue permanente des professionnels de l’Europe, July.

2013

Ben Abdesslem, Amel. 2013. "L’Union monétaire des pays du Conseil de Coopération du Golfe persique: viabilité et perspectives d’avenir” (GCC monetary union: viability and future prospects), L’Actualité Economique, vol. 89, no. 3.

     

PERSONAL SKILLS  

Mother tongues French, Tunisian Arabic

Other languages

English (proficient user), Spanish (independent user)

Computer skills

Econometrics: Eviews, STATA, R.

Other computer skills: LaTeX, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project), OpenOffice, VBA, Blackboard, Moodle.