Areas of Interest:
- International Economics
- Development Economics
- Institutions
- Industrial Organization
Education:
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Brussels, 1989
- M.A., Econometrics, University of Brussels, 1985
- B.A., Econometrics, University of Brussels, 1983
Experience:
- Full Professor of Economics, University of Brussels (ULB), 2004-present
- Research Director, Economic Research Forum, 2008-2010
- Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Technologies (Morocco), 2006-present
Latest Publications:
- “Efficiency gains from liberalizing labor mobility”, (with F. Docquier and J. Machado), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2015, 117: 2, pp. 303–346.
- “Inter-state tensions and regional integration: could the Arab Spring initiate a virtuous circle?”, Contemporary Arab Affairs, 2014, 7: 3, pp. 363-379.
- “The formal and informal institutional framework of capital accumulation”, (with P-G Méon), Journal of Comparative Economics, Forthcoming.
Working Papers
Export Orientation and Exchange Rate Changes: Do Firms React Differently and Why?
Abstract This paper uses firm level data from 28 developing countries to examine the relationship between ... read more
Policy Research Reports
Deeper Integration of Goods, Services, Capital and Labor Markets: A Policy Research Agenda for the MENA Region
This report aims at providing ERF with a sound basis for selecting and designing a ... read more
Policy Research Reports
Overlapping Trade Agreements: Status and Challenges for Morocco
Signing multiple trade agreements has become the rule for most countries, and Morocco is no ... read more
Working Papers
Inference of Oligopoly Power with Limited Data: Manufacturing in Morocco
Abstract Researchers’ enthusiasm for estimating industry oligopoly power in developing countries is often not matched with availability ... read more
Policy Perspectives
Development Prospects for North Africa
This edition of Policy Perspective explains why the North African region has been successful in ... read more
Project
ERF-GDN MENA Regional Research Competition
Urban Concentra...
Urban concentration and poverty are ... read more
ERF-GDN MENA Regional Research Competition
A Time to Throw...
This project aims at finding ... read more
Research Initiative for Arab Development (RIAD)
Exchange Rate M...
This project examined how exchange ... read more
Research Initiative for Arab Development (RIAD)
Arab Passenger ...
Having undertaken research on service ... read more
Arab Spring Development Initiative (ASDI)
Undervaluation ...
The first objective of this ... read more
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