Nesma Ali
Post-Doctoral Researcher at Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
Nesma Ali is a postdoctoral researcher at the Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), based at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf in Germany. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Paris-Est. she also received her Master degree in Development Economics from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Her current projects focus on developing countries. It includes work on firms' spillover effects from FDI and merger & acquisitions on firms' productivity, markups, and marginal cost. It also includes work on firms' informality, political connections and competition.
- Empirical Industrial Organization
- Development economics
- Applied microeconometrics
- Political economy
- PhD in Economics Paris-Est University, 2017
- Master’s Degree in Development Economics Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and École Normale Supérieur Cachan- Paris, 2012
- Bachelor and Master’s M1 in Economics, Cairo University (Egypt) – joint degree with Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, 2011
- Post-Doctoral Researcher, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, 2018 – present
- Project Research Assistant, Centre pour la Recherche Economiques et ses Applications (CEPREMAP), Paris, 2014 – 2017
- Internship/Junior Researcher, Occurrence research institute, Paris, 2013 – 2014
- Economic Consultant at Davis University of California, Burkina Faso, 2012 – 2013
- “Cronyism, firms’ Productivity and Informal Competition in Egypt” (with Boris Najman), ERF Working Paper, March 2019
- “Informal Competition, Firms’ Productivity and Policy Reforms in Egypt” (with Boris Najman), ERF Working Paper, July 2016
- “Informal competition, firms’ productivity and policy reforms in Egypt” (with Boris Najman). In Horodnic, I.A., Rodgers, P., Williams, C. C., & Momtazian, L. (Eds.). The informal economy: exploring drivers and practices, 2016
- “L'informalité des micro- et petites entreprises en Égypte : une analyse transversale”, Mondes en développement, 2014, 166 (2), 87-100
Impact of The Stringency and Volatility of Covid Containmen Measures on Firms’ Performances in The MENA Region?
Areas of Interest: Empirical Industrial Organization Development economics Applied microeconometrics Political economy Education: PhD in Economics Paris-Est University,... Read More
June, 2022
Working PapersWhich Firms Performed Better in Social Distancing Times?
Areas of Interest: Empirical Industrial Organization Development economics Applied microeconometrics Political economy Education: PhD in Economics Paris-Est University,... Read More
June, 2022
Policy BriefsHousehold Enterprises: The Impact of Formality on Productivity and Profits
Areas of Interest: Empirical Industrial Organization Development economics Applied microeconometrics Political economy Education: PhD in Economics Paris-Est University,... Read More
December, 2020
Working PapersHousehold Enterprises: The Impact of Informality on Productivity and Profitability
Areas of Interest: Empirical Industrial Organization Development economics Applied microeconometrics Political economy Education: PhD in Economics Paris-Est University,... Read More
July, 2020
ERF 26th Annual ConferenceCronyism, firms’ Productivity and Informal Competition in Egypt
Areas of Interest: Empirical Industrial Organization Development economics Applied microeconometrics Political economy Education: PhD in Economics Paris-Est University,... Read More
February, 2019
Working PapersMeasuring the Impact of COVID-19 in the MENA Region: Labor Market, Firms and Households
Areas of Interest: Empirical Industrial Organization Development economics Applied microeconometrics Political economy Education: PhD in Economics Paris-Est University,... Read More
Jul 05, 2022
ERF 26th Annual Conference: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a Framework for MENA’s Development Policy
Areas of Interest: Empirical Industrial Organization Development economics Applied microeconometrics Political economy Education: PhD in Economics Paris-Est University,... Read More
Jun 23, 2020