Riham Ahmed Ezzat
Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University
Riham Ahmed Ezzat is An Assistant Professor of Economics at the Economics department, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. She got her PhD from Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in May 2016. In her thesis, she conducted different empirical studies on the telecommunication sector in MENA countries. She obtained her Master’s degree in Applied Economics from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in 2012 and her Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Cairo University in 2011. Her research interests lie in the fields of industrial organization, microeconomics, econometrics, applied economics, regulatory economics, institutional economics and developing countries. She has been highly engaged in teaching postgraduate and undergraduate courses since 2016. Additionally, she acts as a reviewer for international journals as Revue d’Économie industrielle and Small Business economics.
Areas of Interest:
- Industrial organization
- Microeconomics
- Institutional Economics
- Econometrics and Applied Economics
- Development Economics
- Telecommunication Industry
Education:
- PhD in Economics, University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne. 2016
- Master 2 of “Applied Economics”, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. 2012
- Bachelor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Economics Department, French Section, Minor Social Science Computing, Cairo University. 2011
Experience:
- Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. 2017–Present
- Assistant Lecturer, Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. 2016-2017
- Research Scholar (Allocataire de recherche), Centre d’Économie de la Sorbonne, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France. 2012-2016
Latest Publications:
- Ezzat, Riham A. and Aboushady, Nora (2018) “Do restrictive regulatory policies matter for telecom sector performance? Evidence from MENA countries”. Utilities Policy. Vol. 53. August 2018. Pages 60-72. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2018.05.003
- Ezzat, Riham A., Cambini, Carlo and Staropoli, Carine. (2018) “Do Reforms Sequences Matter for Telecom Sector Performance? Evidence from MENA countries”. Revue d’Économie Politique. Vol. 128 (5).
- Elshaarawy, R. and Ezzat, R.A. (2023) “Global value chains, financial constraints, and innovation.” Small Business Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-022-00685-8
Do Telecom Restrictive Policies Matter for Telecom Performance? Evidence from MENA Countries
Areas of Interest: Industrial organization Microeconomics Institutional Economics Econometrics and Applied Economics Development Economics Telecommunication Industry Education: PhD... Read More
September, 2015
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