Research and teaching interests:

• Game Theory: Cooperative games, Auction Theory.
• Dynamic Macroeconomics: Economic Growth, labour unions, optimal monetary policy, externalities in preferences.
• Microeconomics.

Education:

2007-2010 University of Evry Val d’Essonne, France

Ph.D. in Dynamics Macroeconomics, with “Very Honourable” degree. Thesis title: Market Imperfections and Endogenous Fluctuations: On the Role of Externalities in Preferences and Financial Constraint. Supervisors: Stefano Bosi and Jean-Paul Barinci. Publicly defended in November 2010. The committee consists of Stefano Bosi, Jean-Paul Barinci, Francesco Magris, Thomas Seegmuller and Alain Venditti.

University of Paris-Dauphine, France, Diplôme Supérieurs de Recherches Approfondies (D.S.R.A.) in Game Theory. Thesis title: Bidder-Collusion in the Second-Price Auction. Supervisor: Françoise Forges. Publicly defended in June 2007. The committee consists of Scmuel Zamir, Françoise Forges and Tristan Tomala.

University of Paris-Dauphine, France, Master of Mathematics Applied to Economics. Master Thesis: “Uniform Correlated Equilibrium Payoffs of Two-player Repeated Games with Imperfect Monitoring” under the direction of Tristan Tomala.

University of Birzeit, Palestine, Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics Applied to Economics.

Tawjihi in Science, Palestine.

Professional experience:

Teaching Assistant:  

2006 - 2007  Descriptive Statistics (Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University, and IUT de Sceaux University).

2007 – 2008    Intermediate Microeconomics (University of Electrical Engineering SUPELEC, and INT University).

2008 – 2010    Introduction to Microeconomics (Evry Val d’Essonne University).

Research:

Publications

• “Collaterals and Macroeconomic Volatility” with Stefano Bosi, Research in Economics, volume 64, pp. 146-161, 2010.
• “Collusion dans les enchères: quelques apports des jeux coopératifs » with Françoise Forges, Revue Economique, volume 58, numéro 5, pp. 965-984, 2007.

Working papers

• “Consumption Externalities in a Ramsey Model with Endogenous Labour Supply” with Mohanad Ismael, EPEE working paper series 11-05, University of Evry Val d’Essonne, 2011.
• “Consumption Externalities in a Ramsey Model” with Jean-Paul Barinci, EPEE working paper series 10-11, University of Evry Val d’Essonne, 2010.
• “Leisure Externalities and Endogenous Cycles in an OLG Model”, EPEE working paper series 10-10, University of Evry Val d’Essonne, 2010.

Speaker at Conferences and Seminars:

• June 2011: MEEAs 10th international meetings, Barcelona, Spain.
• May 2010: Aix-Marseille Doctoral Spring School in Economics, Aix-en-Provence, France.
• May 2010: Dynamic Day, GREQAM, Marseille, France.
• December 2009: Dynamic Day, MESHS, Lille, France.
• June 2009: Doctoral Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics, Konstanz, Germany.
• June 2009: International Conference on Policy Modelling (ECOMOD), Ottawa, Canada.
• January 2009: Theories and Methods in Macroeconomics (T2M), Strasbourg, France.
• November 2008: ASSET, Florence, Italy.
• May 2004 : seminar of Master degree, “Uniform Correlated Equilibrium Payoffs of Two-player Repeated Games with Imperfect Monitoring”, University of Paris Dauphine, France.
• March 2003: project “Simulation des Revenues des Options à Barrières appliquant la méthode de Monte-Carlo sur C++ », University of Paris Dauphine, France.
• January 2002: seminar of BA degree, “Unemployment in Palestinian Territories », University of Birzeit, Palestine.

Research courses and workshops:

• July 2008: Attended at “DYNARE Summer School”, Paris School of Economics, France.
• June 2008: Attended at “Imperfection and Macroeconomic Theory??”, Collège de France, Paris, France.
• April 2008: Attended at “Dynamic Macroeconomics and Labour Market Workshop” Strasbourg, France.
• Dovember 2007: Attended at “Macroeconomic Dynamics Workshop”, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.
• July 2005: Attended at “Auctions Summer School”, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Languages and Computer skills:

Languages       Arabic, English and French.

Computer        MATLAB, SPSS, Eviews, Scientific Work Place, Dynare, Maple.

Hobbies:

• Sport: Aerobic
• Reading
• Traveling

Contact Information

Born: March 11, 1981 in Jerusalem

Address: Jerusalem, P.O. Box 51562

Tel.: 02-6284756

Mobile: 0598346217

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