Affiliate Professor

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Ghassane Benmir is an Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.

He is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance at IE University and Business School and a research associate fellow at both the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and King’s College Business School. He specializes in Macroeconomics, Macro-Finance and Climate Change Economics. His research interests span macroeconomic theory and heterogeneity, asset pricing theory and climate change economics.

His current research assesses how climate change damages and policies impact macroeconomic and financial aggregates, households, and firms (both in the short/medium run and long run). His research contributes to two main literatures: i) macro-finance and
ii) environmental and climate economics. His research makes use of theoretical and numerical modelling as well as empirical approaches. His work on these topics received the Runner-Up 2022 QCGBF Young Economist Prize Award as well as The European Finance Association 2021 Best Paper Prize in Responsible Finance Award.

Previously, he has worked as a senior advisor for top consultancy firms advising governments and industries alike in different countries on strategic engagements.

Ghassane Benmir holds a PhD from both the London School of Economics – (LSE) and Paris Science et Lettres – (PSL Research) and was a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago in 2023.
 

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For the academic year 2022-2023

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