Dr. Bassem Kamar
Publications
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“Jordan Diagnostic”, co-authored with R. Selim, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 2020.
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“Exchange rate regimes and economic performance in resource dependent countries”, co-authored with R. Soto, Chapter 7 in Mohaddes, Nugent and Selim (eds.) Institutions and Macroeconomic Policies in Resource-Rich Arab Economies, ISBN 9780198822226, Oxford University Press, May 2019.
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“Effects of Pro-Growth Policies on Employment: Evidence of Regional Disparities”, co-authored with Damyana Bakardzhieva, Applied Economics, 51(40), 4337-4367, April 2019.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00036846.2019.1591596?journalCode=raec20
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“Tunisia Diagnostic paper: Assessing Progress and Challenges in Unlocking the Private Sector’s Potential and Developing a Sustainable Market Economy”, co-authored with H. Morsy and R. Selim, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, November 2018.
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• “Beyond the Optimistic Curse: A New Multiscenario Approach to Debt Sustainability
Assessment”, co-authored with Damyana Bakardzhieva, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Vol. 52, Issue 1, January 2016.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1540496X.2016.1105686
•. “The Impact of the Global Crisis and Arab Spring on Economic Performance and Debt
Sustainability in the MENA region: The cases of Egypt and Tunisia”, FEMISE Research Report FEM34-24, July 2013.
http://www.femise.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/FEM34-24-1.pdf
• “High Growth Potential Small and Medium Enterprises in South Mediterranean: Identifying Bottleneck Obstacles and Potential Policy Responses”, FEMISE Research Report FEM35-10,June 2013.
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file:///C:/Users/PC/Downloads/FEM35-10-High-Growth-Potential-MSMEs-in-SoMed-avec-COUV.pdf
• “Inclusive Growth and Job Creation in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia”, FEMISE Research ReportFEM35-12, May 2013.
file:///C:/Users/PC/Downloads/FEM35-121.pdf
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• “Disaggregated Capital Inflows and Developing Countries' Competitiveness”, co-authored with Sami Ben Naceur and Damyana Bakardzhieva, World Development, Vol. 40, Issue 2, Pages 223-237, February 2012.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305750X11001677
• Essay on Establishing Conversion Values for the Planned Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Currency Union”, ERF Working Paper 632, November 2011.
https://www.eldis.org/document/A71851
• “Does Capital Account Liberalization Spur Economic and Financial Performance? New Investigation for MENA Countries”, FEMISE Research Report FEM33-06, May 2011.
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file:///C:/Users/PC/Downloads/FEM33-06.pdf
• “Economic and Social Impact of the International Financial Crisis on the Mediterranean Partners Countries”, published in Galal and Reiffers (Ed), The Crisis and Ways Out of It in FEMIP Mediterranean Partner Countries, European Investment Bank, ISBN 978-92-861-1295-9, May 2010.
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https://www.eib.org/attachments/country/femip_study_femise_en.pdf
• “The impact of Capital and Foreign Exchange Flows on the Competitiveness of Developing Countries”, IMF Working Paper No. 10/154, co-authored with Sami Ben Naceur and Damyana Bakardzhieva, May 2010.
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2010/wp10154.pdf
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•“Establishing Conversion Values for New Currency Unions: Method and Application to the planned Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Currency Union”. IMF Working Paper No. 09/184, co-authored with Russel Krueger and Jean-Etienne Carlotti, September 2009.
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https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2009/wp09184.pdf
• “Private Capital Flows in Southern Mediterranean Countries: Determinants and Impact on Economic Growth, Domestic Investment and Wage Inequality”, FEMISE Research Report FEM32-14, September 2009.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bassem-Kamar
• “GCC Monetary Union and the Degree of Macroeconomic Policy Coordination”, IMF Working Paper No. 07/249, co-authored with Samy Ben Naceur, October 2007.
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2007/wp07249.pdf
• “The Great Debate on Exchange Rate Regimes: Why Should the Middle East and North Africa Region Care?”, published in the volume Selected Papers from ERF 12th Annual Conference, Cairo, December 2006.
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https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1465594
•“The Reforms Needed to Attract More FDI in Egypt: Lessons from the CEEC experience”, co-authored with Damyana Bakardzhieva, Comercio Exterior, Vol. 56, n°5, pp. 416-427, May 2006.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1473847
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/46453542_The_Reforms_Needed_to_Attract_More_FDI_in_Egypt_Lessons_from_the_CEEC_Experience
https://erf.org.eg/app/uploads/2017/05/0240.pdf
https://ideas.repec.org/p/erg/wpaper/0240.html
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=938959
• Exchange Rate Policy and Globalization: The Case of Egypt, L’Harmattan, Paris, 360 p., ISBN2-296-00065-7, February 2006.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14753680500166441
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• “Euromed Partnership, Agadir Agreement and the Need for Exchange Rate Policy
Cooperation”, published in El Ehwany and Moisseron (eds), The Euro-Mediterranean
Partnership: Ten Years after Barcelona, Cairo University Press, ISBN 977-403-058-3, pp.75-98,December 2005.
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https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1465675
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• “The Potential Impact of the Euro-Med Partnership on Banking Sector Reforms in Egypt -Lessons from the CEEC”, published in El Ehwany and Moisseron (eds), The
Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: Ten Years after Barcelona, Cairo University Press, ISBN977-403-058-3, pp. 307-332, December 2005.
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“Economic Trilemma and Exchange Rate Management in Egypt”, Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, co-authored with Damyana Bakardzhieva, Vol. 3, n°2, pp. 96-114, August 2005.
https://econpapers.repec.org/article/bpjrmeecf/v_3a3_3ay_3a2005_3ai_3a2_3an_3a1.htm
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14753680500166441
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https://ideas.repec.org/a/bpj/rmeecf/v3y2005i2n1.html
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https://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=P00028777
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• “Banking Sector Development and Economic Growth in the Czech Republic: A Cointegrated VAR Model”. Paper presented at the Technical University of Kosice Fifth International Conference “National and Regional Economics”, October 6-8, 2004, Herlany, Slovak Republic.
CEMAFI Working Paper 2004/29. Paper published in Conference Proceedings, ISBN
80-8073-223-X, pp. 287-298, November 2004.
• “Deep Regional Cooperation as a tool for attracting FDI: comparison between CEE and MENA countries”. Paper presented at the Technical University of Kosice Fifth International Conference “National and Regional Economics”, October 6-8, 2004, Herlany, Slovak Republic. CEMAFI Working Paper 2004/30. Paper published in Conference Proceedings, ISBN 80-8073-223-X, pp. 299-310, November 2004.
PRESENTATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
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“Removing Barriers to MSMEs Growth as Employment-Creating Policy – the Case of Egypt”, 7th International Research Meeting in Business and Management, Nice, France, June 2016.
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“The Impact of the Global Crisis and Arab Spring on Debt Sustainability in the MENA region: The Cases of Egypt and Tunisia”, 2nd International Conference on Debt crises and Financial Stability: Global issues and Euro-Mediterranean perspectives, Toulon, France, April 2014.
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“Les perspectives économiques et politiques de l’Egypte”, Deuxièmes Rencontres Méditerranéennes, Tunis, Tunisia, February 2014.​
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“The Capital Flows-Growth Nexus: An Empirical Examination”, Central Bank of Nigeria Executive Seminar, Lagos, Nigeria, December 2013.​
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“The Egyptian Economy: Where do we stand? Where are we heading to?”, Presented at the 2nd Conference for Egyptian Experts in Europe, Geneva, Switzerland, December 2013.
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“The Role of Monetary Policy in the Egyptian Economy”, ECES Roundtable Discussion, Cairo, Egypt, October 2012.​
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“The Economic Impact of the Arab Spring on the Tunisian and Egyptian Economies”, Panel presentation for the opening session of the 1st International Mediterranean Meeting “New Economic and Social Prospects for Southern Mediterranean Countries”, Hammamet, Tunis, September 2011.​
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“What after corruption? - Le buone pratiche del fare impresa nei paesi nordafricani del dopo rivoluzione”, Global View paper for the Italian management magazine L’Impresa: N°6/2011, pp. 65-68, July 2011.​
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“Capital Flows and Emerging Markets Competitiveness”, 28th Annual Conference of the Middle East Economics Association, ASSA 2009 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, January 2009.​
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31. “The Appropriate Macroeconomic Policy Coordination for the GCC Monetary Union”, ERF 13th Annual Conference, Kuwait, December 2006.​
http://meea.sites.luc.edu/volume8/PDFS/kamar.pdf
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https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1087164
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https://econpapers.repec.org/paper/imfimfwpa/2007_2f249.htm
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“The Impact of Real Exchange Rate Misalignment on Poverty: The Case of Egypt”, 10th Euro-Mediterranean Meetings, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, and Cairo University, Cairo, November 2006.​
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“The Appropriate Monetary Policy Coordination for the GCC Monetary Union”, 26th Annual Conference of the Middle East Economics Association, ASSA 2006 Annual Meeting, Boston, January 2006.​
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https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/48599253.pdf
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https://ecommons.luc.edu/meea/71/
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https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2016/12/31/GCC-Monetary-Union-and-the-Degree-of-Macroeconomic-Policy-Coordination-21416
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https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2007/wp07249.pdf
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“The Great Debate on Exchange Rate Regimes: Why Should the Middle East and North Africa Region Care?”, Plenary Session Presentation for the ERF 12th Annual Conference, Cairo, December 2005.
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“The impact of public expenditures’ external financing on the choice of an exchange rate regime: the case of Lebanon”, 9th Euro-Mediterranean Meetings, CEMAFI, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, September 2005.
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“Euromed Partnership, Agadir Agreement and the Need for Exchange Rate Policy Cooperation”, International Conference “The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: Ten Years after Barcelona”, Center for European Studies of Cairo University, Cairo, April 2005.​
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https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1465675
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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228272453_Euro-Med_Partnership_Agadir_Agreement_and_the_Need_for_Exchange_Rate_Policy_Cooperation
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“The Potential Impact of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership on Banking Sector Reforms in Egypt: Lessons from the CEE Countries”, International Conference “The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: Ten Years after Barcelona”, organized by the Center for European Studies of Cairo University, Cairo, April 2005.​
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“Real Exchange Rate Determinants in Egypt: A VAR Cointegration Approach”, 90th Conference of the Applied Econometrics Association on “Exchange Rate Econometrics”, Luxembourg, April 2005.​ 39. “De facto Exchange Rate Regimes in the MENA Region: Toward Deeper Cooperation”, 11th Annual Conference of the ERF, Beirut, December 2004.​
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http://www.mafhoum.com/press8/236E12.pdf
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http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.466.7297
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https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA79764104
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“Economic Trilemma and Exchange Rate Management in Egypt”, 10th Annual Conference of the ERF, Marrakech, December 2003.​
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14753680500166441
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https://econpapers.repec.org/article/bpjrmeecf/v_3a3_3ay_3a2005_3ai_3a2_3an_3a1.htm
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https://core.ac.uk/display/24853790
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https://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=P00028777
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“Twin Crises and Exchange Rate Policy in Developing Countries: The Case of Egypt”, 33rd Meeting of the Euro Working Group on Financial Modeling, Monaco, November 2003.​
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“L’Impact des Accords Euromed sur l ‘Attractivité des Pays Sud-Méditerranéens à l’Egard des Investissements Directs Etrangers Le Cas de L’Egypte”, Première Université de Printemps des Economies Méditerranéennes et du Monde Arabe”, Tangiers, Morocco, April 2002.​
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“The Impact of Migration on the Exchange Rate in Egypt”, 5th Euro-Mediterranean Meeting, University of Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, October 2001.​
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“The Impact of Euromed and GAFTA Agreements on Foreign Direct Investment Flows in Egypt”, 1st Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, European University Institute, Florence, March 2000.
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“The Egyptian Exchange Policy in the Context of a Euro Area in the Mediterranean”, 3rd Euro-Mediterranean Meeting, University of Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, October 1999.
OTHER INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
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Reviewer for the Middle East Development Journal
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Reviewer for the Review of Middle East Economics and Finance
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Reviewer for the Emerging Markets Finance and Trade journal
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Participant, “Transitions in the Mediterranean: Geopolitical Analysis of Arab Revolutions
Debate” organized by the Rencontres Internationales Monaco-Méditerranée, Monaco, March 2014.
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Team Meeting Coordinator, Research project on “Institutional Requirements for Optimal
Monetary Policy in the Resource-Dependent Arab Economies”, R.I.A.D. initiative, ERF, Tunis,
Tunisia, February 2014.
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Participant, 7th International Meetings “Monaco and the Mediterranean”, Monaco, March 2013.
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Panelist, “Scenarios for Economic and EuroMed Cooperation in 2030”, MEDPRO Project
Closing Conference, CEPS, Brussels, Belgium, February 2013.
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Discussant, “Economic Integration, Trade, FDI, Financial Services and Capital Markets”, MEDPRO High-Level Stakeholders Meeting, Cairo, Egypt, January 2013.
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Discussant, Jean-Monnet Conference on "Euro-Mediterranean Integration", CEMAFI
International, University of Nice, France, January 2013.
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Discussant and session chair, “EU-GCC cooperation on trade and investments”, First Sharaka workshop, CEPS, Brussels, Belgium, December 2012.
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Discussant, “Shocks and the Business Cycle in the MENA region”, ERF 18th annual
conference, Cairo, Egypt, March 2012.
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Discussant, “Exchange Rate Regimes for the Oil-rich Arab Countries”, Conference on
“Understanding and Avoiding the Oil Curse in the Arab World”, Kuwait, January 2012.
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Guest Speaker, “Monetary Policy and Inflation Targeting”, Central Bank of Tunisia, Tunisia,
September 2011.
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Session Discussant, “Cycles, Contagion and Volatility in the Stock Markets in Middle East andNorth Africa”, 28th Annual Conference of the Middle East Economics Association (MEEA), San Francisco, January 2009.
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Session Discussant, “Banking Efficiency in Morocco” and “Macroeconomic Environment and Banking Failure in Turkey”, ERF 15th Annual conference, Cairo, November 2008.
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Panelist for the closing session on “Monetary Policy and Inflation Targeting in the MENA
Region”, ERF Workshop on “Monetary Policy and Inflation Targeting”, Tunis, October 2008.
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Session Discussant on “Are IT Preconditions satisfied in the Region: Forecasting and Technical Capacities?”, ERF Workshop on “Monetary Policy and Inflation Targeting”, Tunis, October 2008.
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Session Chairman, “Euromed agreements and Poverty in the South.