Rim Lahmandi-Ayed (born 1969) is a Tunisian economist, and a professor of economics at Carthage University in Tunisia, where she heads the research group on economic and statistic modeling and analysis. [1] Topics in her research have included product differentiation and targeted advertising.
Lahmandi-Ayed was born in 1969 in Nabeul. She earned an engineering degree from the École polytechnique in France in 1991, and a master's degree in economic modeling in 1992, with additional study at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. She completed a Ph.D. through the École polytechnique in 1995. [2]
Returning to Tunisia, she became an assistant professor in the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management in Tunis El Manar University from 1996 to 1999. [3] She received a habilitation in 2000. [2] She has been affiliated with the Tunisia Polytechnic School from 2000 to 2013 as a researcher, [3] and she headed a master's program in economic modeling there from 2004 to 2013. [2] Meanwhile, she became an associate professor in the Higher Institute of Management of Tunis University from 2002 to 2004. In 2005 she was named as a full professor in the Higher School of Statistics and Information Analysis (ESSAI) of Carthage University. [3] She directed ESSAI from 2011 to 2017. In 2014, she became the founding director of the research group on economic and statistic modeling and analysis in ESSAI. [2] Since 2022 she has also been a senior research fellow at the ESC Rennes School of Business in France. [3]
Lahmandi-Ayed was named as a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2021. [4] She is also a Fellow of the Pan-African Scientific Research Council. [1]
James Joseph Heckman is an American economist and Nobel laureate who serves as the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, where he is also a professor at the College, a professor at the Harris School of Public Policy, Director of the Center for the Economics of Human Development (CEHD), and Co-Director of Human Capital and Economic Opportunity (HCEO) Global Working Group. He is also a professor of law at the Law School, a senior research fellow at the American Bar Foundation, and a research associate at the NBER. He received the John Bates Clark Medal in 1983, and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2000, which he shared with Daniel McFadden. He is known principally for his pioneering work in econometrics and microeconomics.
Paris Dauphine University - PSL is a Grande École and public institution of higher education and research based in Paris, France. As of 2022, Dauphine has 9,400 students in 8 fields of study, plus 3,800 in executive education. Its status as a grand établissement, adopted in 2004, allows it to select its students. On average, 90 to 95% of accepted students received either high distinctions or the highest distinctions at their French High School National Exam results. While not itself having the legal status of a public university, it is a constituent college of PSL University. Dauphine is also a member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles.
Henri (Hans) Theil was a Dutch econometrician and professor at the Netherlands School of Economics in Rotterdam, known for his contributions to the field of econometrics.
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