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I am Alhonita YATIE, Assistant Professor in Finance at Burgundy School of Business
My research interests focus on the applications of Blockchain in finance, Geopolitics Climate finance and Banking.
Please, find below my C.V.
Links: LinkedIn
Current position
Sept. 2025 Assistant Professor in Finance at Burgundy School of Business (Lyon)
Past positions
Sept. 2024- Aug. 2025 Assistant Professor in Economics at IAE Bretagne Sud (Vannes)
Jan. 2022 – June 2022 Short-Term Consultant at International Finance Corporation- World Bank Group (São Paulo)
Consulting topic: Blockchain regulation in Brazil and application to financial markets
Sept. 2021 – August 2022 Teaching assistant at the University of Bordeaux
Lectures: Monetary and financial Economics, International Trade
Research field
Blockchain, Cryptoassets, Time series econometrics, Monetary economics, Market Finance, Geopolitics, Climate finance and Banking.
June 2022
PhD in Economics, Banking and Finance, University of Bordeaux
Thesis topic : The applications of Blockchain in market finance
Advisor: Jean-Marc Figuet
2015 - 2017
Research Master, International Banking and Finance, University of Bordeaux (France)
Topic of the Master’s thesis: The potential of Blockchain: An application on OTC market
Publications
“How do banks respond to violence?” (with Whelsy Boungou and Mahdi Fawaz, 2025). World Development (106955) (FNEGE 2 ,HCERES A , ABS 3).
“Crypto-assets, uncertainties, and geopolitical risks” (with Whelsy Boungou, 2024). Accepted for publication at Review of Development Finance (ABS 2)
“Uncertainty, stocks and commodity prices during the Ukraine-Russia war” (with Whelsy Boungou, 2024). Policy Studies, Volume 45 (3-4) (ABS 2).
“The impact of the Ukraine-Russia war on world stock market returns” (With Whelsy Boungou, 2022). Economics Letters, Volume 215, June 2022 110516 (FNEGE 3 ,HCERES B ,ABS 3).
“The Ukraine-Russia war and systemic financial stress” (With Whelsy Boungou, Francis Osei-Tutu and Amara Zongo, 2022). Economics Bulletin, Volume 42 (3) (HCERES B).
“Climate Change and Global Stock Market Returns” (with Whelsy Boungou, 2022). Economics Bulletin, Volume 42 (4) (HCERES B).
Submissions
“Hedging properties of crypto-assets for African indices” (2023). Submitted to Journal of African Economies (HCERES 3, ABS rank 2).
“Crypto-assets better safe-havens than Gold during Covid-19: The case of European Indices” (2023). Submitted to Journal of African Economies (HCERES 3, ABS rank 2).
“Review of the diversification benefits of African indices for developed countries” (2023). Submitted to Journal of Modern African Studies (ABS rank 2).
Work in progress
“Does holding crypto-assets protect against inflation? The case of Africa”
“Cyber-risk and Bank lending” (with Whelsy Boungou)
“BRICS’ revolution: what can we expect?” (with Whelsy Boungou)
Interviews and Media Citation
"Les motivations de l'adoption des crypto-actifs", BSI Economics, June 2021.
" Elon Musk le mauvais génie du Bitcoin et de Dogecoin" La Story les Echos, April 2021.
"Comment expliquer l’essor du prix des cryptoactifs depuis le début de la pandémie?", BSI Economics, April 2021.
"Les potentialités d’une monnaie numérique de la Banque Centrale ", Lettre du LAREFI, November 2019.
Teaching Experience
Monetary and Financial Economics, University of Bordeaux (Undergraduate level)
International Trade, University of Bordeaux (Graduate Level)
Financial values and decisions; Professional Standards and Ethics in Finance, Kedge Business School (Graduate and Master levels)
Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, Catholic University of the West, (Undergraduate and Graduate Levels)
Economic and societal challenges; Economics of globalization; Currency and inflation; Monitoring of tutored projects; Economic analysis and policy; International economics; Economic Tools, I.A.E. Bretagne Sud (Undergraduate and Graduate Levels)
Refereeing activities
Journals: Economics Letters, Quaterly Review of Economics and Finance, Finance Research Letters, Asia Pacific Management Review, Eurasian Economic Review, Empirical Economics, North American Journal of Economics and Finance
Seminars: GDRE, Hagen Workshop on Global Economic Studies, African Fellowship Program- World Bank Group- BBL series and Spring Meeting of Young Economists
Others Qualifications
Elective office: Representative of Ph.D. Students at the Graduate Research School, University of Bordeaux (2018-2020)
Computer literacy : Eviews, R, GAMS, Pack Office, Python
Language Skills : French (native), English (advanced), Brazilian Portuguese (basic), Spanish (basic)