Brahim GUIZANI, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor at University of Jendouba and Tunis Business School, Tunisia.
· Member of the Japan Society of Monetary Economics, Japan.
· WTO Chair associate researcher at Tunis Business School.
· Researcher at the Modeling and Statistical and Economic Analysis Unit (MASE).
Work: El Mourouj, PO.Box n°65, Bir El Kassaa 2059, TUNISIA
Tel.: +216 7940 93 33 (redirect to 193)
Fax.: +216 79 40 91 19
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/brahim-guizani/home
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brahim-guizani/
Twitter: @BrahimGuizani
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
Banking Risk Assessment, Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics, Japanese Banking Economics, Middle East and North African Economics, International Trade.
EMPLOYMENT:
1. Assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, Management and Economics of Jendouba, the University of Jendouba, Tunisia (September 2015 – present).
2. Fulbright Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, the USA (March 2021 - present).
3. Part-time Lecturer (Vacataire) of Economics at Tunis Business School in the University of Tunis, (September 2011 – present).
OTHER POSITIONS
1. Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Economics, University of Messina, Italy, December 2012 – September 2013.
2. Post-doctoral fellow, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, Japan, October 2010 – September 2011.
3. Bank auditor at the Department of Banking Supervision, the Central Bank of Tunisia, October 2002 – November 2011.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in Economics, 2010, Tohoku University (Top 5 universities in Japan), Sendai, Japan.
D.E.A. (equivalent to a M.A.) in Monetary Economics and Finance, 2002, University of Carthage, Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Carthage, Carthage, Tunisia.
Maitrise H.E.C. in Finance (equivalent to a B.A.), 1999, University of Carthage, Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Carthage, Carthage, Tunisia.
PUBLICATIONS:
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
1. Guizani, B (2019) “The impact of exchange rate shocks on trade in times of uncertainties: Evidence from three oil-importing-countries in MENA region” Stateco, 113.
2. Guizani, B, and Watanabe, W. (2016) “The effects of public capital infusions on banks’ risk-shifting to the deposit insurance system in Japan” Journal of Financial Stability. Vol 26, October 2016, pp. 15–30 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2016.07.017)
3. Guizani, B. (2015) “Japanese regulation policy and credit crunch: Evidence from the ultra-expansionary monetary policy period” Asian Survey, Vol. 55 No. 4, pp. 822 – 843. (DOI: 10.1525/as.2015.55.4.822)
4. Guizani, B. (2015) “Capital requirements, banking supervision and lending behavior: Evidence from Tunisia” the Middle East Development Journal, Vol. 7 No. 2, pp. 175 – 194. (DOI: 10.1080/17938120.2015.1072930)
Other Publications
1. Guizani, B., and Watanabe, W. (2019). “Predicting the Probabilities of Default for Privately Held Banks: The Case of Shinkin Banks in Japan.” ESRI Discussion Paper Series No.349.
2. Guizani, B, and Watanabe, W. (2010) “Public Capital, the Deposit Insurance and the Risk-Shifting Incentive: Evidence from the Regulatory Responses to the Financial Crisis in Japan” Keio/Kyoto Joint Global COE Discussion PaperSeries 2010-004, Keio/Kyoto Joint Global COE Program.
Unpublished Manuscripts
1. Guizani, B. (2015) “Effectiveness of the monetary policy in economies in democratictransition: Evidence from Tunisia” MPRA Paper 63205, University Library ofMunich, Germany.
CONFERENCES ATTENDED:
Conference Presentations:
2018 the annual workshop of Research Initiative on the Economics of the Middle East, Paris, France, November 2018 of the Japan Society of Monetary Economics, Tokyo, Japan, May 2018:
Presented: “Monetary policy in times of uncertainties: evidence from three oil-importing countries in MENA.”
2018 Spring Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Monetary Economics, Tokyo, Japan, May 2018:
Presented “The Impact of Exchange Rate Shocks on Trade in Times of Uncertainties: Evidence from Three Oil-Importing Countries in MENA.”
2018 7eme Conférence Euro-Africaine en Finance et Economie (7th Euro-African Conference on Finance and Economics), Carthage, Tunisia, June 2018:
Presented: “Monetary policy in times of uncertainties: evidence from three oil-importing countries in MENA.”
2016 Spring Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Monetary Economics, Tokyo, Japan, May 2016:
Presented: “Effectiveness of the monetary policy in economies in democratic transition: Evidence from Tunisia.”
2016 6eme Conférence Euro-Africaine en Finance et Economie (6th Euro-African Conference on Finance and Economics), Marseille, France, March 2016:
Presented: “Effectiveness of the monetary policy in economies in democratic transition: Evidence from Tunisia”
2015 Tsukuba Global Science Week (TGSW 2015), Tsukuba, Japan, September 2015
Presented: “Lessons from the Japanese Banking Regulation and Deposit Insurance.”
2015 The Third International Conference on Economics, Finance, Accounting and Transparency (EFAT: Structural Reforms: Urgency and Resistance), Hammamet, Tunisia, May 2015:
Presented: “Effectiveness of the monetary policy in economies in democratic transition: Evidence from Tunisia.”
2012 The 4th Euro-African Conference in Finance and Economics, Cairo, Egypt, May 2012: Presented: “Regulation Policy and Credit Crunch: Evidence from Japan.”
2010 The Financial Management Association, Annual Conference, New York City, the USA, September 2010:
Presented: “Public Capital, the Deposit Insurance and the Risk-Shifting Incentive: Evidence from the Regulatory Responses to the Financial Crisis in Japan.
2008 The Autumn Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Monetary Economics Hiroshima, Japan, May,2008:
Presented: “The Effectiveness of Monetary Easing Policy on Bank Lending in Japan during 1999- 2005.”
Discussant:
2018 7eme Conférence Euro-Africaine en Finance et Economie (7th Euro-African Conference on Finance and Economics), Carthage, Tunisia.
2014 1ère Journée pour Doctorants Modélisation et Analyse Statistique et Economique” (Ph.D. Students Conference organized by the Modeling, Statistical and Economical Analysis Research Unit, affiliated to the University of Carthage) Carthage, Tunisia.
ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS
1. Member of the European Economic Association, EEA (https://www.eeassoc.org/)
2. Member of the Japan Society of Monetary Economics “Nihon kin'yū gakkai” (http://www.jsmeweb.org/en/en_index.html).
3. Member of the World Trade Organization Chair at Tunis Business School, the University of Tunis, TUNISIA, November 2014 – 2018.
4. Member and coordinator of the Society for Modeling and Statistical and Economic Analysis (Associationde modélisation et analyses statistiques et économiques) in Tunisia.
OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
1. Member of the organization committee of the Conference Euro-Africaine en Finance et Economie (Euro-African conference on Finance and Economics) to be held in June 21st and 22sd, 2018 in Carthage, Tunisia.
2. Member of the organization committee of the conference the 1st MENA Trade Workshop in June 2 and 3, 2015 in Carthage, Tunisia.
3. Organization of lectures by foreign scholars at Tunis Business School.
COURSES
Graduate courses taught at University of Jendouba
1- Monetary Policy in the New-Keynesian Model.
2- Industrial Organization Approach to Banking.
3- Economics of Emerging Markets.
4- Finance: Cycles and Crisis.
Undergraduate courses taught at Tunis Business School
1- Introduction to Economics for Business.
2- Industrial Organization.
3- Introduction to Macroeconomics.
Undergraduate courses taught at University of Jendouba
1- Monetary Economics.
2- Intermediate Microeconomics.
LANGUAGES:
Fluent and good writing and reading in English, French, Arabic and Italian; Fair level in Japanese.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
1. The European Union, Erasmus Mundus Program, 2012 – 2013
2. Association Tunisie-Japon Scholarship 2010.
3. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan Scholarship, 2006 – 2009.
brahim_guizani@yahoo.fr