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Ahmed Ahmed

  • Assistant Professor
Academic Division: Finance
Ahmed Ahmed is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Babson College. He earned his PhD and MA in Economics from the University of Chicago, Master in Finance from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Master of Mathematics in Actuarial Science from the University of Waterloo, and Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science from the American University in Cairo. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA).

His primary research fields of interest are intermediary asset pricing, international finance and public-corporate finance. His secondary field of interest is development finance. He is particularly interested in how institutional investors, namely insurance companies and pension funds, respond to different types of policies and how they can contribute to financial instability. His research thus far has evaluated the response of institutional investors to both domestic and global monetary policy, to domestic fiscal incentives, and to domestic and global macro prudential policies.

Ahmed worked as a Senior Quantitative Analyst at Goldman Sachs. His policy experience includes working at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Academic Degrees

  • PhD in Economics , The University of Chicago
  • Master of Arts in Economics, The University of Chicago
  • Master in Finance , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Master of Mathematics in Actuarial Science , The University of Waterloo
  • Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science, The American University in Cairo

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Ahmed, A., Zabai , A. (2024). Fiscal Stimulus and Pension Contributions: Evidence from the TCJA. Journal of Pension Economics & Finance. Cambridge University Press.
  • Ahmed, A., Ardila, D., Sornette, D. (2021). Comparing ask and transaction prices in the Swiss housing market. Vol: 5, Issue: 1: 67-93. AIMS Press. link

Working Papers

  • Ahmed, A., Hofmann, B., Schmitz, M. (2023). Foreign institutional investors, monetary policy, and reaching for yield: Foreign institutional investors, monetary policy, and reaching for yield. Vol: 1153. Bank for International Settlements . link

Presentations

  • Research Talk Feld, M. Ahmed, A. Babson Faculty Research Fund Chat, Blank Center (2024)
  • Reverse Yankee and Hedging Costs Ahmed, A. Faculty Research Discussion , Babson College (2024)
  • Foreign Institutional Investors, Monetary Policy, and Reaching for Yield Ahmed, A. Finance Research Seminar, Storrs (2024)
  • Pensions’ Funding and Treasury Yield Curve Ahmed, A. Babson Faculty Research Day , Babson College (2024)
  • Foreign institutional investors, monetary policy, and reaching for yield Ahmed, A. BIS Monterary Economics Seminar , Basel (2023)
  • Foreign Institutional Investors, Monetary Policy, and Reaching for Yield Ahmed, A. American Economic Association , New Orleans, Louisiana (2023)
  • Foreign Institutional Investors, Monetary Policy, and Reaching for Yield Ahmed, A. 39th meeting of the European Economic Association and the 76th European meeting of the Econometric Society, Milan (2022)
  • Fiscal Stimulus and Pension Contributions: Evidence from the TCJA Ahmed, A. Brownbag , Babson College (2022)
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