Patricia AUGIER Professor at Aix-Marseille University, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, AMSE Address (office) Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE) MEGA 424, Chemin du Viaduc 13080 Aix-en-Provence, France Tel. 0033 (0) 4 13 94 20 20 Fax. 0033 (0) 04 42 38 95 85 [email protected] EDUCATION Habilitation, May 1995, Aix-Marseille University Ph.D, January 1995, Aix-Marseille University, with highest honors. Graduate, Sept 1990, M.S. International Economics and Finance, First class honors, Aix-Marseille University. CURRENT POSITIONS • Professor, Aix-Marseille University (AMSE), since September 2015. PAST POSITIONS • Director of Femise Scientific Committee, from September 2015 to June 2020. • Assistant Professor, Aix-Marseille University (AMSE), from September 1995 to September 2015. • Deputy Director of Femise Scientific Committee, from January 2012 to December 2014. • Deputy Director of DEFI (Economic Development and International Finance) from January 2008 to September 2012 • Director of CEFI (Centre of International Economics and Finance, EA 3782, University of Mediterranean) from January 2004 to December 2007. • Member of Steering Committee of network FEMISE, from April 2008 to December 2011. • Co-director of Master "Economics, Finance and International Business", Faculty of Economics and Business, University of the Mediterranean (from its creation in 2004 to 2005) • Director of Business Department, University and Technological Institute, Aix-en-Provence, from November 96 to December 99. FIELD OF RESEARCH Development Economics, Trade, Firm productivity, Non-Tariff Measures, Rules of origin, Women, MENA. WORKING PAPERS / WORK IN PROGRESS • Paradoxes of Productivity: Trade Liberalization and Morocco, with M. Gasiorek, M. Lovo and G. Varela, WP Caris, University of Sussex. • NTM Harmonization, Profits, and Productivity: Firm-level Evidence from Morocco, with M. Dovis. 1 PUBLICATIONS Published articles in refereed Journals • Labor Market Shocks and Youths'Time Allocation in Egypt: Where Does Women's Empowerment Come In?, with M. Dovis and Cl. Sadania, Economic Development and Cultural Change, (forthcoming). • Better Access to Water, Better Children’s Health: A Mirage?, with M. Dovis and Ch. Lai-Tong, Oxford Development Studies, 44(1), pp. 70-92, (2016). • Does Export-Market Participation Improve Productivity? Evidence from Spanish Manufacturing Firms, with M. Dovis, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2(7), October, pp. 1059-1087, (2013). • Imports and TFP at the Firm level: The Role of Absorptive Capacity, with O. Cadot and M. Dovis, Canadian Journal of Economics, 46(3), August, pp. 956-981, (2013). • The Business Environment and Moroccan Firm Productivity, with M. Dovis and M. Gasiorek, Economics of Transition, 2(2), pp. 369-399, (2012). • Non-tariff measures in the MENA region: Improving governance for competitiveness, with O. Cadot, J. Gourdon and M. Malouche, MENA Working Paper Series, The World Bank, N°55, September, (2012). • The impact of rules of origin on trade flows, with M. Gasiorek and Ch. Lai-Tong, Economic Policy, Volume 20, Issue 43, July, pp. 568-624, (2005). • Rules of Origin and the EU-Med Partnership: The case of Textiles, with M. Gasiorek and Ch. Lai- Tong, World Economy, 27(9), pp. 1449-1473, (2004). • The welfare implications of the liberalisation of trade between the EU and Southern Mediterranean, with M. Gasiorek, Applied Economics, 35, July, pp 1171-1190, (2003). • MacSim : un logiciel de simulation macroéconomique, with J.L. Brillet, G. Cette et R. Gambini, Economie Internationale, N°85, 1er Trimestre, pp. 147-155, (2001). Book • Macro-économie européenne, en collaboration, Editions Montchrestien (Préface de J-M Charpin), Septembre 2001. Book chapters and papers in edited volumes • Augier P., Cadot, O., Gourdon, J. and Malouche M. (2013), “Non-tariff measures: Regional cooperation and competitiveness through regulatory governance”, forthcoming in “Arab Spring and Integration” M. Gasiorek Ed., Femise-VoxEU. • Augier P. & Péridy N. (2010), “The Non-Tariff Measure Inventory Exercice for Lebanon: An Overview”, Trade and Development Newsletter, Lebanese Ministry of Economy and Trade, Beirut, September. • Augier P., Gasiorek M. & Laitong C. (2009), “Multilateralizing regionalism: lessons from the EU experience in relaxing rules of origin”, in “Multilateralizing Regionalism: Challenges for the Global Trading System”, Richard Baldwin and Patrick Low Ed., World Trade Organization and Cambridge University Press. • Augier P., Gasiorek M. & Laitong C. (2005), “Rules of Origin and the EU-Med Partnership : The Case of Textiles”, in “The World Economy. Global Trade Policy 2004”, David Greenaway Ed. • Augier P., Gasiorek M. & Lai-Tong C. (2003), "The EU and the Southern Mediterranean – the impact of Rules of Origin", ERF VIIIth annual conference volume, March 2003. • Augier P. & Gasiorek, M. (2000), Les effets de la libéralisation entre l’Union Européenne et les Pays Tiers Méditerranéens, paru dans “Méditerranée : Vingt ans pour réussir”, sous la direction de J.L Reiffers, Institut de la Méditerranée, Economica. • Augier, P. & Gasiorek, M (2000), "The effects of trade liberalisation between the EU and the Southern Mediterranean", ERF VIth annual conference volume, March 2000. 2 • Augier, P., Deissenberg Ch. & Reiffers J.L. (1996), The Production Sector in the Transition : A Framework for Dynamic Analysis, paru dans un ouvrage collectif « Modelling and Analysing Economies in Transition », J.W. Owsonski Ed., MODEST, Warsaw. Reports • The private sector in Mediterranean countries: Main malfunctions and opportunities of social entrepreneurships (2019), in collaboration (leader), Euromed Femise Report (English and French) • Identifying obstacles to growth and integration in the global value chains of Moroccan SMEs, (2019), in collaboration (leader), for the African Development Bank. • Potentialities of trade between Morocco and Sub-Saharian countries, (2018), in collaboration (leader), for the African Development Bank. • Trade Policy in Morocco. Volume 2: Impacts of Maroccan tariff policy on its its regional hub position (2017), in collaboration (leader), for the African Development Bank. • Trade Policy in Morocco. Volume 1: Impacts of Maroccan tariff policy on its competitivity (2017), in collaboration (leader), for the African Development Bank. • Integration in Union for the Mediterranean (2014), in collaboration, for the Union for the Mediterranean. • Human Capital and Innovation in Mediterranean Countries (2013), in collaboration, for the European Investment Bank. • Inclusive Growth in the Southern Mediterranean Countries (2012), in collaboration, for the European Commission. • Participation in the Femise Annual Report on The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (2012), Euro- Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes. http://www.femise.org/ • The Inventory of NTMs In MENA Countries (2010), in collaboration, World Bank, International Trade Department. • Agriculture in Lebanon (2009), in collaboration, Femise and European Commission (Lebanese Delegation) • Competitiveness of Lebanese Firms (2008), in collaboration, Femise and European Commission (Lebanese Delegation). • The effects of microeconomic adjustment mechanisms on growth and employment in response to the opening (2006), in collaboration (leader), financed by Femise Reseach Programme, Research Report Series N°0412, Economic Research Forum. • Analysis of the Effective Economic Impact of Tariff Dismantling (under the Euro-Med Association Agreements) (2005), with M. Gasiorek (Sussex University, leader), Sh. Robinson (Sussex), D. Evans (Sussex) , Middle East, DFID/EU funded project. • Participation in the Femise Annual Report on The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, 10 Years After Barcelona: Achievements and Prospects (2005), Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes (Forum Euro-Méditerranéen des Instituts Economiques). http://www.femise.org/ • Study on the economic impact of extending the pan-European system of cumulation of origin to the Mediterranean partners’ part of the Barcelona process (2003), with M. Gasiorek (leader), D. Evans, P. Holmes and Ch. Lai-Tong, European Commission, DG Trade. http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade/issues/bilateral/regions/euromed/is_en.htm • Participation in the Femise Annual Report on The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (2003), Euro- Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes. • Participation in the Femise Annual Report on The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (2002), Euro- Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes. • Participation in the Femise Annual Report on The changing structure of trade and investment between the EU and its Mediterranean Partners (2001), Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes. 3 CONTRACTS AND EXPERTISE • Invited to Méditerranée du Futur, Le dialogue des deux rives, du dialogue à l’action, organized by CEIS, Région Sud, CMI et Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires Étrangères, December 2020. • Evaluation of projects for the National Research Agency (AAP Covid 19 - Sud 2020), May 2020. • Invited by the Support to the Implementation of Strategies to foster MSME in Egypt, for the Information Seminar: Impact tools to support consultation and Informed Decision-Making, Cairo, 28 March 2019. • Invited as discussant of the study “How Regional Integration leads to Youth Employment in the Euro-Mediterranean Region (EMNES), Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranee, Barcelona, 20 July 2017. • Invited by the WTO Chair at Tunis Business School, in the Workshop on the Global Chains,