NICOLAS BERMAN

Max Weber Fellow

European University Institute and University Paris I Panthon-Sorbonne
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European University Institute, Max Weber Programme
Via delle Fontanelle, 10
I-50014 San Domenico di Fiesole, Italia
Phone : (+39) 055 4685 853
E-mail : nicolas.berman@eui.eu
Website : http ://team.univ-paris1.fr/teamperso/berman
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Personal Information
Date of Birth : December, 21,1981 in Champigny s/Marne (France)
Citizenship : French
Single
Position
Oct. 2004-..
MAX WEBER POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW, EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE.
Education
Oct. 2004-...
PHD THESIS IN ECONOMICS.
Advisor : Pr. Philippe Martin. University Paris I Panthon-Sorbonne.
Title : Essays on Financial Market Imperfections, Trade and Innovation (nal defense autumn
2008).
2003-2004 DEA (RESEARCH M. SC.) IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS.
University Paris I Panthon-Sorbonne
Summa Cum Laude, ranked rst.
2002-2003 MAITRSE (MA) IN APPLIED ECONOMICS, WITH A MAJOR IN INTERNATIO-
NAL ECONOMICS.
University Paris IX Dauphine
Magna Cum Laude.
2001-2002 LICENCE (BA) IN APPLIED ECONOMICS, WITH A MAJOR IN INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMICS.
University Paris IX Dauphine
Cum Laude.
1999-2001 DEUG (UNDERGRAD. DIPLOMA) IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS.
University Paris 1 Panthon-Sorbonne
Teaching
2007-2008
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS.
Assistant Lecturer, Sciences-Po Paris.
2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
Teaching Assistant, University Paris I Panthon-Sorbonne.
2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY RELATIONS.
Teaching Assistant, University Paris I Panthon-Sorbonne.
2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INTERNATIONAL MONEY RELATIONS.
Teaching Assistant, University Paris I Panthon-Sorbonne.
2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
Teaching Assistant, University Paris I Panthon-Sorbonne.
Other Experience
Jun. 2006-Mar. 2007
RESEARCH SCHOLAR, BANQUE DE FRANCE.
Department of International Studies.
June-Sept. 2003 RESEARCH ASSISTANT, CEPII.
Work with the INGENUE team (CEPII, OFCE, CEPREMAP) - general equilibrium modeling,
demographics, intergenerational transfers problems.
June-Sept. 2002 PRACTICE, FRANCO-CHILEAN CHAMBER OF TRADE, SANTIAGO, CHILE.
2006-... TRANSLATIONS, FROM ENGLISH INTO FRENCH.
P. Krugman, M. Obstfeld, International Economics, d. Pearson, 2007, Chapter 1, 5 and 7
.. P. Aghion and B. Armendariz, "Endogenous Growth and Poverty Reduction", Economie
Internationale, 2004, 100, pp. 27-38.
Computer skills and languages
French
Native speaker
English, Spanish Procient user
Econometrics Knowledge of SAS, Stata, Eviews, Excel
Mathematics Knowledge of Maple, Matlab
Programming Languages C, Pascal, knowledge of GAMS (general equilibrium modelling)
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Referee Activities
Canadian Journal of Economics, Louvain Economic Review, Economie et Prvision,
Revue dEconomie Politique
Prizes and Grants
2007-2008 Max Weber Post-Doctoral Fellowship, European University Institute
2007-2008 Research Grant, CREST-INSEE
2004-2007 Research Grant, French Ministry of Research
2006 Best Paper Prize ("Financial Crises and International Trade : The Long Way to Reco-
very"), 2nd IEU International Student Conference, Izmir, Turkey
2006 Best Paper Prize in International Finance ("Financial Crises and International Trade :
The Long Way to Recovery"), VIIth RIEF Doctoral Meetings, Rennes, France
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Research Activities
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Research areas
Financial crises, Emerging Economies
International trade, Export decisions
International Macroeconomics
Financial Market Imperfections
Working Papers
Nicolas BERMAN and Antoine BERTHOU (2006), "Financial Market Imperfections and the Impact of Exchange Rate Move-
ments on Exports", University Paris I Working Paper 2006.55, forthcoming Review of International Economics
Nicolas BERMAN (2007), "Financial Crises and International Trade : the Long Way to Recovery", submitted
Philippe AGHION, Philippe ASKENAZY, Nicolas BERMAN, Gilbert CETTE, and Laurent EYMARD (2007), "Credit Constraints
and the Cyclicality of R&D Investment : Evidence from France", Working Paper 2007-4, Weatherhead Center for International
Affairs, Harvard University, submitted
Nicolas BERMAN and Jrme HRICOURT (2008), "Finance and the Margins of Trade : Evidence from Cross-Country Firm-
Level Data", University of Paris I Working Paper
Work in Progress
Nicolas BERMAN, Philippe MARTIN (PSEand University Paris I) and Thierry MAYER (PSEand University Paris I), "Exchange
Rate Movements and the Extensive Margins of trade : Theory and Empirics"
Nicolas BERMAN and Julien REYNAUD (ECB), "Currency Mismatches and Twin crises in Emerging Economies"
Presentations
2005 LIVe AFSE Congress, Paris, September 15-16
2005 University Paris I, TEAM Seminar, Paris, March 25
2005 Doctoral Meetings in Development and Transition, Paris, September 28-29
2005 VIth RIEF Doctoral Meetings, Geneva, Switzerland, January 5-6
2006 2nd IEU International Student Conference, Izmir, Turkey April 14-16
2006 XIth Spring Meetings of Young Economists, Sevilla, Spain, April 26-28
2006 German Economic Association Conference on Finance and Development, Berlin, Germany June 5-6
2006 22th Symposium on Money and Banking, Lille, France, June 22-23
2006 21th Congress of the European Economic Association, Vienna, Austria, August 24-28
2006 LVth AFSE Congress, Paris, September 14-15
2006 Fourth Annual Conference of the Euro-Latin Study Network on Integration and Trade, Paris, October
2007 VIIth RIEF Doctoral Meetings, Rennes, France, February 1-2
2007 RIEF Conference, Rome, Italy, may 11-12
2007 Congress of the Canadian Economic Association, Halifax, Canada, June 1-3
2007 CEPR-Banque de France Workshop on Innovation, Enghien-les-Bains, France, July 5-6
2007 SUERF-Bank of Finland Workshop on Financial Markets, Innovation and Growth, Helsinki, Finland
2007 CREST-INSEE Macroeconomics Seminar, October
2007 Banque de France Seminar, October
2008 RIEF Doctoral Meetings, Barcelona, Spain, January
2008 Institut de Analisi Economico Seminar, Universitat Autonoma, Spain, January
2008 CREST-INSEE Macroeconomics Seminar, April
References
Pr. PHILIPPE AGHION Pr. PHILIPPE MARTIN
Harvard University Paris School of Economics
Department of Economics University Paris I Panthon-Sorbonne
Littauer Center 309 Maison des Sciences Economiques
Cambridge, MA 106-112 Bvd de lHopital, Paris
Phone : (617) 495-6675 Phone : (33) 1 44 07 82 65
E-mail : paghion@fas.harvard.edu E-mail : philippe.martin@univ-paris1.fr
Pr. PHILIPPE ASKENAZY Pr. THIERRY MAYER
Paris School of Economics and IZA University Paris I Panthon-Sorbonne and PSE
48 bvd Jourdan Maison des Sciences Economiques
Paris 106-112 Bvd de lHopital, Paris
Phone : (33) 1 43 13 62 51 Phone : (33) 1 44 07 81 16
E-mail : philippe.askenazy@ens.fr E-mail : thierry.mayer@univ-paris1.fr