Education:
- B.Sc. in Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, FEPS, Cairo University, 2005. (Grade: Excellent) - Master of Arts (M.A.) in Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University, 2011: "Interrelationship Between Corruption and Economic Growth: An Empirical Study of Developing Countries" (Grade: Excellent). - Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Economics, 2015, Joint Supervision Faculty of Economics and Political Science (FEPS), Cairo University and Institute of Law and Economics (ILE), Hamburg University: "On the Nexus between Constitutional Rules, Corruption and Growth:An Empirical Analysis" (Grade: Excellent). Dr. Asmaa M. Ezzat is an Associate Professor at the Economics Department in Faculty of Economics and Political Science (FEPS), Cairo University. Asmaa got her Ph.D. in Economics in 2015, with a joint supervision from FEPS and Institute of Law and Economics in Hamburg University. She got her M.A. in Economics in 2011. She also holds a B.A. in Economics from Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. She is now also working as the Director of Governance Center in the National Institute of Governance and Sustainable Development, as well as an Economic Consultant in the Egyptian Competition Authority. She has worked as a researcher, consultant, public finance specialist, and anti-corruption specialist in different research project funded by national and international agencies, such as the European Union (EU), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Egyptian National Council for Competitiveness (ENCC). Asmaa is an affiliate to the EU-Mediterranean and African Network for Economic Studies (EMANES). In 2024, Asmaa has received the State Encouragement Award in the field of economic and legal sciences in the section on the role of Egyptian institutions in the state of law. Her research interests include institutional economics, development economics, law and economics, economics of corruption and econometrics. She has some international publications on role of institutions and institutional quality.

Research Interest:
Institutional Economics, Law and Economics, Development Economics, Econometrics and Applied Economics

Recent Publications:
- Ezzat, A. & Fahmi, K. (2023), “Green Transition Governance and Policy Coordination”. In Hala Abou-Ali (Ed), Arab Development Report: Climate Change and Sustainable Development in the Arab States. (pp. 108-124), Seventh Edition, National Planning Institute, Egypt and Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait. - Ezzat, A. (2023), “Institutional Reform and Governance as a Pillar for Building the New Egyptian State”. The International Journal of Public Policies in Egypt (IJPPE), 2(3), 89-127. doi: 10.21608/ijppe.2023.310115. - Ezzat, A., & Zaki, C. (2022), “On the Political Economy of Trade Agreements: A De Jure And De Facto Analysis of Institutions”. International Economics, 172, pp. 143-156. -Ezzat, A. & Nazier, H. (2022), "Gender differences and time allocation: A comparative analysis of Egypt and Tunisia", The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 85, August 2022, pp.174-193. - Ezzat, A. (2022), “Institutional Reform and Governance as a Main Pillar of Building the New Republic”, a paper presented in the annual conference of Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, titled “The New Egyptian Republic and Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges”, 27-29 June 2022, Cairo, Egypt. (In Arabic) - Ezzat, A. & Zaki, C. (2021), “On the Political Economy of Trade Agreements: A De Jure and De Facto Analysis of Institutions”, a working paper presented in the “11th Annual Conference of the Spanish Association of Law and Economics”, June 17-18, 2021, at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 18th June 2021. -Ezzat, A. & Zaki, C. (2021), “On the Political Economy of Trade Agreements: A De Jure and De Facto Analysis of Institutions”, a working paper presented in the “ERF 27th Annual Conference: SDGs and External Shocks in the MENA Region: From Resilience to Change in the Wake of COVID-19”, May-June 2021, Economic Research Forum, Cairo, 14th June 2021. - Ezzat, A. & Fayed, M. (2020), “Central Bank Independence and Democracy: Does Transparency Matter?”, Contemporary Economics, Vol. 14, Issue 2, pp. 90-111. DOI:10.5709/ce.1897-9254.334. - Nassar, H., Sakr, H., Ezzat, A., & Fikry, P. (2020), “Technical efficiency of health-care systems in selected middle-income countries: an empirical investigation”, Review of Economics and Political Science, Vol. 5 No. 4, pp. 267-287. - Ezzat, A. & Nazier, H. & Ramadan, R. (2019). "Do institutions matter for informal employment in Jordan, Egypt and Tunisia?," International Journal of Economics and Business Research, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 18(4), pages 412-428. - Ezzat, A. & Nazier, H. (2019), "Time poverty in Egypt and Tunisia: is there a gender gap?", International Journal of Development Issues, Vol. 18 No. 3, pp. 261-289. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDI-09-2018-0131. - Ezzat, A. & Hosni, R. (2019), “Budget Deficit Volatility, Institutional Quality and Macroeconomic Performance”, International Journal of Euro-Mediterranean Studies, University EMUNI, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 21-40. - Ezzat, A. & Ehab, M. (2019), “The determinants of job satisfaction in the Egyptian labor market”, Review of Economics and Political Science, Review of Economics and Political Science, Vol. 4 Issue: 1, pp.54-72, https://doi.org/10.1108/REPS-10-2018-012 - Nazier, H. & Ezzat, A. (2018), “Time Poverty in Egypt and Tunisia: Is There A Gender Gap?”, ERF Working Paper No. 1220, Economic Research Forum, available at: