Dr. Mohamed Sayed Abed

Dr. Mohamed Abed is a full professor of Economics since 2020 at Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science Alexandria University; and currently he is the director of the undergraduate program of the School of Business (BBA) the Nile University since September 2021 to date. Professor Abed was also appointed as the director of the Center of Economics and Business Studies (CEBS) since 2023 to date. He was assigned as the Executive Manager of the Egyptian-German Center of International Development (EG-CID) over (2019-2020) and the chair of the department of Economics at the Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science, Alexandria University (2018-2019). He his PhD from Bremen University, Germany in 1998, with the merit Magna cum lauder. The title of his thesis is “Stabilization and Liberalization Policies to the Egyptian Balance of Payments during the period 1974-1992: A Monetary Approach”.

Professor Abed participated in several feasibility studies on the top of which a study for the Egyptian Ministry of Transport about the establishment of an integrated industrial area adjacent to Damietta port in 2002. He was seconded as an economic consultant for the Prince Naif Institute for research and consulting services in Imam University in KSA during 2002-2010. During this period he participated in preparing several studies such as the feasibility study of Parallel Education in KSA for the benefit of the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education in 2003; and presented a research paper titled “Evaluation of the Open Education Program in Alexandria University” in a symposium about the development of universities financial resources organized by Prince Naif Institute for Research and Consulting Services in June 2003. He was also responsible for the Preparation of the budget for the Forum for Students Studying Abroad within the Program of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz for Study Abroad, for the benefit of the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Higher Education during the period 2005-2009.

Professor Abed participated in the committee responsible for a conference about the future of the Egyptian economy after the revolution of the 25th January 2011, with the cooperation of the Federation of the Arab Chambers of Commerce in 4-6 June 2011 in Alexandria and 9 June 2011 in Cairo. He was also a member of the sub-committee that covers external sector and monetary and foreign exchange rate policies. He was a Vice-Dean for Graduate Studies & Research in FESPS during 2014-2017. Chair of Economic Department in FESPS during 2018-2019. Executive Manager of the Egyptian German Center of International Development (EG-CID) during 2019-2021.

He participated in several feasibility studies on the top of which a study for the Egyptian Ministry of Transport about the Establishment of integrated industrial Area adjacent to Damietta port in 2002. He was seconded as an economic consultant for the Prince Naif Institute for research and consulting services in Imam University in KSA during 2002-2010. During this period, he participated in preparing several studies such as the feasibility study of Parallel Education in KSA for the benefit of the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education in 2003, and he was responsible for the budgeting for the Forum for Students Studying Abroad within the Program of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz for Study Abroad from 2005 - 2009.

With respect to research studies, he has several areas of interest such as measuring the Egyptian stock market efficiency during the period 2003-08; the role of the demand for money in determining the public debt sustainability in Egypt during the period 1992-2006, modeling of daily nominal exchange rates in Egypt during the period 2005-2010, and estimation of monetary policy reaction function and inflation function under Fiscal Dominance in Egypt during the period (1974-2018).

He has also been an active member of the Middle East Economic Association (MEEA) since 2010. In the 10th International Summer Meeting of the MEEA in Barcelona, Spain in 2011, he presented a paper titled “Modeling Short-run Nominal Exchange Rate Changes in Egypt during the period, 2005-2010”. In the 11th International Conference of the MEEA in Alexandria, Egypt in 2012, he participated by a paper titled “Cointegration and Causality Tests of Foreign Exchange Rates and Stock Prices in Egypt during the Period 2000-2011”. In the 34th Annual Meeting of the MEEA hosted by Drexel University in Philadelphia in 2014, he presented a research paper about “The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Egypt during the period 1980‐2010”. In In the 35th Annual Meeting of the MEEA hosted by Babson College, Boston in 2015, he presented a paper about “Mean Reversion of Inflation in Egypt: Theoretical and Policy-Making Implications”. In the 36th Annual Meeting of the MEEA 2016 hosted by University of San Francisco, he presented a research paper about “Testing the Twin Deficit Hypothesis under Fiscal Dominance in Egypt During the Period 1974-2014”. In the 38th Annual Meeting of the MEEA 2018 hosted by Drexel University in Philadelphia, he presented a paper about “The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Real Wages in Egypt: A Sectoral Empirical Analysis”.

In May 2019, he was invited by Innsbruck University in Austria to present a lecture about “Egyptian Economy after the IMF’ program of 2016”. In October 2019, he presented “Designing Egyptian-German Center for International Development (EGCID) in The Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science, Alexandria” to the DAAD COSIMENA Conference Clusters of Science Innovation in the Middle East and North Africa, in Alexandria Egypt. In December 2019, he presented a lecture about the "EU-Egypt Trade Partnership” as part of the Winter Academy Program of (EGCID) hosted by the Goethe Institute in Alexandria Egypt. In 2022, Professor Abed participated in the Development of “The Center for Economics and Business Studies,” at the School of Business, Nile University and he was appointed as the director of this center until date.  In July 2023, he was invited to give a public about “Egypt during the Economic Pandemic, and Paths to Recovery,” presented to the Eighth Book Exhibition at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.