Ahmed Ahmed
- Assistant Professor
Academic Division: Finance
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
Awards & Honors
- 2025 — Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professor, Poets & Quants, Poets & Quants
- 2025 — Deans' Award for Excellence in Service, Babson College, Babson College
- 2025 — Career Champion, The Hoffman Family Undergraduate Center for Career Development, Babson College, The Hoffman Family Undergraduate Center for Career Development, Babson College
- 2025 — Undergraduate Professor of the Year, Babson College, Babson College
- 2025 — Research Grant (€1,500,000) for “Estimating the social costs of Debtor Prisons”, Fund for Innovation in Development, French Development Agency
- 2024 — Research Grant ($74,353) for “Estimating the social costs of Debtor Prisons” (Pilot), JPAL MENA/Egypt Impact Lab
- 2024 — Research Fellowship, Bank for International Settlements, Switzerland
Publications
Journal Articles
- Ahmed, A. (2025). Firms Subjective Political Uncertainty: Survey Evidence of Egypt's Arab Spring. Applied Economics Letters.
- Ahmed, A. (2024). Fiscal Stimulus and Pension Contributions: Evidence from the TCJA. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance.
- Ahmed, A. (2021). Comparing ask and transaction prices in the Swiss housing market. Quantitative Finance and Economics.
Working Papers
- Ahmed, A. (2023). Foreign Institutional Investors, Monetary Policy, and Reaching for Yield.