jean-francois carpantier - Université catholique de Louvain

JEAN-FRANCOIS CARPANTIER
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth
Citizenship
Address
Phone
E-mail
Web
22 February, 1979,
Belgian
38, rue des guildes 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
+32 (0) 495 48 29 18
[email protected]
http://perso.uclouvain.be/jean-francois.carpantier/
EDUCATION
Now
Ph.D. student in Management and Economics
Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
Expected date of completion: March 2012
Thesis title: “Empirical Essays on Commodity Prices”
Supervisors: Professors Luc Bauwens (UCL) and Vincent Bodart (UCL)
Jury members: Professor Frédérique Bec (Universités Cergy-Pontoise)
Professor Michel Beine (Université du Luxembourg)
Professor Sébastien Van Bellegem (UCL)
2008 M.Sc. Economics
Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
2002 M.Sc. Law
Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Forecasting analyst at Université Catholique de Louvain (09/2008 - present)
Senior member of the Economic Analysis Service (IRES), in charge of economic
forecasts for Belgium. Successively in charge of Europe, UK, inflation,
unemployment chapters and the editioral.
Teaching assistant at Université Catholique de Louvain (09/2007 - present)
Courses: Microeconometrics, Time Series (in English), Introductory Economics,
Macroeconomic Policy, International Economics.
Researcher at Maastricht University (02-05/2011)
Co-writing a working paper about real exchange rates and commodity prices with
Professors V. Bodart and B. Candelon.
Intern at the National Bank of Belgium (08-12/2010)
Internship related to Basel III reform in the department of financial stability.
Objective: WP on the determinants of maturity mismatches for commercial banks.
Consultant at the office of the Belgian Ministry of Finance (09/2005 - 09/2007)
Full-time consultancy in public finance and debt management. Direct involvement
in the preparation of the budget for the finance department and the discussions
related to the national budget and its adjustments.
Attorney at Allen & Overy, Luxembourg (09/2003 - 09/2005)
Full-time solicitor/consultant in credit and security laws for international firms.
Achievements: due diligences related to MBO, legal opinions for lending
agreements, bankruptcy official liquidator.
PUBLICATIONS AND WORK IN PROGRESS
“Real Exchanges Rates in Commodity Producing Countries: A Reappraisal”, with V.
Bodart and B. Candelon, CORE Discussion Paper 2011/6 (revised version re-submitted)
“Commodities Inventory Effect”, CORE Discussion Paper 2010/40 (submitted)
“Des Prix ou des Salaires, qui mène la Danse en Belgique ?”, with V. Bodart and V.
Scourneau, Regards Economiques, IRES, n°82, 2010
“Perspectives Economiques”, Collaboration, Regards Economiques, IRES, n°61, 65, 71,
76, 81, 84 and 89: 2008-2011
“Real Exchanges, Commodity Prices and Structural Factors in Developing Countries”,
with V. Bodart and B. Candelon (submitted)
“Optimal Bank Maturity Mismatch”, during National Bank of Belgium internship (work
in progress)
“The Asymmetric Commodity Inventory Effect on the Optimal Hedge Ratio”, with B.
Samkharadze (submitted)
"Network Analysis of the Euro's Trade Effect", with J.-C. Delvenne and G. Krings (work
in progress)
“Unfair Inequalities in France: a Regional Comparison”, with C. Sapata (work in
progress)
SKILLS
Languages: French (native), English (fluent), Dutch (intermediate), German (intermediate)
Computing skills: MS Office, Gauss, Stata, LaTeX, PcGive, Matlab
November 2011