Karima Fredj
Assistant Professor

PhD (Applied Economics)
HEC Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montréal, 2004

MA (Economics)
Université de Montréal, 1996

BA (Economics)
Université de Tunis II, Tunis, 1992

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Prince George, BC,
Canada V2N 4Z9
Phone: (250) 960-6686
Fax: (250) 960-5545
E-mail: fredj@unbc.ca

   Karima Fredj

Professional Experience  | Research and Publications  | Conferences' Presentations  | Awards and Achievement  | Research affiliation  | Teaching  | Service  | Additional Information  | CV  | Links

Professional Experience

  • Economics Program, University of Northern British Columbia
    Assistant Professor (July 2004- Present)

  • Institute of Applied Economics, HEC MONTRÉAL
    Lecturer (September 2003- May 2004)

  • GERAD (Group for Research in Decision Analysis)
    Research Assistant (May 2002-june 2004)

  • Institute of Applied Economics, HEC MONTRÉAL
    Teaching Assistant (September 2001- December 2001) “Microeconomic nalysis (1-803-96)”

  • Institute of Applied Economics, HEC MONTRÉAL
    Teaching Assistant (January 2001- April 2001) “Macroeconomic Analysis (1-804-96)”

  • CÉTAI, HEC MONTRÉAL
    Research Assistant (April 2000- April 2002).

  • CRDE, Université de Montréal
    Research Assistant (December 1997-August 1998)

  • Department of Economics, Université de Montréal
    Teaching Assistant (September 1996- December 1996)

  • Department of Economics, Université de Montréal
    Teaching Assistant (January 1997- May 1997)

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Research and Publications

  • Opio, C., K. Fredj, and B. Wang, (2009),“Profitability of manual brushing in young lodgepole pine plantations”, BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management, vol. 10(1), page 15-21.

  • Breton M., K. Fredj, and G. Zaccour (2006), “International cooperation, Coalitions Stability and Free-riding in a Game of Pollution Control”, The Manchester School, Vol. 74, Issue No.1, Page 103-122.

  • Fredj, K., G. Martìn-Herràn, and G. Zaccour (2006), “Incentive mechanisms to enforce sustainable forest exploitation”, Environmental modelling & assessment, Vol. 11, Page 145-156.

  • Choi, Sungchul and Karima Fredj (2006), “Store Brands and Store Competition”, Proceedings of Global Conference On Business and Economics.

  • Fredj, K., G. Martìn-Herràn, and G. Zaccour (2004), “Slowing Deforestation Pace through Subsidies: A Differential Game”, Automatica, Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 301-309.

  • Fredj K. (2004), “Application of game theory to global environmental problems”, Ph.D. thesis, under the supervision of Professors Georges Zaccour and Michele Breton.

  • Breton M., K. Fredj, and G. Zaccour (2002), “Characteristic Functions, Coalitions Stability and Free-riding in a Game of Pollution Control, Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications, vol. I, pp. 129-38, L.A Petrosjan and N.A Zenkevich (ed.).

  • Fredj, K. (1998), “Cost sharing and stability in a case of a tree network“, MA thesis, under the supervision of Professor Yves Sprumont.

Book review

  • M.A. Quaddus and M.A.B. Siddique, eds., (2004) Handbook of sustainable development planning studies in modeling and decision support, Edward Elgar Publishers. Reviewed in Canadian Journal of Development Studies (2005), issue No. 4, Volume XXVI, pp. 891-892.

Journal reviewing

  • European Journal of Operational Research.
  • Environmental Modelling and Assessment.

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CONFERENCES' PRESENTATIONS

  • 14th International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications, Banff, Canada 23/06/2010

    “Price Competition and store competition: Store brands vs. National Brand”

  • 14th International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications, Banff, Canada 19/06/2010

    “Banking or no banking? The effects of transaction costs”

  • Optimization Days, HEC Montreal, Canada 08/05/2007

    “Store Brands and Store Competition”

  • 6th Global conference on Business and Economics, Harvard University, Boston. 16/10/2006

    “Store Brands and Store Competition”

  • International Economic Atlantic Conference Berlin, Germany. 17/03/2006

    “Incentive mechanism to enforce sustainable forest exploitation”

  • Eleventh International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications Tucson U.S. 12/01/2004

    “Incentive mechanism to enforce sustainable forest exploitation”

  • International Conference on Economics of Sustainable Forest Management Toronto, Canada. 05/22/2004

    “Incentive mechanism to enforce sustainable forest exploitation”

  • European Summer School in resource and Environmental Economics Venice, Italy. 07/04/2004

    “Incentive mechanism to enforce sustainable forest exploitation”

  • Montreal Natural Resources and Environmental Economics Workshop McGill University, Montreal, Canada. February 2004.

    “Slowing Deforestation Pace through Subsidies : A Differential Game”

  • Canadian Economic Association Annual Meeting Carlton University, Ottawa, Canada. June 2003

    “Slowing Deforestation Pace through Subsidies: A Differential Game Approach”.

  • Optimization Days HEC Montreal, Montreal, Canada. May 2003

    “Slowing Deforestation Pace through Subsidies: A Differential Game Approach”.

  • Workshop on Optimal Control and Dynamic Games Tunisia. June 2002

    “Slowing Deforestation Pace through Subsidies: A Differential Game Approach”.

  • 10th International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications St-Petersburg, Russia. December 2002

    “Characteristic Functions, Coalitions Stability and Free-riding in a Game of Pollution Control”

  • Optimization Days HEC Montréal, Montreal, Canada. May 2002

    “Characteristic Functions, Coalitions Stability and Free-riding in a Game of Pollution Control”

  • Optimization Days HEC Montréal, Montreal, Canada. May 2001

    “Cost sharing and stability in a case of a tree network“ 

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Awards and Achievement

  • Conference Seed Grant- March 2007
    Office of the Vice President Research, UNBC.

  • Conference Travel Grant- November 2006
    Office of the Vice President Research, UNBC.

  • Award for Best 2004-2005 PhD Thesis at HEC Montreal- 2006.

  • Conference Travel Grant Office of the Vice President Research, UNBC - may 2005.

  • Recognition price of student's scientific publication, Office of Development, HEC Montréal -2004.

  • Ph.D. Fellowship, HEC, Montreal -2004.

  • XXIst century Bursary for excellence Office of Development, HEC Montréal -2001.

  • Henry Laureys Bursary for excellence Office of Development, HEC Montréal -2000.

  • Ph.D. Fellowship Université de Montreal –1989/1999.

  • Dean’s Prize-list of master degree students Université de Montreal -1998.

  • Fellowship of the Canadian Agency for Development (ACDI) -1996/1998.

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Research affiliation

  • Association of Environmental and Resource Economists ( AERE)

  • The International Society of Dynamic Games (ISDG).

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Teaching

  • Advanced Microeconomics, Economics Program,UNBC. Fall 2006

  • Introduction to Microeconomics, Economics Program, UNBC. Fall 2004 to present

  • Environmental Economics, Economics Program,UNBC. Fall 2004 to present

  • Forest Economics, Economics Program,UNBC. Winter 2005 to present

  • Ecological Economics- guest lecturer, School of Environmental planning, UNBC. Fall 2005

  • Managerial Economics, Intitute of Applied Economics, HEC Montreal. Fall 2004, Winter 2004

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Service

  • Program contact to Economics’ BA students for SSHRC : present

  • Associate Graduate Advisor : 2005-present

  • Northern Economics Students Society faculty representative: 2004-present

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Additional Informaiton

  • COMPUTER SKILLS
    Scientific Work place, Matlab, Mathematica, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio, Shazam, Gauss.

  • LANGUAGES
    English, French, Arabic.

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CV

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Links

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