Nicole BALLOUZ BAKER

Associate Professor

USJ Business School – professeur associé

Faculty of Economics – Chargé de Cours

01/421 000 ext 4287 nicole.ballouz@usj.edu.lb

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Business Management- USJ. In charge of Economics courses in both the French and English sections. Research works cover economic policies, transaction costs economics, the new institutionalism, and public management, in particular, the performance of public-private partnerships.

Teaching at USJ

MacroéconomiePolitique économiqueAnalyse de Conjoncture

Areas of expertise

Economics, Management, Banking, Insurance

Research themes

Politiques économiques, Nouvelle Economie Institutionnelle, Partenariats public-privé

Publications and communications

Baker, N. B., & Haddad, C. (2024). Private ownership management control decisions in infrastructure from the perspective of Transaction Cost Theory: Evidence from emerging economies. Economics & Politics.https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12269Baker, N. B., Said Boustany, M., Khater, M., & Haddad, C. (2020). Measuring the indirect effect of the Internet on the relationship between human capital and labor productivity. International Review of Applied Economics, 34(6), 821-838.https://doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2020.1792421Ballouz Baker N., Khater M. and Haddad C.,(2018), “Political Stability and the Contribution of Private Investment Commitments in Infrastructure to GDP: an Institutional Perspective”, Public Performance and Management Review, 1-28.https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2018.1523064Ballouz Baker N., (2016), « Transaction costs in public private partnerships: the weight of institutional quality in developing countries revisited », Public Performance and Management Review, volume 40, Issue 2.https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2016.1244092