Amal BEN HAMIDA

About

Amal Ben Hamida is a lecturer and researcher at ESLSCA Business School Paris. She earned her PhD in Finance from Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, in joint supervision with the University of Sousse (Tunisia). Her research focuses on financial markets and risk management, with a strong emphasis on statistical modeling, applied mathematics, and econometrics. She has contributed to several peer-reviewed academic journals, including the International Review of Financial Analysis and the International Journal of Market Research.

Knowledge Areas

Financial markets
Econometrics
Risk management and insurance
Statistics and applied mathematics

Academic Experience

PhD in Management Science, with a specialization in Finance

Relevant Publications

Hamida, A. B., de Peretti, C., & Belkacem, L. (2024). The link between abnormal numbers and price movements of financial securities: How does Benford’s law predict stock returns? International Review of Financial Analysis, 95, 103517. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103517 . [Elsevier, Scopus (Q1), H Index (110), ABS (3), FNEGE (3), ABDC (A), IF (9.8)] - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1057521924004496

Ben Hamida, A., Kacem, M., de Peretti, C., & Belkacem, L. (2024). Machine learning based methods for ratemaking health care insurance. International Journal of Market Research, 66(6), 810-831. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/14707853241275446 . [Sage, Scopus (Q2), H Index (67), ABS (2), FNEGE (3), ABDC (A), IF (2.4)] - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/14707853241275446

Courses Taught

MBA Market Finance Finance
The MBA Finance provides students with all the fundamental knowledge required in finance to prepare for a second-year specialization. Four tracks are available: Quantitative Trading, Financial Engineering, Sustainable Finance, or Audit and Management Control. This program is designed to train the next generation of financial managers.
Bachelor Finance Finance
The 3-year Bachelor of Finance offers an innovative, progressive pathway aimed at acquiring the fundamentals of business management, with a choice of two specialisations in the third year (market finance and corporate finance).
In the company, students will be required to work in interaction with other departments: marketing, human resources, purchasing, finance, accounting, international, communication, etc.
Our Bachelor's degree in Finance stands out for :
Its specialisation programme in corporate finance or market finance. Over the three years, a student receives 315 hours of lectures in finance. Supplemented by related disciplines such as statistics, mathematics and financial mathematics (for a total of 168 hours), this represents 40% of the total volume.
A skills-based teaching approach based on the Eslsca Learning System (ELS), using a skills framework that combines business skills, managerial skills, technical skills and interpersonal skills;
Enhanced support at the start of the B1 course: two preparatory weeks to help students integrate and assert themselves so that they can approach higher education with motivation and confidence;
A positive teaching approach: collective intelligence, theatre, exchange, cultural/managerial openness, community life, Fresque du climat, soft skills, etc. ;
Its international dimension: hosting international students, the possibility of exchanges with partner universities in B2-S2, study trips to provide a cultural and intellectual insight into financial practices, etc. ;
Its entrepreneurial dimension, thanks to the entrepreneurial pathway developed over the first two years:
Step 1 in Bachelor 1- First laboratory (from idea to project)
Step 2 in Bachelor 2 - Second laboratory (from project to company)