Dr Sami Bensassi

Department of Management
Reader in Managerial Economics
Head of the Business, Economics and Policy Group

Contact details

Telephone: 0121 414 4438
Email: s.bensassi@bham.ac.uk
Twitter

Dr Sami Bensassi joined Birmingham Business School in January 2013. He is currently a Reader in Trade and Development Economics. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Paris-Nanterre.

His research interests lie at the intersection of trade, development and institutions. His recent work has focused on trade informality, corruption and conflict zones. Dr Sami Bensassi's research appears in leading academic journals including World Development, The Journal of Development Studies, The Journal of African Economies and the Review of International Economics. He has received research funding from FCDO, the European Union, the Economic Research Forum and the IFPRI, and collaborated with the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organisation. He has received the University 麻豆精选 Outstanding International Impact for his research on smuggling at Tunisian land borders,

Dr Sami Bensassi is member of the Centre for Crime, Justice and Policing. For more information, .

Qualifications

Université Toulouse I; B.A in Economics

Université Panthéon Sorbonne (Paris I); M.A – Development Economics, International Trade

Université Paris X Nanterre; PhD, Economics – thesis: “The development nd the organization of the logistic sector: A neo-institutional analysis.”

Teaching

Sami has taught International Business, Development Economics and International Trade.

Research

International Trade and International Security,
Smuggling/Informal trade,
Institutions and Development
Return Migration

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Bensassi, S & Raz, AF 2025, '', Economica, vol. 92, no. 365, pp. 322-347.

Cheng, K, Bensassi, S, Elliott, RJR & Strobl, E 2024, '', Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History.

Asamane, EA, Quinn, L, Watson, SI, Lilford, RJ, Hemming, K, Sidibe, C, Rego, RT, Bensassi, S, Diarra, Y, Diop, S, Gautam, OP, Islam, MS, Jackson, L, Jolly, K, Kayentao, K, Koita, O, Manjang, B, Tebbs, S, Gale, N, Griffiths, PL, Cairncross, S, Toure, O & Manaseki-Holland, S 2023, '', Trials, vol. 24, no. 1, 68.

Bensassi, S & Jabbour, L 2021, '', Journal of Development Studies, pp. 1-22.

Siu, J, Jackson, LJ, Bensassi, S, Manjang, B & Manaseki-Holland, S 2021, '', Tropical Medicine and International Health, vol. 26, no. 12, pp. 1624-1633.

Arribas, I, Bensassi, S & Tortosa-Ausina, E 2020, '', North American Journal of Economics and Finance, vol. 52, 101167.

Bensassi, S & Jarreau, J 2019, '', World Development, vol. 122, pp. 462-480.

Bensassi, S, Jarreau, J & Mitaritonna, C 2018, '', Journal of African Economies, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 89-118.

Bensassi, S, Brockmeyer, A, Pellerin, M & Raballand, G 2017, '', Middle East Development Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 161-183.

Bensassi, S, Mohan, P & Strobl, E 2017, '', Weather, Climate, and Society, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 753-768.

Bensassi, S, Stroeve, JC, Mart铆nez-Zarzoso, I & Barrett, AP 2016, '', Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, vol. 4, 000107.

Bensassi, S, M谩rquez-Ramos, L, Mart铆nez-Zarzoso, I & Su谩rez-Burguet, C 2015, '', Transportation Research. Part A: Policy & Practice: an international journal, vol. 72, pp. 47-61.

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Bensassi, S & Siu, J 2021, . in M Gallien & F Weigand (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Smuggling. 1st Edition edn, Routledge International Handbooks, Routledge, pp. 61-76.

Preprint

Watson, SI, Asamane, EA, Lilford, RJ, Hemming, K, Sidibe, C, Rego, RT, Bensassi, S, Diarra, A, Diarra, Y, Diop, S, Gautam, OP, Islam, MS, Jackson, L, Jolly, K, Kayentao, K, Koita, O, Manjang, B, Tebbs, S, Gale, N, Griffiths, P, Cairncross, S, Toure, O & Manaseki-Holland, S 2022 '' Research Square.

Watson, S, Asamane, E, Lilford, R, Hemming, K, Sidibe, C, Rego, R, Bensassi, S, Diarra, A, Gautam, OP, Islam, MS, Jackson, L, Jolly, K, Kayentao, K, Koita, O, Manjang, B, Tebbs, S, Griffiths, P, Cairncross, S, Toure, O & Manaseki-Holland, S 2021 '' medRxiv, pp. 1-26.