Professor Strauss-Kahn teaches the November EMSF Course

French economist Vanessa Strauss-Kahn is teaching the course on Managerial Economics in the Master Executive Master's in Finance program on November 12-21. The modular format of the EMSF program at AGS features one course every month taught by a different professor from AGS's partner institution Baruch College at the City University of New York.

Professor Strauss-Kahn, who holds a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University, has been teaching in the Baruch International programs in Singapore and in Paris. Her areas of expertise include International Economics, Multinational Corporations, International Trade and Economic Geography. She is Associate Professor at the American Graduate School in Paris and at Baruch College in New York as well as at ESCP-Europe in France. Since 2006 she has also been a research affiliate at the International Trade Program at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in the U.K.. Previously she worked for INSEAD, the World Bank in Washington, DC, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the United Nations Development Program in the United States. See Professor's Strauss Kahn's profile

“Professor Strauss-Kahn has been a tremendous benefit to this executive program and to our students. She has a very high level of expertise, an engaging way of teaching, and a passion for it all,“ says Professor Fatemi, President of the School of Business and Economics at AGS.

The module on Managerial Economics applies basic economic concepts to the complex decision-making processes of the firm. Professor Strauss-Kahn comments: “It is always a pleasure to teach in this EMSF program. The course is quite demanding, students are motivated and classroom interaction is great. They work hard and learn a lot of economics over a short period of time. It is a very rewarding teaching experience.”

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