Hanae Bouazza

PhD Candidate

Economist

advancing evidence‑based
energy policy

PhD candidate specializing in environmental macroeconomics, renewable energy transitions, and quantitative land‑use analysis for decarbonization. I build evidence‑driven research to inform sustainable policy, guide energy system planning, and optimize the pathway to net‑zero economies.

Core Domains

Macroeconomics & Energy Transition

Growth, inflation, policy trade‑offs in decarbonization.

Land‑Use Optimization for Renewables

Siting strategies, policy design, dual‑use deployment.

Econometric Modeling & Data Analysis

Time series, causal inference, scenario analysis.

Land use & the green transition

Quantifying technical and economic potential for renewables in Germany and the US; evaluating siting strategies, policy levers, and dual‑use deployment to reduce land constraints and accelerate clean capacity.

Macroeconomic policy analysis

Work on inflation, growth, and the consequences of central bank targets to inform policy choices and communication.

Theoretical and Applied Econometrics

Building a sequential-choice model of omnichannel behavior and estimating stage-by-stage platform selection with advanced econometrics (GEE/logit) on seven-category survey data to quantify information frictions, switching costs, price sensitivity, and integration effects across the shopping journey.

Research Focus

Publications
& Working Papers

selected, full list on Google Scholar.

Pollin, R., & Bouazza, H. (Public Scholarship) (2023)

Two Percent Inflation Targeting Harms Growth.
The American Prospect, 1225 Eye Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC.

Pollin, R., & Bouazza, H. (Peer‑Reviewed Publication) (2024)

Considerations on inflation, economic growth, and the 2 per cent inflation target.
Review of Keynesian Economics, 1(aop):1-22.

Ahmed, R., Bouazza, H., & Li, W. (Under review)

Consumer Attitude Towards Hybrid Shopping:
Identifying Barriers and Opportunities. Marketing Science.

Visiting Lecturer, Trinity College
(2022–present)

Taught Introduction to Statistics for Economics and Applied Statistics with Stata, emphasizing transparent methods and reproducibility.

Research Assistant, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2022–present)

Environmental macroeconomics and policy modeling; contributed to large‑scale land‑use and energy transition analyses for evidence‑based planning.

Teaching Assistant, UMass Amherst & Trinity College (2018–2022)

Courses in macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics, calculus, and physics; focused on clear quantitative reasoning.

Professional Experience

Education & Awards

Education

PhD in Economics (expected 2026)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

MA in Economics (2023)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

BA in Economics, Double Major Mathematics (2020)

Trinity College

Awards

President Fellow in Mathematics (2019-2020)

Trinity College

Phi Gamma Delta Prize in Mathematics (2019)

Trinity College

The phi gamma delta Teaching Fellowship (2019)

Trinity College

Valedictorian (2017)

Tunxis Community College

Data Archive

Datasets, code, and supplementary materials for major projects are archived to support open access and reproducibility. Please contact me to request.

Methods & Tools

Contact Me

Collaboration, consulting, and academic inquiries welcome. Please reach out by email
—response within 48 hours.

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