Fatima Zahra is a Research Associate and Doctoral Researcher pursuing theory-driven applied research that advances and refines existing economic models.
Research interests
Climate–economy modeling, inspired by William Nordhaus's pioneering work on the social cost of carbon and Partha Dasgupta's work on embedding the economy within nature
Beyond GDP
Integrating natural capital into economic models
Modeling altruistic motivations as a non-use value on the consumption side
Intergenerational fairness
Inequalities, meeting basic needs
Projects
Dissertation DG Green DICE: Greening the Green DICE By Differentiating Natural Capital Integrated assessment modelling, parametric uncertainty tests in Julia.
Sustainability Dashboard Finland. SDG Dashboard in Power BI. Report writing, and data analysis.
Empirical Study Relationship between term spread and greenhouse gas emissions in Finland. Application of econometric tools in R and economic analysis.
Education
MSc Economics
Master's dissertation: DG GREEN DICE: Greening the Green DICE by Differentiating Natural Capital
Modules: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Optimization Techniques for Economists, Applied Econometrics 1, Applied Econometrics 2, Environmental Economics and Sustainability, Economics of Public Finance, Industrial Economics and Strategy.
