David Benatia

Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Economics

Contact information

HEC Montréal
3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine
Montréal (Québec)
Canada H3T 2A7

Email : david.benatia@hec.ca
Phone : 514 340-7189
Secretary: 514 340-6463
Fax : n/a
Office : 4.156

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Other title(s)

Forthcoming

Education

Ph.D. (Economics), Université de Montréal
Master 2 (Economics of Environment), Toulouse School of Economics
M. Sc. (Economics), Toulouse School of Economics
Bachelor of Science (Economics), Toulouse School of Economics

Expertise

Applied Econometrics
Theoretical Econometrics
Energy economics
Environmental economics
Industrial organization

Current research

Forthcoming

This publication selection covers the last five years.

Journal articles (8)

CHANG, Yuanyuan, FIROOZI, Dena, BENATIA, David; « Large Banks and Systemic Risk: Insights from a Mean-Field Game Model », Journal of Systems Science and Complexity, vol. 38, no 1, 2025, p. 460-494.

BELLÉGO, Christophe, BENATIA, David, DORTET-BERNADET, Vincent; « The chained difference-in-differences », Journal of Econometrics, vol. 248, 2025, p. 1-20.

BENATIA, David, BILLETTE DE VILLEMEUR, Étienne; « Strategic Reneging and Market Power in Sequential Markets », Rand Journal of Economics, vol. 56, no 1, 2025, p. 3-34.

SUAREZ CASTILLO, Milena, BENATIA, David, LE THI, Christine; « Air pollution and children’s health inequalities », Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 131, 2025, p. 1-19.

BENATIA, David, GODEFROY, Raphael, LEWIS, Joshua; « Estimating population infection rates from non-random testing data: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic », PLoS One, vol. 19, no 9, 2024, p. 1-21.

BENATIA, David, GINGRAS, Samuel; « Reaching New Lows? The Pandemic’s Consequences for Electricity Markets », Energy Journal, vol. 44, no 4, 2023, p. 195-221.

BENATIA, David; « Ring the alarm! Electricity markets, renewables, and the pandemic », Energy Economics, vol. 106, 2022, p. 1-20.

BENATIA, David, GODEFROY, Raphael, LEWIS, Joshua; « Estimates of COVID-19 Cases across Four Canadian Provinces », Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de politiques, vol. 46, no S3, 2020, p. S203-S216.

This selection of supervision activities covers the last five years.

Master's thesis direction – MSc in Management (3)

Les critères ESG : substituts ou compléments aux dividendes financiers ?, by Tristan Montet
March 2025

In codirection with : FIROOZI, Dena
Analysis of Sector Connectedness Within Canadian Stock Market From an Uncertainty Perspective, by Huiru Liu
March 2024

Agriculture and the Environment: Exploring the Adoption of Sustainable Farming Practices in the US, by Bijal Patel
August 2023

Supervised project supervision – MSc in Management (4)

In codirection with : PINEAU, Pierre-Olivier
Étude sur l'impact du système de plafonnement et échange de droits d'émission de carbone du Québec sur les émissions des industries , by Marc-Eric Milette
May 2024

Impacts-pays de la transition énergétique , by Vincent Doyon
March 2024

Forecasting Bidding Strategies for Competing Electricity Companies in Alberta Using Time Series Models , by Hamid Aliakbarlou
January 2024

Alberta Electricity Price Forecasting , by Amir Sheidaee
August 2023