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Ceesay Muhammed

Economist with over 8 years of experience across academia, consultancy, and policy-oriented research. My work spans auction theory, procurement, competition policy, and transport economics, alongside applied experience in data analysis, institutional reporting, and professional training.

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Ceesay Muhammed in a teaching setting
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B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 25(1): 99-118, 2025 - with Domenico Menicucci and Nicola Doni

We examine a two-bidder auction setting in which bidder valuations are asymmetrically distributed over a three-point support, derive the unique Bayes Nash equilibrium in closed form, and use it to compare revenue across auction formats.

International Journal of Economic Theory, 22: 63-90, 2026

For a second-price common value auction with an almost all-inclusive ring, I study whether the auctioneer should reveal the ring's presence and whether that revelation should be public or private to the nonring bidder.

Journal of Quantitative Economics, 22(2): 563-570, 2024

Analyzes a first-price independent private value auction in which only one bidder privately knows collusion exists, showing how this changes bid shading and seller revenue relative to standard ring models.

# Under review and working papers

with Federico Boffa and Alberto Iozzi

Revise and Resubmit. Analyzes fleet market structure when consumers differ in congestion aversion and private transport is costly.

Stochastic Orders and Social Preferences on Random Processes

dead paper

With F. Ruscitti - presented at SAET 2023

Permanent Working Paper.

# Projects in progress

Food Fraud for Horizontally Differentiated Products

in progress

Current project

Competing with Self-Providing Consumers

in progress

Current project

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Professional Summary

overview

Research economist with academic and applied experience

Research economist with strong training in microeconomic theory and practical experience in applied research, quantitative analysis, teaching, and policy reporting. Comfortable moving between rigorous analytical work and institutional projects involving data collection, stakeholder-oriented reporting, and technical training.

Education

timeline

Academic formation

  • PhD in Economics, University of Naples Federico II, 2020
  • Postgraduate Courses in Mathematics, University of Perugia, 2018
  • MSc in Economics and Finance, University of Naples Federico II, 2016
  • BSc in Economics, minor in Mathematics, University of The Gambia, 2014
  • Ongoing: ZAD Academy, specialization in Islamic Science

Academic Positions

timeline

Research and visiting roles

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Florence, 2023-2025
  • Senior Research Associate, CEIS Tor Vergata, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 2022-2023
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, 2021-2022
  • Visiting Researcher, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Rome Tor Vergata, July 2025

Honours & Awards

recognition

Scholarships and distinctions

  • Full PhD Scholarship, University of Naples Federico II, 2016
  • Certificate of Achievement (Outstanding Graduate), University of The Gambia, 2016
  • Merit Scholarship (Masters), University of Naples Federico II, 2015
  • Winner, University of The Gambia Mathematics Competition, 2014
  • Winner, University of The Gambia Mathematics Competition, 2013
  • Gambia Government Scholarship, University of The Gambia, 2011

Certifications & Additional Training

development

Methods, regulation, and procurement training

  • Procurement & Sourcing (Certificate), Rutgers University, 2024
  • Causal Machine Learning, University of Genoa, 2021
  • Regulation of Local Public Services, Turin School of Regulation, 2021
  • Postgraduate Course in Financial Time Series, Italian Econometric Association, 2019
  • Postgraduate Course in Panel Data Analysis, Italian Econometric Association, 2019

# experience.log

Data Analyst (Freelance)

2016

Center for Policy Research and Strategic Studies

Built the primary dataset and analysed questionnaire data for the ECOWAS study on the status of economic research institutions in West Africa for The Gambia. The study supported the proposed Regional Economic Research Program (RERP), and I co-authored the final report with recommendations for capacity building.

Staff Trainer

2016

Gambia Bureau of Statistics

Delivered Basic Statistics training for staff of the Gambia Bureau of Statistics in a month-long World Bank-funded program run in conjunction with the University of The Gambia. Sessions covered hypothesis testing, including differences in means, proportions, and variances.

What This Adds

professional value

Applied quantitative and institutional experience

This experience complements the academic record by showing applied data work, policy-facing research, report writing, and technical instruction for professional audiences.

# teaching.md

Industrial Organization

2022-2024

Teaching Assistant - University of Rome Tor Vergata

Undergraduate course administered to students in the Bachelor of Business Administration and Economics program. Topics included consumer and firm theory, market structure, public policy, price discrimination, game theory, and oligopoly.

Advanced Macroeconomics, Mathematical Economics

2020

Lecturer - University of The Gambia

Taught graduate-level macroeconomics and Mathematical Economics to students of the Masters in Economics program.