Abdessalem Abbassi is an associate professor in the Carthage University (Tunisia). He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and consumer studies at Laval University and a member of the Research Center on the Economics of Environment, Food, Transport and Energy(CREATE). Prior to joining Carthage University in 2011, Abdessalem Abbassi was a Senior economist at the Quebec Ministry of Finance. He received his Ph.D. from Laval University in 2009.