Bassam Abu Al-Foul, Associate Professor
PhD, University of Utah, 1994

Address:
Department of Economics
School of Business and Management (SBM)
American University of Sharjah
P.O. Box 26666
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Room: NAB126
Office: +(971) 6 515 2544
E-mail: babufoul@aus.edu

Research Interests:

1. Natural resources, international economics, economic development.

Selected Publications:

1. AbuAl-Foul, B. (2003) "Energy Requirements of the Jordanian Economy in 1983: An Input-Output Application," Abhath Al-Yarmouk, Volume 19, No. 4 B, pp. 169 – 182.
2. AbuAl-Foul, B. (2004) "Testing the Export-led Growth Hypothesis: Evidence from Jordan," Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 11, Issue 6, pp. 393-396.
3. AbuAl-Foul, B. and Baghestani, H, (2004) “The Causal Relation between Government Revenue and Spending:  Evidence from Egypt and Jordan,” Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 28, No. 2, (summer), pp. 260-269.
4. Benkato, O., Darrat, A., and AbuAl-Foul, B. (2005) "Capital Structure of Firms in an Emerging Market: An Empirical Inquiry," Savings and Development, No. 1, Vol. XXIX, pp. 97-111.
5. AbuAl-Foul, B. (2005) “Whose Water? The Jordan River and Continuing Challenges,” Journal of Islamic Research, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 437-445.
6. Saad, M., AbuAl-Foul, B., and Darrat, A., (2006) “On the Roots of Inflation in MENA: Recent Evidence from the Monetarist Model,” Savings and Development, No.1, Vol. XXX, pp. 23-30.
7. AbuAl-Foul, B. and Soliman, M., (2006) "The Economic Role of the State in Classical Islamic Literature: The Views of Ibn Taimiyah," Digest of Middle East Studies, No. 2, Vol. 15, pp. 1-10.

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