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College / Department

School of Business Administration
Department of Economics

Teaching areas

Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Industrial Organization, International Trade, Environmental Economics, Ecological Economics, Managerial Economics.

Research areas

Ecological, Energy, and Environmental Economics, International Trade, Industrial Organization.

Education

MA, Sustainability & Environmental Management, Harvard University, United States, 2016
PhD, Economics, University of Delaware, United States, 2004
MS, Economics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States, 2000
BA, Economics, University of Massachusetts, United States, 1996

Professional experience

Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2015 - Present
Associate Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2008 - 2015
Assistant Professor And Researcher, Economic & Policy Research Unit, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates, 2005 - 2008
Assistant Professor, American University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2004 - 2005
Assistant Professor, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco, 2003 - 2004
Instructor, Economics, University of Delaware, DE, United States, 2000 - 2003

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2318

Dr. Jay Squalli

Professor
PhD, University of Delaware, United States

Jay Squalli's research interests are in sustainability and environmental management, energy, environmental and ecological economics, international trade, and industrial organization. He is particularly interested in multidisciplinary research.

Publications

Jay Squalli. Environmental altruism, egoism, or hypocrisy? environmental awareness, emissions, and electric and hybrid vehicle adoptions, Sustainable Futures, June 2025
Jay Squalli. Deciphering the link between healthcare expenditure, corruption, and COVID-19 mortality, Scientific Reports, 3 June 2024
Jay Squalli. Environmental hypocrisy? Electric and hybrid vehicle adoption and pro-environmental attitudes in the United States, Energy, 15 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024
Jay Squalli. Greening the Roads: Assessing the Role of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles in Curbing CO2 Emissions, Journal Of Cleaner Production, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024
Mohammad Arzaghi And Jay Squalli. The environmental impact of fossil fuel subsidy policies, Energy Economics, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2023
Jay Squalli And Gary Adamkiewicz. The Spatial Distribution of Agricultural Emissions in the United States: The Role of Organic Farming in Mitigating Climate Change, Journal Of Cleaner Production, 15 August 2023
Jay Squalli. Intelligence, Religiosity, and Environmental Emissions, Eastern Economic Journal, June 2022
Jay Squalli. Disentangling the relationship between immigration and environmental emissions, Population And Environment, September 2021
Jay Squalli. Evaluating the potential economic, environmental, and social benefits of Orange-Spotted Grouper aquaculture in the United Arab Emirates, Marine Policy, August 2020
Jay Squalli. Evaluating the determinants of COVID-19 mortality: A cross-country study, 17 May 2020
Jay Squalli. Is religiosity green in the United States?, Economic Analysis And Policy, September 2019
Jay Squalli And Gary Adamkiewicz. Organic farming and greenhouse gas emissions: A longitudinal U.S. state-level study, Journal Of Cleaner Production, 10 August 2018
Jay Squalli. The environmental impact of obesity: longitudinal evidence from the United States, Public Health, 1 August 2017
Jay Squalli. Renewable energy, coal as a baseload power source, and greenhouse gas emissions: Evidence from U.S. state-level data, Energy, 15 May 2017
Mohammad Arzaghi And Jay Squalli. How price inelastic is demand for gasoline in fuel-subsidizing economies?, Energy Economics, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015
Robert Frank, Jay Squalli And Ben Bernanke. Principles of Economics, 16 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2015
Jay Squalli And Kenneth Wilson. Intelligence, creativity, and innovation, Intelligence, September 2014
Jay Squalli. Intelligence and environmental emissions, Intelligence, 1 May 2014
Jay Squalli. Airline passenger traffic openness and the performance of Emirates Airline, Quarterly Review Of Economics And Finance, 1 February 2014
Jay Squalli. Is obesity associated with global warming?, Public Health, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2014
Brahim Elmorchid, Noha Samy, Khalid Sekkat And Jay Squalli. Arab Passengers' Airlines Framework and Performance: a Cross Countries Analysis, Middle East Development Journal, 2013
Jay Squalli. Expected Returns to Education and Experience in the United Arab Emirates, Review Of Middle East Economics And Finance, 31 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2012
Robert Frank, Ben Bernanke And Jay Squalli. Principles of Economics, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2012
Jay Squalli And Kenneth Wilson. A New Measure of Trade Openness, World Economy, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2011
Jay Squalli. Is the dollar peg suitable for the largest economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council?, Journal Of International Financial Markets, Institutions And Money, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2011
Jay Squalli. Advertising expenditure, enplanement, and market concentration, International Journal Of The Economics Of Business, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2010
Jay Squalli, Kenneth Wilson And Sarah Hugo. An analysis of market access, Applied Economics, 1 May 2010
Jay Squalli. An empirical assessment of U.S. state-level immigration and environmental emissions, Ecological Economics, 15 March 2010
Jay Squalli. Mutual forbearance, the representativeness heuristic and airline safety, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology And Behaviour, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2010
Jay Squalli. Measuring the safety elasticity of advertising, Applied Economics Letters, 26 November 2009
Jay Squalli. Immigration and environmental emissions: A U.S. county-level analysis, Population And Environment, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2009
Jay Squalli And Kenneth Wilson. Openness and access, Applied Economics, 3 February 2009
Jay Squalli. Restorative advertising in the airline sector, Journal Of Air Transport Management, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2009
Hicham Benjelloun And Jay Squalli. Do general indexes mask sectoral efficiencies? A multiple variance ratio assessment of Middle Eastern equity markets, International Journal Of Managerial Finance, 11 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2008
Jay Squalli, Kenneth Wilson And Sarah Hugo. An analysis of growth competitiveness, International Review Of Applied Economics, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2008
Jay Squalli. Electricity consumption and economic growth: Bounds and causality analyses of OPEC members, Energy Economics, 1 November 2007
Jay Squalli. Sectoral cointegration and causality analyses of the UAE financial markets, Applied Financial Economics Letters, 1 September 2007
Jay Squalli. Erratum: A non-parametric assessment of weak-form efficiency in the UAE financial markets (Applied Financial Economics (2007) vol. 16 (1365-1373)), Applied Financial Economics, 1 August 2007
Mufeed Rawashdeha And Jay Squalli. Erratum: A sectoral efficiency analysis of the Amman Stock Exchange (Applied Financial Economics Letters (2007) 2 (407-411)), Applied Financial Economics Letters, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2007
Jay Squalli, Kenneth Wilson And Sarah Hugo. An examination of european growth competitiveness, Economic And Business Review For Central And South-eastern Europe, June 2007
Jay Squalli. A non-parametric assessment of weak-form efficiency in the UAE financial markets, Applied Financial Economics, 1 December 2006
Mufeed Rawashdeh And Jay Squalli. A sectoral efficiency analysis of the Amman Stock Exchange, Applied Financial Economics Letters, 1 November 2006
Jay Squalli And Mohsen Saad. Accidents, Airline safety perceptions and consumer demand, Journal Of Economics And Finance, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2006
Jay Squalli. Optimal fares under uncertainty about airline safety, Applied Economics Letters, 15 March 2005
Jay Squalli. Do consumers have imperfect recollection about airline safety?, Applied Economics Letters, 20 February 2005

Awards and Honors

Director's Prize for the Best ALM Thesis in Sustainability, Harvard University, 25 May 2017
Dean's List Academic Achievement Award, Harvard University, 7 November 2016
Omicro Delta Epsilon (The International Economics Honor Society), University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC, 20 July 2000

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