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College / Department

School of Business Administration
Department of Economics

Teaching areas

Development Economics, Macroeconomics (principles), Managerial Economics, Microeconomics (principles, intermediate), Econometrics (undergraduate, master level), Public Economics, Mathematical Economics

Research areas

Behavioral Economics, Development, Household Economics, Political Economy of Security and Conflicts

Education

PhD, Economics, University of Texas at Dallas, United States
MS, Applied Economics, University of Texas at Dallas, United States
Master, Public Affairs, University of Texas at Dallas, United States
Diploma, Diploma in Engineering-Economics, Tajik Technical University, Tajikistan

Professional experience

Associate Professor at American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates(2016 - Present)
Assistant Professor at American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates(2012 - 2016)
Visiting Scholar at University of Texas at Dallas(2012 - 2012)
Assistant Professor at KIMEP University, Kazakhstan(2010 - 2012)
Visiting Scholar at University of Texas at Dallas(2011 - 2011)
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Economics at University of Texas at Dallas, United States(2009 - 2010)
Teaching and Research Assistant at University of Texas at Dallas, United States(2003 - 2009)
Intern, at Global Health Council, United States(2003 - 2003)
Assistant to the Project Coordinator (2000-2002), Manager of a sub-project (Apr-June 2002) at Joint Project of the Government of Tajikistan and UNDP on HIV/AIDS, Tajikistan(2000 - 2002)
Specialist at Strategic Research Center under the President of Tajikistan, Tajikistan(1997 - 2000)

Memberships

American Economic Association - present
Middle East Economic Association - present

Contact

kgaibulloev@aus.edu
+971 6 515 4176

Dr. Khusrav Gaibulloev

Associate Professor
PhD in Economics, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Khusrav Gaibulloev's current research interest is in the areas of political economy of security and conflicts, development, and health. He is Co-Editor of Defense and Peace Economics.
Prior to joining AUS, Dr. Gaibulloev taught undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Texas at Dallas and at KIMEP University, Kazakhstan. Dr. Gaibulloev was a research associate at the Center for Global Collective Action, University of Texas at Dallas (2010-2019). He has published in leading journals in economics and political science, including Journal of Economic Literature, Economic Inquiry, International Organization and Political Analysis.

Publications

Dongfang Hou, Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, Introducing Extended Data on Terrorist Groups (EDTG), 1970 to 2016, Published, Journal of Conflict Resolution, 64, 1, pp. 199-225, 2020
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Sandler, Six Things We’ve Learned about Terrorism since 9/11, Published, Washington Post (Monkey Cage blog), 2019
Emin Gahramanov, Khusrav Gaibulloev, Javed Younas, Parental Transfers, Intra-household Bargaining and Fertility Decision, Published, B E JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS & POLICY, 19, 1, 2019
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, Terrorism and affinity of nations, Published, PUBLIC CHOICE, 178, 3-4, pp. 329-347, 2019
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Gerel Oyun, Javed Younas, Terrorism and subjective financial well-being: micro-level evidence from Pakistan, Published, PUBLIC CHOICE, 178, 3-4, pp. 493-512, 2019
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, What We Have Learned about Terrorism since 9/11, Published, JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE, 57, 2, pp. 275-328, 2019
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Javed Younas, Untying the motives of giving grants vs. loans, Published, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, 51, pp. 1-14, 2018
Khusrav Gaibulloev, James Piazza, Todd Sandler, Regime Types and Terrorism, Published, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, 71, 3, pp. 491-522, 2017
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Javed Younas, Conflicts and domestic bank lending, Published, PUBLIC CHOICE, 169, 3-4, pp. 315-331, 2016
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, Decentralization, institutions, and maritime piracy, Published, PUBLIC CHOICE, 169, 3-4, pp. 357-374, 2016
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Justin George, Todd Sandler, Hirofumi Shimizu, Personnel contributions to UN and non-UN peacekeeping missions: A public goods approach, Published, JOURNAL OF PEACE RESEARCH, 52, 6, pp. 727-742, 2015
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Terrorist group location decision: an empirical investigation, Published, OXFORD ECONOMIC PAPERS, 67, 1, pp. 21-41, 2015
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, Donggyu Sul, Of Nickell Bias, Cross-Sectional Dependence, and Their Cures: Reply, Published, POLITICAL ANALYSIS, 22, 2, pp. 279-280, 2014
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, An empirical analysis of alternative ways that terrorist groups end, Published, PUBLIC CHOICE, 160, 1-2, pp. 25-44, 2014
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, Donggyu Sul, Dynamic Panel Analysis under Cross-Sectional Dependence, Published, POLITICAL ANALYSIS, 22, 2, pp. 258-273, 2014
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, Donggyu Sul, COMMON DRIVERS OF TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM: PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS, Published, ECONOMIC INQUIRY, 51, 1, pp. 707-721, 2013
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, Determinants of the Demise of Terrorist Organizations, Published, SOUTHERN ECONOMIC JOURNAL, 79, 4, pp. 774-792, 2013
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, Aid for AIDS in Africa, Published, EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS, 43, 3, pp. 1171-1197, 2012
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, Charlinda Santifort, Assessing the Evolving Threat of Terrorism, Published, GLOBAL POLICY, 3, 2, pp. 135-144, 2012
Walter Enders, Todd Sandler, Khusrav Gaibulloev, Domestic versus transnational terrorism: Data, decomposition, and dynamics, Published, JOURNAL OF PEACE RESEARCH, 48, 3, pp. 319-337, 2011
S. Blomberg, Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, Terrorist group survival: ideology, tactics, and base of operations, Published, PUBLIC CHOICE, 149, 3-4, pp. 441-463, 2011
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, The adverse effect of transnational and domestic terrorism on growth in Africa, Published, JOURNAL OF PEACE RESEARCH, 48, 3, pp. 355-371, 2011
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, Hirofumi Shimizu, Demands for UN and Non-UN Peacekeeping Nonvoluntary versus Voluntary Contributions to a Public Good, Published, JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION, 53, 6, pp. 827-852, 2009
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, Hostage Taking: Determinants of Terrorist Logistical and Negotiation Success, Published, JOURNAL OF PEACE RESEARCH, 46, 6, pp. 739-756, 2009
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, THE IMPACT OF TERRORISM AND CONFLICTS ON GROWTH IN ASIA, Published, ECONOMICS & POLITICS, 21, 3, pp. 359-383, 2009
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, Growth consequences of terrorism in Western Europe, Published, KYKLOS, 61, 3, pp. 411-424, 2008

Conference Presentations

Javed Younas, Developing healthy eating habits in children: Experimental evidence, 40th MEEA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States, January, 2020
Javed Younas, Do Reward and Reprimand Policies Reduce Electricity Distribution Losses?, AEA Poster session, ASSA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, United States, January, 2019
Javed Younas, Impact of terrorism on child sex at birth: Evidence from Pakistan, MEEA session “Terrorism in the Middle East and North Africa – Drivers and Consequences”, ASSA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, United States, January, 2019
T. Sandler, Terrorism and Affinity of Nations, Political Violence and Policy Conference, Richardson, TX, United States, May, 2018
Javed Younas, Parental Transfers and Fertility: Does the Recipient's Gender Matter?, Royal Economic Society Conference at The University of Sussex, United Kingdom, March, 2018
Javed Younas, Parental Transfers, Intra-household Bargaining and Fertility Decision, 38th MEEA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States, January, 2018
Todd Sandler, Decentralization, institutions, and maritime piracy, 37th MEEA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, January, 2017
T. Sandler, Decentralization, institutions, and maritime piracy, Political Violence and Policy Conference, Richardson, TX, United States, May, 2016
Javed Younas, Conflict and Domestic Bank Lending, Second Annual UAE Quantitative Research Symposium, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March, 2016
Javed Younas, Conflicts, Terrorism and International Financial Flows, 36th MEEA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States, January, 2016
J. Younas, Conflict and Domestic Bank Lending, 10th Defence and Security Economics Workshop, Ottawa, Canada, November, 2015
Javed Younas, Aid Allocation and Poverty: Are Grants and Loans Different?, 1st Annual International Conference on Social Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey, May, 2015
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Terrorist Group Location Decision: An Empirical Investigation, Terrorism and Policy Conference, Richardson, TX, United States, May, 2014
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Terrorist Group Location Decision: An Empirical Investigation, PSSI session on "Frontiers in the Study of the Economics of Terrorism", ASSA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States, January, 2014
T. Sandler, Determinants of the Demise of Terrorist Organizations, Terrorism and Policy Conference, Richardson, TX, United States, September, 2012
D Sul, Common Drivers of Transnational Terrorism: Principal Component Analysis, 6th Annual Defence and Security Economics Workshop, Kingston, ON, Canada, November, 2011
T Sandler, Terrorist Group Survival: Ideology, Tactics, and Base of Operation, Terrorism and Policy Conference, Richardson, TX, United States, May, 2011
T Sandler, Terrorist Group Survival: Ideology, Tactics, and Base of Operation, KIMEP International Research Conference (KIRC), Almaty, Kazakhstan, April, 2011
D Sul, New Empirics of the Impact of Terrorism on Economic Growth, Department of Economics Workshop, Almaty, Kazakhstan, November, 2010
D Sul, New Empirics of the Impact of Terrorism on Economic Growth, KIMEP-BSB Research Seminar, Almaty, Kazakhstan, September, 2010
T Sandler, Domestic Versus Transnational Terrorism: Data, Decomposition, and Dynamics, Terrorism and Policy Conference, Richardson, TX, United States, May, 2010
T Sandler, Demands for UN and non-UN Peacekeeping: Nonvoluntary versus Voluntary Contributions to a Public Good, Defence and Security Economics Workshop, Kingston, ON, Canada, November, 2009
T. Sandler, The Impact of Terrorism and Conflicts on Growth in Asia, Terrorism and Policy Conference, Richardson, TX, United States, May, 2008
J. Murdoch, Ethnic Diversity and Provision of Defense, Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States, November, 2007
J Murdoch, Ethnic Diversity and Provision of Defense, Workshop, Richardson, TX, United States, November, 2007

Grants and sponsorships

Principal Investigator, EFRG "Disentangling the impact of financial literacy on behavior: Does financial literacy increase patience and risk tolerance?", American University of Sharjah, 2021
Principal Investigator, FRG "Early Age Health Literacy and Dietary Choices as Investment in Human Capital: An Experimental Study among UAE School Children", American University of Sharjah, 2019
SBA Summer Research Grant, “Aid and Poverty: Are Grants and Loans Allocated Differently? ”, American University of Sharjah, 2015
Research Grant, "The Impact of Terrorism and Internal Conflicts on Growth in Asia", Asian Development Bank Institute, 2008

Awards and Honors

Received, Sabbatical Leave (Spring 2019), 2019
, Runner-up for the Journal of Peace Research's "Article of the Year" award 2009: "Hostage Taking: Determinants of Terrorist Logistical and Negotiation Success" (with T. Sandler), 2010
Received, Vibhooti Shukla Fellowship, 2006-2009, 2006
Received, University of Texas Graduate Scholarship, 2003-2009, 2003
Received, Edmund S. Muskie (FSA) Graduate Fellowship, 2002-2004, 2002
Received, IMF and Joint Vienna Institute (JVI) scholarship, Austria, June-July 2000, 2000
Received, Joint Vienna Institute (JVI) scholarship, Austria, Feb-May 1999, 1999
Received, Joint Vienna Institute (JVI) scholarship, Tashkent Regional Center of the JVI, Uzbekistan, Aug-Nov 1998, 1998
Received, Gold Medal – graduation from secondary school with the highest distinction, Tajikistan, 1992

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