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College / Department

School of Business Administration

Department of Economics

Teaching areas

Econometrics, International Economics, Macroeconomics, Introductory Economics

Research areas

Labor Markets, Economics of Education, Macroeconomics

Education

MA, 1994, Economics, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

PhD, Economics, Simon Fraser University, Canada, 2002

Professional experience

Assistant Professor of Economics, American University of Sharjah, 2002-Current

Lecturer, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University, 2001-2002

Instructor, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University, 1999-2001

Memberships

American Economic Association - Western Economic Association - Middle East Economic Association

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2540

Dr. Samer Kherfi

Associate Professor | Head of Department

PhD in Economics, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Samer Kherfi has been teaching courses in international monetary economics, econometrics and introductory economics. His current research interests are focused on the economics of education and labor economics.

Publications

Baghestani, Hamid, Ismail Genc and Samer Kherfi. "Asymmetries in US demand for gasoline." OPEC Energy Review [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: SEPTEMBER, 2015. ]

Baghestani, Hamid, Kherfi, Samer. "An Error Correction Modelling of US Consumer Spending: Are there Asymmetries?" Journal of Economic Studies [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: JANUARY, 2015. ]

Baghestani, Hamid, Ilker Kaya, Samer Kherfi. "Do changes in consumers’ home buying attitudes predict directional change in home sales?" Applied Economics Letters 20, no. 5 (April, 2013): 411-415.

Samer Kherfi. "Whose Opinion Is It Anyway? Characteristics of Respondents to Student Evaluation of Teaching." Journal of Economic Education (January, 2011): Vol.42/N1/pp.19-30.

Baghestani, Hamid, Samer Kherfi. "How well do U.S. consumers predict the direction of change in interest rates?" Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance (January, 2008): Vol.48/N4/pp.725-732.

Samer Kherfi. "Economic Education in the Middle East: Are the Determinants of Success in Introductory Economics Any Different?" Journal of Economic Education (January, 2008): Vol.39/N1/pp.22-40.

Other creative/research

Kherfi, Samer. "Determinants of Unemployment Duration." In The Egyptian Labor Market in an Era of Revolution, edited by Assad, Kraft,90-107. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.

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