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School of Business Administration Department of Economics

Economics

Our Faculty

Dr. Bassam Abu Al-Foul

Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, University of Utah, United States
Research areas
International Trade and Development, Natural Resources
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Dr. Mohammad Arzaghi

Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Brown University - Providence, United States
Research areas
Urban Economics, Real Estate Economics, Political Economy, Migration, Economic Geography, Location Decisions, Migration
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Dr. Hamid Baghestani

Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder, United States
Research areas
Time-series Analysis, Macro-Econometric Modeling & Forecasting, Monetary Economics, and Financial Markets
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Dr. Emin Gahramanov

Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Colorado State University, United States
Research areas
Intertemporal consumption, saving, labor supply, rationality, pensions, demographics, family economics
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Dr. Khusrav Gaibulloev

Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, United States
Research areas
Behavioral Economics, Development, Household Economics, Political Economy of Security and Conflicts
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Dr. Ismail Genc

Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Texas A&M University, United States
Research areas
Forecasting, Monetary Economics, Remittances and Labor Migration
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Louis Jaeck

Visiting Assistant Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Aix Marseille University, France
Research areas
Political economy of regulation Entrepreneurship Institutional economics
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Dr. Ilker Kaya

Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, University of Georgia, Terry College of Business, United States
Research areas
Applied Economics, Macroeconomics and Economic Development, Managerial Economics
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Dr. Ozgur Kaya

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, University of Georgia, United States
Research areas
Applied Economics, Economic Growth and Development, Renewable and Non-renewable Energy
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Dr. Samer Kherfi

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Research areas
Labor Markets, Economics of Education, Macroeconomics
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Dr. Adrian Lopes

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Cornell University, United States
Research areas
Environmental and resource economics, ecological economics, behavioral economics
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Dr. Sanket Roy

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Cornell University, United States
Research areas
Environmental Economics, Urban Development, Development Economics
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Dr. Jay Squalli

Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, University of Delaware, United States
Research areas
Ecological, Energy, and Environmental Economics, International Trade, Industrial Organization.
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Dr. Dina Tasneem

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, McGill University, Canada
Research areas
Behavioral and Experimental Economics; Applied Microeconomics
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Dr. Hugo Toledo

Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Auburn University, United States
Research areas
International Trade, Financial Economics, GCC Labor Markets
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Dr. Ajalavat Viriyavipart

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Texas A&M University, United States
Research areas
Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Environmental Economics
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Dr. Javed Younas

Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, West Virginia University, United States
Research areas
international trade, political economy of conflicts and security, health choices, energy, behavioral economics
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