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Resume of Ahmed M. Khalid
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Faculty of Business House 80, Lancewood Circuit
Bond University, Gold Coast Robina, Gold Coast
Queensland 4229, AUSTRALIA Queensland 4226, Australia
Phone (O): (617) 5595-1429 Phone (H): (617) 5593-1074
Fax (O): (617) 5595-1160
E-mail: [email protected].
PERSONAL DETIALS:
Marital Status: Married; two children
Nationality: Australian
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. (Economics), the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1993).
Dissertation Title: Ricardian Equivalence in Developing Economies: The Evidence Re-examined.
M.A. (Economics), the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. (1990).
M.Sc. (Economics), Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan (1980).
B.Sc. (Statistics & Mathematics), Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan (1976).
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Applied Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Applied Econometrics; Financial Crisis and Financial
Sector Reforms with particular reference to emerging economies in East- and South-Asia; Globalization and
Financial Market Integration; Analysis of BRICS countries
TEACHING INTEREST AND COURSES TAUGHT:
Ph.D. Level: Monetary Theory and Policy
Masters/Honours Level: Mathematical Economics Money and Banking; Topics in Money and Banking;
Bank Financial Management; Capital Markets and Institutions; Business Conditions Analysis; Monetary
Economics
Undergraduate Level: Macroeconomics; Money and Monetary Policy; Introductory Econometrics;
Microeconomics (Principles); Money and Banking; Mathematical Economics; Business Conditions
Analysis; Bank Financial Management; Fundamentals of Finance; Financial Markets and Institutions.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Professor of Economics (Present), School of Business, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia.
Professor of Economics & Finance (June 2010-December 2013), School of Business, Bond University,
Gold Coast, Australia.
Head, Department of Economics and Statistics (August 2011-August 2013), School of Business, Bond
University, Gold Coast, Australia.
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Director, Globalisation and Development Centre (GDC) (June 2012-December 2013), Faculty of Business,
Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia. Also served as Co-Director from January 2007 to June 2012.
Director, Quality Assurance of Academic Programs (August 2006 – Present), SUC, Oman.
Associate Professor of Economics & Finance (May 2001-May 2010), School of Business, Bond University,
Gold Coast, Australia.
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics (January-April 2001), Faculty of Business, Bond University,
Gold Coast, Australia
Assistant Professor (July 1998-January 2001), Department of Economics, National University of Singapore
Singapore.
Lecturer (November 1992-July 1998), Department of Economics, National University of Singapore,
Singapore.
Co-Chair, Macroeconomic Research Cluster, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS, Pakistan,
December 2007 – 2009)
Acting Head, Department of Finance, Faculty of Business, Bond University, Australia, June-July 2011.
Acting Head, Department of Economics, Faculty of Business, Bond University, Australia, May-September
2005; May –September 2004; May –September 2003.
VISITING POSITIONS:
Visiting Member/Advisor, Planning Commission of Pakistan, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
(January-May 2011).
Visiting Scholar, Economic Growth Center, Nayang Technological University, Singapore (January-April
2010).
Visiting Professor, Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics, Washington and Lee University,
Virginia, USA (February-March 2009)
Visiting Faculty, Department of Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore,
Pakistan, January-May 2004; September 2005-January 2006; October 2006-January 2007. December 2007-
February 2008, January 2009.
Visiting Scholar, Nanyang Business School, NTU, Singapore, September 2006.
Visiting Professor, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad, Pakistan (invited to
teach a Ph.D. level course), September 2002-January 2003.
Visiting Scholar, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad, Pakistan, under
National Talent Programme sponsored by UNDP, September-October 2002.
Visiting Consultant, the World Bank/IFC, East Asia and Pacific Division. Research collaboration
with Masahiro Kawai, Chief Economist, for a study on “Financial Market Contagion: Asia and Beyond”,
April-July 2000
Visiting Scholar, Department of Finance, University of Maastricht and Limburg Institute of Financial
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Economics (LIFE), the Netherlands, April-June, 1998.
Visiting Scholar, Monash University, Australia, Department of Finance, February-March 1998.
Keynote/Invited Lecture:
SAICON 2013 Conference, Comsats Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
Public lecture, September 2013, ISEAS, Singapore.
Guest Speaker, GCU Conference 2013, Lahore, Pakistan
SAICON 2012 Conference, Comsats Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
SAICON 2011 Conference, Comsats Institute of Information Technology, Lahore
SAICON 2010 Conference, Comsats Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
International Conference on Fixed Income Securities, State Bank of Pakistan, 2007
International Conference on Monetary Policy, State Bank of Pakistan, 2006
Global Development Network (World Bank), First International Conference, Germany, 1999
RESEARCH/ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
Deputy Project Officer (1985-87), Food Security Management Project, U. S. Agency for
International Development (USAID), Pakistan.
Responsible for the management, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of a major part of
this 35 million dollar project. Also served as Assistant Project Officer for the Agricultural
Commodities and Equipment Program.
Program Specialist (1983-85), Office of Agriculture & Rural Development (ARD), USAID, Pakistan.
Served as a team member in designing the Food Security Management Project. Principal financial &
economic specialist for office of ARD.
Economic Assistant (1981-83), Office of Agricultural & Rural Development (ARD), USAID, Pakistan.
Principal resource in monitoring the current agricultural and economic situation in Pakistan and
updating Chief of ARD through periodic technical reports. Also involved in extensive surveys and
data collection and compilation.
Research Assistant (1980-81), the Ford Foundation, Pakistan.
Assisted the Resident Economist on the following technical reports through data collection, computation,
and tabulation and statistical and regression analysis:
a) Evaluation of On-Farm Management Project.
b) Food Policy Model for Pakistan - using the Social Accounting Matrix.
c) Prices, Taxes, and Subsidies for Pakistan's Agriculture.
PUBLICATIONS & TECHNICAL REPORTS:
A. Journal Publications (Published/Accepted):
1. Intangible Capital in a Real Business Cycle Model, (with Syed Zahid Ali and Kashif Zaheer
Malik, Economic Modelling, Vo. 39, April 2014, 32-48.
2. It’s not Yen, Euro or Koala Bloc: Greenback is still dominant in East Asia (with Gulasekaran
Rajaguru and Frank Barbera), Australian Journal of Management, April 2014, 1-23.
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3. Trade liberalisation and growth: A threshold exploration of channels (with Rod Falvey and Neil
Foster), Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Vol. 18, No. 2, April 2013, 230–252.
4. Post-Keynesian Money Endogeneity: Evidence in G-7 Economies (with Badaruddin and Ariff),
Journal of International Money and Finance, 33, March 2013, 146-162.
5. Exogenous or endogenous money supply: Evidence from Australia (with Badaruddin and Ariff),
Singapore Economic Review (B), Volume 57, Number 4, 25:1-25:12, December 2012.
6. Money Supply Endogeneity and Bank Stock Returns, (with Zatul E. Badarudin and Mohamad
Ariff), Applied Financial Economics, 21 (14), 1035-1048, 2011.
7. Globalisation and Economic Integration (with Noel Gaston), International Journal of
Business and Globalisation, vol. 4, no. 4, 2010, 315-321.
8. Money supply behavior in Emerging Economies: A Comparative Analysis (with Zatul E.
Badarudin and Mohamad Ariff), Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 14(4), November,
2009, 331-50.
9. Bond Market Developments in Emerging Markets: Prospects and Challenges for Pakistan,
Research, Bulletin, State Bank of Pakistan, 3(1), 2007, 43-62.
10. Bond Market Developments in Emerging Market Economies: Concluding Remarks,
Research, Bulletin, State Bank of Pakistan, 3(1), 2007, 159-164.
11. Financial Market Linkages and Shocks Spillover: Evidence from Pakistan, (with Rajaguru
Gulasekaran), Pakistan Development Review, 45(4), Winter 2006, 1041-1051 (This issues
was published in December 2007).
12. Testing Twin Deficits Hypothesis: using VARs and Variance Decomposition (with
Baharumshah and Lau), Journal of the Asian Pacific Economy, vol. 11, no. 3, August 2006,
331-354.
13. Economic Growth, Inflation and Monetary Policy in Pakistan: Preliminary Empirical
Estimates, Pakistan Development Review, Vol 44, No. 4, Winter 2005, 961-974. (This issue
was officially published in December 2006).
14. Is Inflation Targeting the Best Policy Choice for Emerging Economies? A Survey of
Emerging Market Experiences and Lessons for Pakistan, Research, Bulletin, State Bank of
Pakistan, Vol. 2, no. 1, 2006, 145-165. (This was an invited paper for the Central Bank’s
annual workshop in monetary policy).
15. Financial Market Linkages in South Asia: Evidence Using a Multivariate GARCH Model (with
Gulasekaran Rajaguru), Pakistan Development Review, 43:4, Winter 2004, 585-603 (This
issue was officially published in December 2005).
16. Socio-Economic Development and Software Piracy: An Empirical Assessment (with Dyuti
Banerjee and Jan-Egbert Sturm), Applied Economics, 37(18), October 2005, 2091-98.
17. Was Financial Market Contagion the Source of Asian Financial Crisis? Evidence Using a
Multivariate VAR Model (with Masahiro Kawai), Journal of Asian Economics, 14, 2003, 133-
159 (This paper was ranked 3rd
in 2003 for the top 25 downloads for the JAE papers).
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18. Social Expenditure and Economic Growth: Evidence from Japan Using Cointegration
Techniques (with Habibullah Khan), Singapore Economic review, vol. 45, no. 1, April 2000.
19. Imports, Exports, and Economic Growth, Cointegration and Causality Tests for Singapore
(with Bay Teck Cheng), Singapore Economic Review, vol 42, no. 2, October 1999, 32-
39.
20. Modelling Money Demand for Open Economies Using ECM: The case of Selected Asian
Countries, Applied Economics, Vol 31, September 1999, 1129-1135.
21. Causality Tests of Budget and Current Account Deficits: Cross-Country Comparisons (with
Teo Wee Guan), Empirical Economics, vol 24, no.3, August 1999, 389-402.
22. Anticipated, Unanticipated Money Growth and Aggregate Output: Evidence from Malaysia
(with Habib Ahmed), Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, vol XXXIII, no. 2, December
1996 (issue published in August 1999), 99-105.
23. Random Walk, Excess Sensitivity, and Cointegration: Testing the Robustness of RE/PIH for
ASEAN Economies, Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. XXXII, no. 2,
December 1995.
24. Empirical Tests of Rational Expectation/Permanent Income Hypothesis: Evidence from
Pakistan, Pakistan Development Review, Vol. 33, No. 4, Winter 1994.
25. Ricardian Equivalence: Empirical Evidence from Developing Economies, Journal of
Development Economics, vol. 51, December 1996, pp: 413-432.
B. Books:
26. Regulatory Failure and the Global Financial Crisis – An Alternative Perspective (with
M. Ariff and John Farrar, edited volume), Edward Elgar Publishing Co. London, January,
2012, 234p.
27. Globalisation and Integration in Asia Pacific: Winners and Losers in the Asia-Pacific (with
Noel Gaston), edited the volume of papers, Edward Elgar Publishing Company, U.K., July 2010,
293p.
28. Liberalization and Growth in Asia: 21st Century Challenges, (with Mohamed Ariff),
Edward Elgar Publishing Company, U.K., June 2005, 399 p.
29. Liberalization, Growth and Asian Financial Crisis: Lessons for Developing and
Transitional Economies in Asia (with Mohamed Ariff), Edward Elgar Publishing co., London,
May 2000), 540 pages.
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C. Chapter in Books:
30. Australia in Asian Century: Achieving Financial Stability through Financial Market
Integration, Chapter submitted for a book on “The Australian ‘National Interest’ in the
Asian Century: Trade, Investment and Security”, World Scientific, forthcoming.
31. Trade liberalisation and growth: A threshold exploration of channels (with Road Falvey and
Neil Foster), to be published as Chapter in “Economic and Policy Developments in East
Asia”, Taylor & Francis Books, London, forthcoming. [Also published as a special issue of
JAPE.]
32. The Power of BRICS in the World Trade and Growth, Chapter submitted for a book on “The
Rise of the BRICS in the Global Political Economy: Changing Paradigms?” edited by Vai
Lo, being published by Edward Elgar publishing company, London, forthcoming, 2013
33. Global Financial Crisis - Consequences and Implication: Comparison of Developed and
Emerging Economies, in Global Financial Crisis – An Alternative View, edited by M.
Ariff, J. Farrar and A. Khalid, Edward Elgar Publishing Co. London, 2012, 104-126.
34. Globalisation and Integration in Asia Pacific: Prospects and Risks (with Noel Gaston),
Introductory chapter in Globalisation and Integration in Asia Pacific: Prospects and Risks
edited by N. Gaston and A. Khalid, Edward Elgar Publishing Company, U.K., 2010, 3-24.
35. Corruption, Governance and Economic Development in Pakistan (with Sajid Anwar), in
Corruption, Governance and Democracy in South Asia, edited by R.J. May and Binayak
Ray, Towards Freedom, India, June 2006, 126-162.
36. Twin Deficits in South Asian Economies: Observations and Empirical Evidence, in India and
South Asia: Economic developments in the Age of Globalization, edited by Anjum
Siddiqui, ME Sharpe Inc (USA), December, 2006, 93-116.
37. Financial Sector Developments: Strategies and Challenges (with Amina Tyabji), in “Singapore
in the 21st Century: Prospects and Challenges”, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company,
Singapore, May 2002.
38. Financial Programming for the Economy, in “20th SEANZA Central Banking Course”, State
Bank of Pakistan, Karachi, October 1995 (This was an invited paper for the above course).
39. Monetary and Financial Reforms during Transition towards Market Economy: The Vietnam
Experience (with I.U. Mangla), in "The Management and Transition towards a Market
Economy: The Asian Perspective", edited by A. Chin & L. Ding, World Scientific
Publishing, 1996.
D. Journal Publications (Submitted/being Submitted)
1. Impact of political events on financial market volatility: Empirical evidence using Markov
switching process and Granger causality (with Gulasekaran Rajaguru), Singapore Economic
Review, Submitted.
2. Are bank stock prices affected by changes in money supply? (with Badaruddin and Ariff),
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Empirical Economics, (with Badaruddin and Ariff), Submitted.
3. Deficit financing in a monetary economy: Debt neutrality hypothesis revisited, prepared for
submission to the Journal of Development Economics, being revised for submission.
4. Market Development for Fixed Income securities: The Role of Socio-economic and
Institutional Factors (with Gulasekaran Rajaguru), Australian Journal of Management,
under revision.
5. House price and mortgage market dynamics: Evidence from the U.S. housing bubble (with
Frank Barbera), Applied Economics, prepared for submission to Applied Economics, being
submitted.
6. Mortgage market home price drivers: New results from US market (with Frank Barbera). Paper
prepared for submission to Applied Economics, being submitted.
7. Should central bank holdings of government debt be limited? (with Hongthang Nguyen). Paper
prepared for submission to the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, being submitted.
8. Currency Arrangements for East Asia: An anchor or basket? (With Gulasekaran). Being
submitted to Applied Economics.
9. Financial market integration in Asia: Evidence from Asia using multivariate GARCH approach
(with Gulasekaran Rajaguru), revised and being submitted to Journal of Asian Economics,
submitted.
E. Monographs/ Technical Reports:
1. The Choice of an Anchor Currency Under a Tri-Polar Regime: The Case of South Asian
Countries (with Ali Kemal), Study Commissioned by the Pakistan Institute of Development
Economics (PIDE) and funded by the UNDP under TOKTEN, PIDE/TOKTEN Series No.
1, June 2005.
2. Corporate Governance of Banks in Pakistan: Recent Developments and Regional Comparisons
(with M. Nadeem Hanif), Study Commissioned by the Citi-Group and the Lahore University
of Management Sciences (LUMS). CMER Working Paper No. 05-42, October 2005.
F. Working Papers:
3. Trade Liberalization, Growth and Investment: A Sensitivity Analysis for Selected Southeast
Asian Economies, final project completion report submitted to National University of
Singapore, October 2001.
4. Financial Market Contagion: Asia and Beyond, (with Masahiro Kawai), Consultancy report
submitted to the World Bank, Washington, D.C., November 2000.
5. APEC Growth Recovery Initiatives: A Survey of Singapore (with Reza Y Siregar and Tilak
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Abeysinghe), Report commissioned by the Asian Development Bank, Manila, the
Philippines, March 2000.
6. Policy Response to the “Crisis” in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia: A Brief Assessment,
Report commissioned by the Asian Development Bank, Manila, the Philippines, November
1999.
7. Financial Liberalization in South Asia: Lessons for East- and South-Asian Emerging
Economies, final project report submitted to the National University of Singapore March
1999.
G. Other Publications:
8. Liberalization and the Asian Financial Crisis, NUS Economic Journal, Vol 35,
1998/99, 61-68.
9. Myanmar and Regional Economic Groups, ISEAS Trends issue published in Business Times,
Weekend Edition, January31-February1, 1998.
10. Investment Flow to Pakistan: Prospects and Challenges, The Strait Times, Singapore, March
10, 1995.
11. Ricardian Neutrality in Developing Economies: The Evidence Re-examined, Unpublished
Ph.D. Dissertation, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, September 1992.
12. Pakistan: Edible Oil Supply and Consumption: A Discussion Paper, Unpublished technical
report, USAID, Pakistan, March 1983.
13. Input-Output Table for Pakistan's Economy: 1975-76, (co-authored preliminary report),
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, July 1982.
14. Pakistan's Agricultural Data Book, USAID, Pakistan, June 1982.
15. The Determinants of Money-Multiplier: A Case Study of Pakistan, M.Sc. Thesis,
Quaid-e-Azam University, March 1980.
H. Research in Progress:
16. Explaining Growth Variations.
17. Sequencing of Financial reforms in Theory and Practice: Evidence from Asia (with Mohamed
Ariff).
18. Asian Miracle to Asian Crisis and the Role of Financial Liberalization: Evidence from Selected
Asian Economies, being revised.
19. Imports, Exports and Economic Growth. Are They Related? : Evidence from East Asia using
VARs, being Revised
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RESEARCH GRANTS AND AWARDS:
2011: Honorarium paid by U.K. Department of International Development (DFID) under Oxford based
International Growth centre in acknowledge of completing a report on New Growth Strategy for Pakistan.
2009 Vice-Chancellor’s Quality Award – Postgraduate Thesis Supervision
2009 VC’s Research Grant (A$5,500), Bond University (winner of the forth VC’s research grant)
2008 VC’s Research Grant (A$5,000), Bond University (winner of the third VC’s research grant)
Seed Funding for Symposium on ‘Analysing Reforms in Asia ($15,000), Business School, Bond University
(with Mohamed Ariff).
Seed Funding to initiate Macro Research Cluster at LUMS ($10,000), Lahore University of Management
Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
2007 VC’s Research Grant (A$3500), Bond University (winner of the second VC’s research grant)
2006 VC’s Research Grant (A$5685), Bond University (winner of the first VC’s research grant)
Bond University Research/Conference Funding, 2002-2008.
Citi-Group/CMER Research Grant (PR120,000), 2004.
UNDP/TOKTEN Travel/Research Grant, 2002 (US$3,000).
NUS Research Grant (S$ 15,775), Trade Liberalization Project, 1998-2000.
NUS Research Grant (S$ 17,250), Financial Liberalization Project, 1996-99.
Graduate Assistantship, Department of Economics, the Johns Hopkins University, 1991-92.
Private Sector Scholarship, United States Agency for International Development, 1987-91.
Superior Performance Award, USAID, Washington, D.C., 1987.
Performance Certificate, USAID, Pakistan, September 1982.
Merit Scholarship, Quaid-e-Azam University, Pakistan, 1977-1980.
THESIS SUPERVISION: Agreed to supervise one new PhD students in Economics and Finance (expected to start in February 2014)
Supervising three Ph.D. theses (Economics and finance).
Supervised one Ph.D. thesis with successful completion in 2014
Supervised one M. Com. Hon (Economics) thesis in 2009
Supervised one Ph.D. thesis with successful completion in 2009
Supervised a number of internship projects and independent research at Bond University
External evaluator for a number of PhD and DBA theses in Australia and overseas.
Co-supervising one Ph.D. thesis at IIU, Islamabad, Pakistan
Supervised one Ph.D. Thesis, National University of Singapore
Supervised four Masters’ Thesis, National University of Singapore
Supervised 14 Honors Thesis (five of them received first class honors), NUS, Singapore
Supervised 3 internship projects at Bond University
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Associate Editor, Singapore Economic Review
Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Banking and Finance
Member, Editorial Board, Business and Economics Journal (USA)
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of South Asian Studies
Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Business Advancement in South Asia, George
Washington University (New journal to be published by Emerald Publisher, USA)
Member, Editorial Board, Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social sciences
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Lahore Journal of Economics
Member, Panel of External Evaluator (for Ph.D. program), Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
Member, Panel of External Referees, SBP Research Bulleting
Refereed paper for the following journals:
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International Economic Journal; Empirical Economics; The World Development (UK); Applied Economics
(UK); Economica; Asia Pacific Journal of Economics and Business (Australia); Journal of Economic
Integration (Korea); Journal of Empirical Finance, Singapore Economic Review (Singapore); Journal of Asia
Pacific Business (USA); ASEAN Economic Bulletin (Singapore); Pakistan Development Review (Pakistan);
and Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies (Malaysia); Bulletin of Economic Research; Business and
Economics Journal; Emerging Markets Finance and Trade; Global Journal of Economics and Finance;
International Trade and Global Markets; International Journal of Business; Pakistan Development Review;
South Asian Journal of Global Business Research; Singapore Economic Review; Technological and Economic
Development of the Economy
Refereed books/chapters for the following publishers:
Edward Elgar Publishing Co, U.K.
Prentice-Hall Publishing Co., Singapore
Singapore University Press, Singapore
Harcourt (Thomson Learning), Australia.
CONSULTANCY WORK:
Consultant, CitiGroup-CMER, for Project and workshop on ‘Corporate Governance in Pakistan:
Regulation, Supervision and Performance’ Lahore, March - May 2004.
Visiting Consultant, UNDP-TOKTEN, Pakistan, September –October 2002.
Consultant, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila, the Philippines. Collaborated with Y.C. Park on a
report on “Impact of Policy Responses to the Asian Crises: Experience of Indonesia, Malaysia and
Thailand”, October 1999.
Consultant, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila, the Philippines. Collaborated with Reza Siregar
and Tilak Abeysinghe on a report on “Financial Sector Restructuring in Singapore: Issues for the 21st
Century”, March 2000.
LEADERSHIP IN TEACHING
Coordinator, for a Course on “Prudential Regulations in the Banking Sector”, jointly Organized by the
Economic Executive Programme (EEP), Department of Economics, National University of Singapore
and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore and held from 15-19 November 1999. Participants
included mid-level central bank officials from ASAEN economies.
Coordinator, for a Course on “ASEAN Economies”, jointly Organized by the Economic Executive
Programme (EEP), Department of Economics, National University of Singapore and the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Singapore. Participants included mid-level economists and policy makers from ASAEN
economies. Course held in Singapore from 31 July to 4 August 2000.
Coordinator, for a Course on “Banking and Finance for Central Asia”, jointly organized by the Economic
Executive Programme (EEP), Department of Economics, National University of Singapore and the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore. Participants included mid-level central bankers, economists
and policy makers from Central Asian and new ASEAN member countries. Course
held in Singapore from 4-9 September, 2000.
Invited Lecture, Myanmar’s Membership to AFTA/APEC: Issues Involved in Economic Diplomacy,
at the workshop “AFTA/APEC: Planning Issues for Myanmar’s Eventual Membership” sponsored by
Hanns-Seidel Foundation, Yangoon, Myanmar, June 6-7, 1996.
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Visiting Specialist, Module I, 20th SEANZA Course on Macroeconomic Policy Framework, Economic
Development, and Financial Management, Karachi, Pakistan, October 1994.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
29th
AGM of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists, Islamabad, 19-21
December 2013. Participated as a Chair and Discussant.
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th SAICON 2013 on Management, Innovation, Leadership, Economics, and Strategy, 4-6
December 2013, Pearl-Continental Hotel Bhurbon, Pakistan [Guest Speaker]. Presented paper on
“Growth, Economic Management and Poverty Reduction: A Global Perspective with a focus on Pakistan”
Public Talk at Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 16th
September 2013, The Rise of
BRICS and the Growth Spillovers for Emerging Economies: Implications for South East
Asia. [Also presented the same at Nanyang Technological University under One Asia
Foundation lecture Series, 18 September 2013.]
GCU Conference on Institutions, Growth and Development in Pakistan, 2-3 May
2013. Participated as a Guest Speaker and Panelist.
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th SAICON 2012 on Emerging Knowledge Economy in the 21
st century: Opportunities and
Challenges, 5-7 December 2012, Pearl-Continental Hotel Bhurbon, Pakistan [Invited Keynote
Speaker].
13th
International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association, Singapore, 19-21
October 2012
Tim Fischer Centre Conference on ‘The Rise of the BRICS in the Global Political Economy:
Changing Paradigms’ Bond University, 10-11 August, 2012. Rise of
72nd
International Atlantic Economic Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 28-31 March 2012
3rd SAICON 2011on International Conference on Management, Business Ethics and
Economics (ICMBEE), 28-29 December 2011, Pearl-Continental Hotel Lahore, Pakistan Lahore,
Pakistan, [Invited Keynote Speaker].
27th AGM and Annual Conference of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists on “
Economic Growth and Development: New Directions”, 13-15 December 2011, Islamabad,
Pakistan, [Participant and Discussant for a Keynote Speaker].
NTU-GDC Joint workshop on ‘Economic and Policy Developments in East Asia, 13-14
October 2011, Bond University, Australia, [Participant and Organiser].
NTU-GMU CLASS workshop on Global Movement of Ideas, People and Resources: Towards
Robust and Sustainable Growth, Paper presented: It’s not Yen Bloc or Koala Bloc: Greenback is
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Still Dominant in East Asia, October 11th – 12
th 2010, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore.
12th
East Asian Economic Association Conference, Paper presented: MARKET
DEVELOPMENT FOR FIXED INCOME SECURITIES: THE ROLE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC
AND INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS, Seoul, South Korea, 2-3 October 2010.
2nd International conference (SAICON2010) on Nurturing Innovation, Entrepreneurship,
Investments, & Public-private Partnerships – in Global Environment, Paper presented: The Recent
Global Financial Crisis: Implications for Emerging and Developing Economies, Bhurban,
Pakistan, July 21 -23, 2010.
Symposium: Global Financial Crisis: The Way Forward, Paper presented: Origin,
Consequence and Cost of the Crisis, Friday 9th April 2010, Bond University Post Graduate Centre
Sydney.
2nd
Singapore Economic review Conference, Singapore, 6-8 August 2009.
2nd
Singapore Economic review Conference, Singapore, 2-4 August 2007.
2nd
SBP International Conference on “Fixed Income Market Development in Emerging
Economies”, State Bank of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan, 18-19 December 2006.
22nd
AGM of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists, Lahore, Pakistan, 20-23
December, 2006.
10th Meeting of East Asian Economic Association, Beijing, China, 17-19 November, 2006.
Financial Market Contagion: Evidence from Asia Using Fraction Co-integration and Multivariate
GARCH Approach (with Gulasekaran Rajaguru), Paper presented at the Asian Finance
Association Conference 2006, Auckland, New Zealand, 16-18 July 2006.
Economic Growth, Inflation and Monetary Policy in Pakistan: Preliminary Empirical Estimates.
Paper presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists
(PSDE), Islamabad, Pakistan, 19-21 December 2005.
Is Inflation Targeting the Best Policy Choice for Emerging Economies? A Survey of Emerging
Market Experiences and Lessons for Pakistan. Paper presents at State Bank of Pakistan
conference on “Monetary-cum-Exchange Rate Regime: What Works Best for Emerging
Markets?” Karachi, Pakistan, 14-15 October 2005.
Financial Market Linkages or spillovers: Evidence from Asia Using Multivariate GARCH Approach.
Paper presented at the Asian Finance Association Conference 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11-
13 July 2005. Also presented at the International Conference on Finance, Copenhagen, 2-4
September 2005.
Financial Market Linkages in South Asia: Evidence Using a Multivariate GARCH Model (with
Rajaguru Gulasekaran), Paper presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Pakistan Society of
Development Economists (PSDE) held in Islamabad, Pakistan, 13-15 January 2005.
Banking Crises: Prediction, Prescription and Policy Responses (with Lina Irawati), Paper presented
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at the 2004 ESAM, Melbourne, Australia.
Macroeconomic Effects of Financial Reforms in Pakistan, Paper presented at the 19th
Annual
Meeting of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE), held in Islamabad,
Pakistan, 14-16 January 2004.
Contagion Effects of Asian Financial Crisis: Implications for South Asia, Paper presented at the
South and South-east Asian Econometric Society Conference, 28-30 December, 2002, Lahore
University of Management Sciences, Lahore Pakistan.
Was Financial Contagion the source of Asian Crisis? Paper presented at the 8th
East Asian
Economic Association (EAEA) meeting held in Kuala Lumpur, 3-5 November 2002.
Global Impact of the Asian Financial Crises, Royal Statistical Society’s Annual Meeting, held in
United Kingdom. 3-6 September, 2002
Contagion Effect from the Asian Financial Crisis: Sectoral Analysis, Paper presented at the 1999
World Bank Global Development Network (GDN) conference Bonn, Germany, December 5-9,
1999.
Contagion Effect of Asian Financial Crisis: What has to be done next? presented at the 1999 Far-
Eastern Meeting of the Econometric Society (FEMES) held in Singapore, 1-2 July 1999. Also
presented at the 1999 Asia-Pacific Finance Association Conference (APFA), RMIT University,
Melbourne, Australia, 11-14 July 1999.
Asian Miracle to Asian Crisis and the Role of Financial Liberalization: Evidence from Selected
Asian Economies. Presented at the 1999 Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society
(ESAM) to be held at University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, 7-9 July 1999. Also accepted
for presentation at the 12 World Congress of the International Economic Association, held at
Buenos Aires, 23-27 August 1999.
The Impact of and Policy Responses to the Regional Economic Crisis, paper presented at the
Economic Society of Singapore Conference on “Understanding the Singapore’s Economy”,
August 22, 1998, Singapore.
Imports, Exports, and Economic Growth: Are They Related? Evidence from Singapore, Paper
presented at the Far Eastern Econometric Conference, Hong Kong, July 24-26, 1997.
Savings, Investment and Financial Liberalization: A Case Study of Singapore, Paper presented at the
International Conference on the Economic Development and Transformation of the East Asian
Economies, Hong Kong, July 27-28, 1997.
Macroeconomic Effects of Financial Liberalization: Evidence from Southeast Asian Economies,
Paper presented at the 1997 Annual Conference of the ESRC-sponsored Development
Economics Study Group, Birmingham, UK, September 4-6, 1997.
Budget Deficits Vs Current Account Deficits: Testing the Long-Run Relationship for Selected
Developing Countries (with Teo Wee Guan), presented at the India and South Asia Econometric
Society Conference, Centre for Economic Development, New Delhi, India, December 28-30, 1996.
Modelling Money Demand for Open Economies Using ECM: The case of Selected Asian Countries
(with Loh Ka Leung, Stanley), presented at the North American Economics and Finance
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Association (NAEFA) held at San Francisco, USA, January 5-7, 1996. Also presented at Fourth
Malaysian Econometric Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 9-10, 1996.
Financial Liberalization and Money Demand: Estimates for Pakistan, presented at the International
Conference on Management Sciences, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore,
Pakistan, June 26-29, 1996.
Monetary, Financial, and Fiscal Sectors Development in Vietnam, Paper presented at the 3rd
Workshop on Economic Management and Transition towards a Market Economy, Singapore,
October 1994.
Inflationary Financing of Fiscal Deficits in Developing Countries, presented at the 7th World
Econometric Congress held in Tokyo, Japan, August 22-29, 1995. An earlier version of this
paper was presented at the Second International Conference on Economic Modelling for Asia-
Pacific, Sydney, Australia, August 24- 26, 1994.
SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
Papers presented at seminars at the following universities/institutions:
Deakin University, Australia
Washington and Lee University, USA
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, USA
GIFT University, Pakistan
University of South Australia,
Economic Growth Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Bond University, Faculty of Business, Australia
University of Queensland (UQ), Australia
Griffith University, School of International Business, Australia
University of New Castle, Australia
Monash University, Department of Econometrics, Clayton Campus, Australia
Monash University, Department of Economics, Clayton Campus, Australia.
Monash University, School of Banking and Finance, Caulfield Campus, Australia
National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
Singapore Management University (SMU), Singapore.
University of Masstricht, the Netherland.
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad, Pakistan
UNIVERSITY/CUMMUNITY SERVICE:
Director, Globalisation and Development Centre
Member, Review Panel for the review of Tim Fischer Centre
Prepared a proposal for Bond EMBA program for Sur University College, Oman
Director, Quality Assurance of Academic Programs (August 2006 – Present), SUC, Oman.
Member, Interview Panel and Selection Committee (2007), Senior faculty position – Finance
Member, Interview Panel and Selection Committee (2007), Faculty position – Economics
Member, Interview Panel and Selection Committee (2007), Faculty position – Statistics
Member, Research Committee (2004 – 2006), Faculty of Business, Bond University, Australia.
Member, Academic Committee (2004 – 2006), Faculty of Business, Bond University, Australia.
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Member, Interview Panel and Selection Committee (2006-), Faculty position – Professor of Finance
Member, Interview Panel and Selection Committee (2006), Faculty position – Professor of International
Business
Member, Interview Panel (2005), Faculty position – Deputy Dean of Business
Member, University Ethics Committee, September 2004 – August 2005, Bond University, Australia.
Member, Faculty Plagiarism Tribunal, Business School (various occasions).
Member and Business Faculty representative, Transition Committee (2005) - (to deal with issues arising
as a result of merger of IT and Business faculties).
Member, AQUA Committee, September 2003 – August 2004, Faculty of Business, Bond University,
Australia.
Member, Ph.D. Review Committee, Faculty of Business, Bond University, Australia.
Seminar Coordinator, School of Business, Bond University, Australia, January-September 2002
Member, Undergraduate Business Program Review Committee, School of Business, Bond University,
Australia
Joint Coordinator, Honour’s Programme, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, 1999-2000.
Editor, Economics Newsletter, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore, 1998-99
Associate Editor, Economics Newsletter, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore,
1993-94 & 1995-97
Member, Local Organizing Committee, Far-Eastern Econometric Society Conference held in Singapore in
July 1-3, 1999
Member, Post-graduate Committee, Department of Economics, NUS, 1998-99, 1999-2000
Member, Center for the Study of Transitional Economies (CSTE), Department of Economics, National
University of Singapore, 1993-94
Member, Economic Management Series for Executives (EMSE), Department of Economics, National
University of Singapore, 1994-95
Departmental Representative, Faculty Public Relations Committee, 1996-97, 1997-98
Panel Judge, National Economic Quiz 1994 & 1995, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Course Coordinator, Money & Banking (Master’s), 1998-99, NUS
Course Coordinator, Topics in Money & Banking (Honor’s), 1995-96, 1997-2000, NUS
Course Coordinator, Money & Banking I, Special Term 1996-97, 1998-99, NUS
Course Coordinator, Mathematical Economics (2nd year), 1993-94, NUS
Course Coordinator, Mathematical Economics (Honor’s), 1993-94, NUS
Coordinator, Public Relations Committee, Department of Economics, NUS, 1998-99
TRAINING:
Project Implementation Course sponsored by USAID/Washington held in Karachi, Pakistan,
Oct-Nov 1985.
Project Analysis for Agriculture & Rural Development, USDA, Washington, D.C. April-June 1984.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Extensive knowledge of and experience in Lotus 1-2-3, Excel, Microsoft Word, WordPerfect,
and TSP (mainframe), TSP (micro), Eviews, and MicroFit
Working knowledge of RATS and DBase.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Life Member, Economic Society of Singapore
Member, The Econometric Society
Member, The Economic Society of Australia
Member, American Economic Association
Member, Pakistan Society of Development Economists
Member, International Banking, Economics and Finance Association
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Contact details of Proposed Referees
Professor Noel Gaston, Ph.D. (Cornell) Research Professor and Director, Centre for Asian Business
Curtin Business School
Office 304A, Level 3, Building 407
GPO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845
Perth, Australia
Telephone: 61 8 92663359
Fax: 61 8 92664027
E-mail: [email protected]
Professor Arthur H. Goldsmith Jackson T. Stephens Professor of Economics
Associate Editor, Journal of Socio Economics
School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics, Room 213
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
Telephone: (540) 458-8970
Fax: (540) 458-8639
E-mail: [email protected]
Professor Euston Quah Head, Division of Economics& Associate Chair (Research)
Editor, Singapore Economic Review
Nanyang Technological University
Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
Phone: (65) 6790-6431; Fax: (65) 6794-6303
Email: [email protected]