Home   Research   Faculty & Staff   All   Samir Makdisi   Simon Neaime   Marcus Marktanner   Research Assistants   Rima Shaar   Working Papers All Development without Democracy in the Arab World  The Causes of Institutional Inefficiency:  A Development Perspective Initial Inequality and Protectionism: A Political-Economy approach Twin Deficits In Lebanon: A Time Series Analysis Trapped by Consociationalism: The Case of Lebanon  Measurement of Financial Integration in the GCC Equity Markets: A Novel Perspective   Rebuilding without Resolution: The Lebanese Economy and State in the Post-Civil War Period  Horse Race of Utility-Based Asset Pricing Model: Ranking through Specification Errors    Returns to Education and the Transition from School to Work in Syria  From Rentier State and Resource Curse to Even Worse?  Institutional Quality and Trade: Which Institutions? Which Trade?  Harsh Default Penalties Lead to Ponzi Schemes  Democracy and Development in the Arab World  Sovereign Credit Rating: Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt?  Portfolio Diversification and Financial Integration of MENA Stock Markets  The Politics of Sustaining Growth in the Arab World: Getting Democracy Right  Exchange Rate Management within the Middle East and North Africa Region: The Cost to Manufacturing Competitiveness  The Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990  Prospects for World Economy  A Reexamination of the Political Economy of Growth in MENA Countries   Events   Ongoing Research   Projects   Upcoming events   Recent events   Old events   Contact Us

Faculty and Staff The Institute is an independent academic entity within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences with its own endowment fund. It is managed by a director and staffed with a Secretary and number of fellows who normally will be faculty members in the Department of Economics, visiting scholars, research associates, graduate assistants, and an assistant to the director. Fellows are relieved of teaching loads to carry out research work projects at the Institute. Visiting scholars may be appointed for a limited period of time without being regular full time members of the faculty at the University. Research associates may be appointed for a period of up to two years. Graduate assistants will normally be chosen from candidates in the master’s program in financial economics.
Acting Director
Simon Neaime Ph.D., York University, Canada  Professor of Economics                                                                    Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Econometrics, Options and Derivative Instruments, Econometrics of Financial Markets, Financial Economics, Investment Banking
Fellows
Simon Neaime Ph.D., York University, Canada  Professor of Economics                                                                    Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Econometrics, Options and Derivative Instruments, Econometrics of Financial Markets, Financial Economics, Investment Banking
Samir Makdisi Ph.D., Columbia University Emeritus Professor of Economics          Senior Fellow                                                                      Research Interests: International Economics, Monetary Economics, Economic Development,  Political Economy and Middle East Economics
Marcus Marktanner Ph.D., Technical University of ILmenau, Germany Assistant Professor of Economics Research Interests: Political Economy, Economics, and Trade Policy Monetary
Research Assistants
Jana El-Choueiry, Mario Rached and Layal Wehbe'
Secretary
Rima Shaar Phone: (961) 1 744485            (961) 1 350000 ext. 4240 Email:    rs46@aub.edu.lb