Simon Neaime
Contact Information

Phone: (961) 1 350000 ext. 4060 (Office)
Fax:(961) 1 744484
Email:sn01@aub.edu.lb
University Degrees

  Ph.D. (Macro and Monetary Economics/Econometrics/International Finance) York University, Toronto, Canada, 1997.

  MA (Monetary Economics) University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada,  1992.

 MA (Money & Banking) American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 1990.

  BA   (Economics) American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 1988.

 Research Interests

 Macro and Monetary Economics, Econometrics, International Finance and Monetary Economics.


Current Research Projects

- Sustainability of Exchange Rate Policies and External Public Debt In Lebanon.

- South-South Trade Monetary and Financial Integration and the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: An Empirical Investigation

- Financial Governance, MENA Financial Markets and the Basel II Accord

- Financial Market Integration and Macroeconomic Volatility in the MENA Region: An Empirical Investigation

- Fiscal, Monetary and Financial Policies in Lebanon: 1990-2004

- MENA Stock Markets: A Dynamic GARCH Approach


 Recent and Forthcoming Publications

- Money and Finance in the MENA Region: Missed Opportunities Or Future Prospects?, Research in Middle East Economics Series, Vol. 6, Elsevier Science Press, (Forthcoming 2005).

- The Euro Mediterranean Partnership: Prospects for Future Economic Monetary and Financial Integration, APF Press, Toronto, Canada. (Forthcoming 2005).

- Portfolio Management and Financial Market Integration of Emerging MENA Stock Markets. In Global Stock Markets and Portfolio Management , Palgrave and Macmillan, London, UK. Vol. 4.

- Portfolio Diversification and Financial Integration of MENA Stock Markets, In Money and Finance in the MENA Region: Missed Opportunities Or Future Prospects?, Research in Middle East Economics Series, Vol. 6, Elsevier Science Press (Forthcoming 2005).

- Profitability and Risk Management in Banking: A Comparative Analysis for Selected MENA Countries, in Money and Finance in the MENA Region: Missed Opportunities Or Future Prospects?, Research in Middle East Economics Series, Vol. 6, Elsevier Science Press (Forthcoming 2005).

- Fiscal Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies In a Small Open Economy, in Money and Finance in the MENA Region: Missed Opportunities Or Future Prospects, Research in Middle East Economics Series, Vol. 6, Elsevier Science Press (Forthcoming 2005).

- Real Exchange Rates and Productivity Shocks in a Small Open Economy, in "Exchange Rate, Economic Integration and the International Economy", edited by L. Michelis and M. Lovewell,, Toronto, Canada: APF Press, April 2004, pp. 214-228.

- Macroeconomic Fluctuations and Asymmetries in Selected East Mediterranean and Gulf Countries: An Empirical Investigation, Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Vol. 1, No.2, pp.143-172, December 2004.

- Income Convergence in the Asia-Pacific Region, Paper nominated for a prize for best paper of the year, Journal of Economic Integration, Vol. 19, No.3, pp. 470-498, September 2004.

- Portfolio Diversification and Correlations in Returns and Volatilities in Emerging MENA Stock Markets, Thunderbird International Business Review, Wiley Publisher. Paper accepted for publication, June 2004.

- Sustainability of Budget Deficits and Public Debt In Lebanon: A Stationarity and Cointegration Analysis, Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, Routledge Press U.K., Vol.2 No.1, pp. 43-61 April 2004.

- Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies in the MENA Region, The Arab Bank Review, Vol.6, No.1,pp. 33-38, April 2004.

- Financial Market Integration and Macroeconomic Volatility in the MENA Region: An Empirical Investigation. In Regional Trade, Finance and Labor Markets, Proceedings of The Economic Research Forum (ERF) eleventh Annual Conference, Beirut-Lebanon, December 14-16, 2004.

- Economic Diversification and Gender in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, Journal of Social Affairs, Vol. 20 No.80, pp.13-41, December 2003.

- Mean-Reversion Across MENA Stock Markets: Implications for Derivative Pricing. International Journal of Business, Vol.8 No.3, pp. 348-358, September 2003. Premier Press, Fresno, California, US.

- Durable Goods, Habits, Time Preference, and Exchange Rates, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier Science Press. Vol. 14, No.1, pp. 115-130, February 2003.

- Implications of the Introduction of the Euro for the Mediterranean Countries, Thunderbird International Business Review, Wiley Publisher, Vol. 45, No.1, pp. 31-49, February 2003.

- Moving Ahead from Doha to Cancun: The Formulation of the Lebanese Negotiating Position. Proceedings of the Expert Group Meeting. The Center of Economic and Financial Research and Studies and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Cairo, Egypt, October 2003.