ECONOMICS

 

 

PUBLICATION record

 

Aintablian, S., and G. Jacoby. 2002. PowerPoint Slide Presentation to accompany Corporate Finance, 3rd Canadian edition by Ross, Westerfield, Jordan, and Roberts. McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.

 

Aintablian, S., V. Vijayraghavan, and G. S. Roberts. 2002. Does issuing stock index linked debt create shareholder value? Evidence from the Paris Bourse. European Financial Management, September 2002.

 

Alami, T. 2001. Currency substitution versus dollarization: A portfolio balance model. Journal of Policy Modeling 23/4 (August 2001): 473–479.

 

. 2001. Dollarization in Egypt: Further evidence. Arab Economic Journal 26 (10).

 

Alami, T., and M. Kanaan. 2001. Reforming intellectual property rights regimes in developing countries: Economic implications and related public policies. The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, November, #14.

 

Fares, J., and G. Srour*. 2001. The monetary transmission mechanism at the sectoral level. Working Paper #2001–27, Bank of Canada, Ottawa.

 

Kabbani N., and P. Wilde. 2002. Short recertification periods in the U.S. Food Stamp Program: Causes and consequences. Focus 22 (2).

 

Kabbani, N., K. Alexander, D. Entwisle, and S. Dauber. 2003. Dropout in relation to grade retention. On the Success of Failure: A Reassessment of the Effects of Retention in the Primary School Grades, second edition, by Karl Alexander, Doris Entwisle, and Susan Dauber. New York: Cambridge University Press.

 

Kabbani, N., M. Nord*, L. Tiehen*, M. Andrews*, G. Bickel**, and S. Carlson**. 2002. Household Food Security in the United States, 2000. Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Report No. 21. Washington, DC: Food and Rural Economics Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

 

Makdisi, S. 2001. Culture, development and society. Universities in Lebanon and the Arab World (the seventh annual book of Bahithat 2000/2001).

 

. 2001. The Lebanese economy and globalization. Lebanese National Defense Journal (July 2001): 5–14.

 

. 2001. The role of Lebanon in Arab culture: The economic dimension. Lebanon in Arab Culture and the Challenges of the Future, ed. M. Hannoush, 65–71.

 

. 2003. Statistic and development. The Future of Lebanese Statistics in the Era of Globalization, edited volume of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies.

 

Neaime, S. 2001. The Arab economies: Monetary and financial implications of the euro-currency. Arab Economic Journal 10 (24): 3–28.

 

. 2002. Habits and durability in consumption and the effects of exchange rate policies. International Economic Journal 16 (2): 97–114.

 

. 2002. The euro and the future EU-Arab countries trade relations. Arab Economic Journal 11 (29): 27–49.

Neaime, S., and A. Mansoorian*. 2003. Durable goods, habits, time preference, and exchange rates. North American Journal of Economics and Finance 14 (1): 115–130

 

Neaime, S., and J. Paschakis. 2002. The future of the dollar-euro exchange rate. The North American Journal of Economics and Finance 13 (1): 57–72.

 

Neaime, S., and N. Colton*. 2003. Implications of the introduction of the euro for the Mediterranean countries. Thunderbird International Business Review 45 (1): 31–49.

 

Neaime, S., and S. Hakim*. 2002. Price linkages and integration of MENA stock markets. The International Review of Comparative Public Policy 13: 63–86.

 

Neaime, S., C. C. Paraskevopoulos*, and J. Paschakis*. 2002. European Monetary Union and the dollar-euro exchange rate. Asymmetries In Financial Globalization, eds. B. Batavia, N. A. Lash, and A. G. Malliaris, 103–124. Toronto: APF Press.

 

 

 

Abstracts, Conferences, and Proceedings

 

Aintablian, S. 2001. Does issuing stock index linked debt create shareholder value? Evidence from the Paris Bourse. Co-authored with V. Vijayraghavan and Gordon S. Roberts. Paper presented at the Multi-National Finance Society 2001 Annual Meeting in Garda, Italy.

 

. 2001. Market response to the announcements of mergers and acquisitions of Canadian financial institutions. Co-authored with G. S. Roberts. Paper presented at the Multi-National Finance Society 2001 Annual Meeting in Garda, Italy.

 

. 2002. An empirical examination of the relationship between lender environmental liability and bank loan announcements. Co-authored with Gordon S. Roberts and Patricia McGraw. Paper presented during the Northern Finance Association Annual Meetings in Banff, Alberta ,Canada, September 2002 .

 

Kabbani, N., and P. Wilde*. 2002. Short recertification periods in the U.S. Food Stamp Program: Causes and consequences. Paper presented at the Institute for Research on Poverty/Economic Research Service Conference on Income Volatility and Implications for Food Assistance Programs, Washington, DC, May 2002.

 

Makdisi, S. 2002. Paper presented at High Level Meeting on Economic Tools for Environmental Sustainability, organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Beirut, June 25–26, 2002.

 

Neaime, S. 2002. Liberalization and financial integration of MENA stock markets. Paper presented at the Economic Research Forum Ninth Annual Conference, Al-Sharjah, UAE, October 26–28, 2002.

 

. 2002. Real exchange rates and productivity shocks in a small open economy. Paper presented at International Conference on Exchange Rates, Economic Integration and the International Economy held at Ryerson University, Toronto Canada, May 17–19, 2002.

 

. 2002. Risk and efficiency in banking: A comparative study for Egypt and Lebanon. Paper presented at the Economic Research Forum Eighth Annual Conference on Regional Trade, Finance and Labor Markets, Cairo, Egypt, January 14–17 2002.

 

. 2003. Debate on WTO before Cancun: The Lebanese Perspective. Paper presented at the WTO Expert Group Meeting, Cairo, Egypt, May 24–25, 2003.

 

. 2003. Financial liberalization and domestic savings in MENA countries: A comparative analysis. Paper presented by co-author (M. Kabir Hassan) at the Allied Social Science Association, and the Middle East Economic Association Meetings. January 3–5, 2003. Washington D.C. United States.

 

. 2003. Invited to present a paper titled: Financial Linkages and Integration of Middle East Stock Markets, at the Fifth International Conference on The Economics and Finance of the Middle East and North Africa, May 29–30, 2003. A conference organized by the School of Business at the Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon.

 

 

 

other activities

 

Beaumont, P. 2001. Modeling persistence. Seminar presentation, CAMS, AUB, 16/11/2001.

 

Fares, J. 2001. The monetary transmission mechanism at the sectoral level. Paper presented at the Research Department in the Bank of Canada, December 2001.

 

Kabbani, N. 2003. The economics of bioprospecting: A review of the literature and implications for developing countries. Paper presented at a meeting of the members of the Initiative for Biodiversity Studies in Arid Regions (IBSAR), American University of Beirut, March 20, 2003.

 

Kabbani, N., and M. Yazbeck. 2003. The role of the Food Stamp Program in helping food insecure families avoid hunger. Presented at the Institute for Research on Poverty, U.S. Department of Agriculture Small Grants Workshop at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, April 25, 2003.

 

Makdisi, S. 2001. Growth in the Arab region. Paper presented at the seminar on “Finance for Development in the ESCWA Region” organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Beirut, September 11–13, 2001.

 

. 2001. The challenges facing the Lebanese economy. Invited to lecture to doctoral students at the St. Joseph University, October 12, 2001.

 

. 2002. Globalization and the Lebanese economy. Lecture, invited by the Cultural Committee of the Graduates of the School of Education (Tripoli), April 30, 2002.

 

. 2002. Invited speaker at the conference organized by the UNESCO and the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies: “Toward a Social and Human Science Strategy for the Arab States’ Region,” Beirut, May 14–15, 2002.

 

. 2002. Invited speaker at the seminar on “The Developmental State Model and the Challenges to Lebanon,” organized by the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Beirut, February 15, 2002.

 

. 2002. Invited to present a paper at the annual Arab banking conference on “the World Economy After September 11: the Accompanying Economic and Banking Developments and Their Impact on the Arab Region,” Doha, Qatar, April 2–3, 2002.

 

. 2002. Invited to present a paper at the conference organized by the Central Bank of Syria on “Central Banks and Economic and Monetary Policies,” May 11–12, 2002.

 

. 2002. Paper presented at the workshop on “The Future of Lebanese Statistics in the Era of Globalization,” organized by the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Beirut, October 31, 2002.

 

. 2003. Paper presented at a conference on “Syrian-Lebanese Banking Cooperation,” organized by the Union of Arab Bank, Damascus, Jan. 25, 2003.

 

Makdisi, S., and R. Sadaka. 2002. Paper presented on the Lebanese case at Yale University/World Bank Workshop on “Case Studies on the Economics and Politics of Civil War,” Yale University, April 12–14, 2002.

 

Makdisi, S. and others. 2002. Regional study on financing for development. UN ESCWA. Study prepared for the UN International Conference on Financing Development, Monterrey, Mexico, March 18–12, 2002.

 

Neaime, S. 2002. Presentation on economic and financial developments in Lebanon since 1991. Seminar organized by the Institute of Financial Economics and the Department of Economics on “Macro-Economic and Exchange Rate Management in Developing Economies: A Comparative Analysis of Turkey and Lebanon,” AUB, June 6, 2002.

 

Sirhan, G. 2002. Current macro economic issues in Lebanon. Paper presented at the seminar organized by the Institute of Financial Economics and Department of Economics on “Macro–Economic and Exchange Rate Management in Developing Economies: A Comparative Analysis of Turkey and Lebanon,” AUB, June 6, 2002.