King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Department of Finance & Economics

 


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    Fields of Interest

    -The Economics of Technological Change and R&D.

    -Macroeconomics Policies, Growth Economics.

    -Public Finance.  

    -Applied Econometrics.

    Publications

   -“Do Patent Protection and Technology Transfer Facilitate R&D in Developed and   Emerging Countries? A Semiparametric Study, Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 35, 2007. (with Eskander Alvi and Debasri Mukherjee)

    Conference Papers

 - “Determinants of Aggregate R&D Expenditure in Developed and Emerging Countries: a Semiparametric Panel Data Study”, the Midwest Economic Association 68th Meeting, Chicago, 2004.

-“Academic R&D and Productivity Growth: an Empirical Study of OECD Countries", the Midwest Economic Association 72nd Meeting, Chicago, 2008.

    Papers in Progress

- “Higher Education R&D and Patents in the G7 countries"

    Funded Projects

-Techno-Economic Feasibility Study for Implementing Efficient Air Conditioning Technologies for Local Manufacturers of Small Central Air Conditioners, Funded by KFUPM.