GRANTS AWARDED

 

1. Junior Faculty Grant, No# JF100005 from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, “Who Bears the Public Debt? Understanding the Distributional Aspect of Government Debt Burden using a Heterogeneous Agent Model,” 01/01/2010- 11/31/ 2010, SR 49,200.00.

2. Fast Track Grant, No# FT100036 from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, “What Determines Specific Schooling Decisions in the USA? A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis,” 10/10/2010 –02/01/2012, SR 42,000.00

GRANT PROPOSALS SUBMITTED

1. Fast Track Grant, “Substitutability between Government and Private Consumption in the GCC Countries: An Econometric Investigation.” With Khaled Albinali, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, SR 71,000.00

GRANT PROPOSALS IN PROGRESS

1. Fast Track Grant, “Government Spending and Consumption in the Presence of Borrowing Constraints: An Estimation of the DSGE Model using Bayesian Technique.” King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.

2. King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) Grant, “A Macroeconomic Model for the GCC Countries,” King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.

3. National Science, Technology and Innovation Plan( NSTIP) Grant from KACST, “Estimation and Forecast of Demand for Oil Products and Natural Gas for  Saudi Arabia and other GCC Countries,” with Mohammed Al-Sahlawi,  King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia (in progress).

4. National Science Technology and Innovation Plan (NSTIP) Grant from KACST, “The Macroeconomic Effect of Oil Revenue on the Public and Private Sectors of Saudi Arabia: Linking Theory with Data,” with Zohair A. Yamani, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia (in progress).

5. National Science, Technology and Innovation Plan (NSTIP) Grant from KACST, “The Transportation Sector of Saudi Arabia: An analysis of Gasoline Consumption behavior and forecast of energy fuels demand,” with Mohammed Al-Sahlawi, Reza Aghdam, Fazlul Hoque Miah, Ashraf  Eid and Ahmed Ali, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia (in progress)