Department of Economics News
2019
- The Best Way to Measure Poverty (Apr 04, 2019)
- Call for Papers: 18th MEEA International Conference at LAU (Feb 01, 2019)
2018
- AKSOB Dean Elected President of the Middle East Economic Association (Dec 21, 2018)
- Lebanese Econometric Study Group Convenes at LAU (Dec 12, 2018)
- Lecture: Out-of-Sample Exchange Rate Predictability in Developed and Emerging Markets (Nov 06, 2018)
- Oil Prices and Personal Consumption Expenditures: Does the Source of the Shock Matter? (Oct 01, 2018)
- The Effects of Economic Freedom on FDI Inflows: An Empirical Analysis (Jun 29, 2018)
- International Environmental Agreements and Trading Blocks - Can Issue Linkage Enhance Cooperation? (Nov 05, 2018)
- Research Highlight: Impact of Maternal Care on Child Development (Jul 02, 2018)
2017
- Breaking Data Elitism in the Arab Region: The Role of the Arab Development Portal (Nov 29, 2017)
- AKSOB Economics Faculty Receive National Research Grant (Jan 23, 2017)
2016
- “Banking and Monetary Policies in a Changing Financial Environment: A Regulatory Approach” (Dec 05, 2016)
- LAU Signs Student Exchange Agreement with University of Chicago (Oct 27, 2016)
- “Syria at War: Five Years On” (May 23, 2016)
- “How to Write a Research Paper” (May 12, 2016)
- Delving Into the Minds and Opportunities of Arab Youth (Feb 03, 2016)
- Dr. Sebastian Ille Adds Another Title: Editor-in-Chief (Jan 22, 2016)
2015
- The Impact of the Syrian Crisis on Lebanon’s Agricultural Sector and Local Consumption (Mar 10, 2015)
- “Radicalism brings evil and death” (May 12, 2015)
- Institutions must encourage growth in manufacturing, say LAU economists (Jul 15, 2015)
- China’s devaluation: what does it mean? (Sep 10, 2015)
- “The Economic Impacts of Syrian Refugees: Challenges and Opportunities in Host Countries” (Dec 11, 2015)
- “Lebanese Labor Market Challenges” (Oct 29, 2015)
- A Case of Private vs. Public (Sep 18, 2015)
2014
- Can the Islamic Economic System be the Alternative? (Apr 24, 2014)
- Researching Youth and the Arab Spring (May 07, 2014)
- Is Industrialization MENA’s Missed Opportunity? (May 15, 2014)
- A Search for Why the Smoking Ban Failed in Lebanon (May 31, 2014)
- Does it Pay to be Green? (Jun 06, 2014)
- Remarkable Resilience: Lebanon’s Economy and the Syrian Crisis (Dec 22, 2014)
- Dr. Saad Andary and Dr. Makram Bou Nassar Visit LAU (Apr 02, 2014)
- Economics, Public Policy, and Youth Empowerment (Apr 02, 2014)
- Education, Employment and Cost of Living (Apr 02, 2014)
- Economics Faculty Member Dr. Ayman Reda Wins the Potter Award (Jan 30, 2014)
- The SAHWA Project (“Empowering Arab Youth: Towards a New Social Contract”) (Jan 30, 2014)
2013
- More Than 2 Million Domestic Workers in the Middle East (Nov 15, 2013)
- Economic Statecraft (Feb 25, 2013)
- MENA and the Monetary Rise of Gold (Jan 28, 2013)
