Dr. Ghassan Dibeh

Professor

gdibeh@lau.edu.lb
Ext. 2353
AKSOB 1518
LAU Beirut 

Frem Civic Center 401G
LAU Byblos

Bio

Dr. Ghassan Dibeh is a professor of economics at the Adnan Kassar School of Business. He holds a BA in Physics and an MA and PhD in Economics from the University of Texas. His research appeared in journals such as Physica A, Computational Economics, Review of Political Economy, Energy Economics, Journal of International Development, Middle Eastern Studies, Journal of Industrial Relations, International Migration, and Tourism Economics as well as in edited books.

Teaching Interests

• Fundamentals of Political Economy
• Mathematical Methods for Economics
• Economic Growth
• Intermediate Macroeconomics
• Financial Economics

Research Interests

• Macroeconomics
• Mathematical Methods
• Political Economy
• Business Cycles
• Economic and Financial Crises
• Economics of Artificial Intelligence

Selected Publications

• Dibeh, G., El Deeb, O. (2024)  Synchronization and limit cycles in a simple contagion model with time delays Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, Volume 470, Part A, 134417.
• Dibeh, G., Fakih, A., Marrouch, W., & Matar, G. Who cares about environmental quality in the MENA region?, Social Indicators Research, volume 157, issue 2, September 2021, pp. 603–629.
• Dibeh, G., Fakih, A., & Marrouch, W. (2019). Tourism–growth nexus under duress: Lebanon during the Syrian crisis, forthcoming, Tourism Economics.
• Dibeh, G., Fakih, A. & Marrouch W. (2018). Decision to Emigrate Amongst the Youth in Lebanon, International Migration, 56(1), 5-22.(Lead Article)
• Dibeh, G. & Harmanani, H. (2012). A Stochastic Chartist-Fundamentalist Model with Time Delays. Computational Economics, 40 (2), 105-113. doi: 10.1007/s10614-012-9329-8
• Dibeh, G. (2011). “Resources, Conflict, and State Fragility: Iraq and Somalia”, in Naudé, W., Santos-Paulino, A.U. & McGillivray M. (Eds.), Fragile States Causes, Costs, and Responses (68-88). United States: Oxford University Press
• Dibeh, G. (2008). The Business Cycle in Postwar Lebanon. Journal of International Development, 20(2), 145-160.
• Dibeh, G. (2007). Contagion effects in a chartist-fundamentalist model with time delays. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 382, 52-57.
• Dibeh, G. (2001). Time Delays and Business Cycles: Hilferding’s Model Revisited. Review of Political Economy, 13(3), 329-341.