Professor Osama Hamed
Office: Room ATG. #331
Tel: 856-225-6136
Education:
PhD in Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
MA in History, American University of Beirut
BA in Philosophy and History, American University of Beirut
Classes Taught:
Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Money and Banking
International Economics
International Finance
Syllabus:
Areas of Research Interest:
Foreign Exchange Regimes
Financial Sector Development
Informal Finance
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Publications:
"Shocks and Stabilization", in Development under Adversity, Ishac Diwan and Radwan Shaban, eds., The World Bank, 1999.
"Financial Intermediation", in Development under Adversity, Ishac Diwan and Radwan Shaban, eds., The World Bank, 1999.
"Private Investment", in Development under Adversity, Ishac Diwan and Radwan Shaban, eds., The World Bank, 1999.
"Foreign Labor, Currency Substitution and Economic Stability in Gulf Countries", Arab Economic Journal, Fall, 1997.
"One-Sided Customs and Monetary Union: the Case of the West Bank and Gaza Strip under Israeli Occupation"(with Radwan Shaban), in The Economics of Middle East Peace, Stanley Fischer, Dani Rodrik & Elias Tuma, eds., MIT Press, 1993.
"Economic Policy Making in a One Commodity Producer: Adjustment to Oil Price Fluctuations in Kuwait," JIME Review, the Japanese Institute for Middle Eastern Economies, Winter, 1990.