Abdul Munasib
Economist
Research Branch
Balance of Payments Division
Research Branch
Balance of Payments Division
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
International Trade
Multinational Firms, Trade Policies
Regional & Urban Economics
Energy & Environment, Health, Law
EDUCATION
PhD, Economics, The Ohio State University
MSS, Economics, The Ohio State University
MA, Economics, Delhi School of Economics
BA, Economics, University of Delhi
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED)
International Economics
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
International Trade
Multinational Firms, Trade Policies
Regional & Urban Economics
Energy & Environment, Health, Law
EDUCATION
PhD, Economics, The Ohio State University
MSS, Economics, The Ohio State University
MA, Economics, Delhi School of Economics
BA, Economics, University of Delhi
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Economist, Balance of Payments Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2016-present
- Research Scientist, Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, 2013-2016
- Assistant Professor, Economics & Legal Studies in Business, Oklahoma State University, 2006-2013
- Post-doctoral Fellow, Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, 2005-2006
- Adjunct Faculty (MBA program), American Intercontinental University, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006
- Research Assistant, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1999
PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED)
International Economics
- The Hartz Reforms and the German Labor Force, (with Malte Ehrich and Devesh Roy), European Journal of Political Economy, 2017: 1-17.
- Impact of Institutions on Social Network Formation: Communist Party Membership and Social Network Investment in China, (with Xi Tian) Applied Economics, 47(45), Sept 2015: 4829-4846.
- Financial Reforms, Product Differentiation, and Trade, (with Devesh Roy), Economics Letters, April 2014, volume 123, Issue 1, pp 1-108.
- Financial Reform and International Trade, (with Devesh Roy and Xing Chen), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (Advances), 2014: 14(4): 1237-1281.
- Social Trust and International Trade: The Interplay between Social Trust and Formal Finance, (with Xing Chen and Devesh Roy), Review of World Economics, a.k.a. Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, June 2014: v. 150, iss. 4, pp. 693-714.
- Explaining the Route to Owner Occupation: A Transatlantic Comparison, (with Mark Andrew and Donald R. Haurin), Journal of Housing Economics 15 (2006) 189–216.
- Impact of the Stand Your Ground Law on Gun Deaths: Evidence of a Rural Urban Dichotomy (with Jeffrey Jordan and Genti Kostandini), European Journal of Law and Economics, June 2018, Volume 45, Issue 3, pp 527–554.
- Stand Your Ground Laws, Homicides and Gun Deaths, (with Mouhcine Guettabi), Regional Studies, 2018, Volume 52, Issue 9.
- Interactions and Social Attitudes in American Communities, (with Devesh Roy), Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 2017, Vol. 41 Issue 2, p63-83.
- The Disparate Influence of State Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) on Renewable Electricity Generation Capacity, (with Karen Maguire), Land Economics, 2016, 92(3), 468-490.
- Electricity Price Increase in Texas: What is the Role of Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)? (with Karen Maguire), Environmental and Resource Economics, 2016: 1-24.
- Regional Economic Impacts of the Shale Gas and Tight Oil Boom: A Synthetic Control Analysis, (with Dan Rickman) Regional Science and Urban Economics, Vol 50, January 2015: 1–17.
- Urban Sprawl, Obesogenic Environment and Child Weight, (with Mouhcine Guettabi), Journal of Regional Science (Lead Article), volume 54, no 3, 2014, pp. 378–401.
- Is there a Trade-off between Remote Living and Healthy Living? Impact of Remoteness on Body Weight, (with Mouhcine Guettabi), The Review of Regional Studies 48, 2018: 173-192.
- Space Obesity: The Effect of Remoteness on County Obesity, (with Mouhcine Guettabi), Growth and Change, May 2014.
- The Impact of Obesity on Consumer Bankruptcy, (with Mouhcine Guettabi) Economics and Human Biology, Volume 17, April 2015, Pages 208–224.
- Networks and Low Adoption of Modern Technology: The Case of Pearl Millet in Rajasthan, India, (with Devesh Roy), India Growth and Development Review (forthcoming).
- Friendships through Thick and Thin? Effect of Business Cycle Fluctuations on Social Network Formation, (with Jerome Segura) Social Science Quarterly (forthcoming).
- The Effect of Social Capital on the Choice to Use Sustainable Agricultural Practices, (with Jeffrey L. Jordan), Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 43, 2(May 2011):213–227.
- Community Development and Local Social Capital, (with Jeffry L. Jordan and Bulent Anil), Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 42,1 (February 2010):143–159.
- Motives and Social Capital Consequence, (with Jeffrey L. Jordan), Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. XL No. 4 December 2006.
- Is the Idiot’s Box Raising Idiocy? Effects of Television on Child Cognitive Development, (with Samrat Bhattacharya), Economics of Education Review, Volume 29, Issue 5, October 2010, pages 873-883.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
- Direct Investment Positions for 2017: Country and Industry Detail, (with Sarah A. Stutzman), Survey of Current Business, August 2018.