AKM Mahbub Morshed - Southern Illinois University

Dissertation
“Essays in International Macrodynamics”
Supervisory Committee: Stephen J. Turnovsky (chair), Charles M. Engel, Philip L. Brock, and
Richard Hartman.
University of Dhaka, Department of Economics, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Master of Social Sciences, Economics, First Class, 1988
Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honors), Economics, First Class, 1987
Awards
Faculty Seed Grant, Office of Research Development and Administration, Southern
Illinois University Carbondale, 2009 (with Scott Gilbert)
Mini-grant, International Business Institute, Washington State University, 2004 (with
Sung Ahn).
Summer Research Grant, 2004, 2005. Department of Economics, Southern Illinois
University Carbondale.
Summer Research Grant, 2002, 2003. College of Business and Economics, Washington
State University.
James K. and Viola M. Hall Fellowship for Public Policy, University of Washington,
Winter 2001.
Jhamandas Watumull Scholarship, University of Washington, Winter 2000, Winter
2001.
Published Papers
1. “Sources of Real Exchange Rate Volatility in Africa: Case of ECOWAS,” African
Development Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 79-92, 2012 (with Assande Adom and
Subhash Sharma).
2. “Price Convergence in US Cities: A Cointegration Approach with Two Structural
Breaks,” Applied Economics, Vol. 44, Issue 14, pp. 1849-1862, 2012 (with
Rangkakulnuwat, Wang, and Ahn).
3. “Real Exchange Rate Dynamics: The Role of Elastic Labor Supply,” Journal of
International Money and Finance, Vol 30 (7), pp. 1303-1322, 2011 (with Stephen J.
Turnovsky)
4. “Border Effects in the Variability of Rice Price in the Indian Subcontinent: Results from
a Natural Experiment,”Journal of Asian Economics, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 295-301, 2011.
5. “Infrastructure Provision and Macroeconomic Performance,” Journal of Economic
Dynamics and Control, Vol. 35, pp. 1288-1306, 2011 (with Santanu Chatterjee).
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