Dr. Ahmed S Abou-Zaid
Associate Professor
Office: 2159 - Coleman Hall
Phone: 217-581-6332
Email: asabouzaid@eiu.edu
Education
MA Economics (2002), American University in CairoPh.D. Economics (2008), Southern Illinois University
Speakers Bureau
For more information, please visit the Speakers Bureau Webpage.
Religion and Middle East studies
Publications
- "Patterns of Technology Transfer among Arab Gulf States: Opportunities and Challenges", with Dean Elmuti, Intl' Journal of Commerce and Managment. Forthcoming- “NAFTA and Sources of Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations in North America”, with Sami Abdelwahab, Journal of Sustainable Economy, Vol. 5 (3), 2013. Forthcoming.
- “Forecasting Foreign Exchange Rate using Artificial Neural networks: A Traders’ Approach”, with Adam Stokes, Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance, Vol.5 (4), 2012.
- “Role of Strategic Fit and Resource Complementarily in Strategic Alliance Effectiveness”, Journal of Global Business and Technology, with Dean Elmuti and Heather Jia, Vol. 8(2), 2012.
- “Volatility Spillover Effects in Emerging MENA Markets”, Review of Applied Economics, Vol. 7 (1-2), 2011.
- “Exchange Rate-Pass Through in the Mideast region: Evidence from Egypt and Israel”, the IUP Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. (9) 1, 2011.
- “The Elasticity of Substitution in the U.S. manufacturing Industry”, Empirical Economics Letters”, Vol. 10 (2), 2011.
- “The Optimal Inflation in a Backward-Induction Game” with Liaoliao Li. Economics and Business Journal: Inquires and Perspectives, Vol. 3 (1), 2010.




