Dr. A. Désiré Adom
Education & Training My EIU Story Conference Presentations Publications Funding & Grants Frequently Taught Courses

Dr. A. Désiré Adom

Professor Office: 2355 - Coleman Hall
Phone: 217-581-2719
Email: aadom@eiu.edu

Education & Training

  • Ph.D., Economics, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

         - Fields of Specialization: Monetary Economics & International Economics.

  • M.Sc., Economics, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.
  • B.A., Economics, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.
  • Associate Degree, Economics & Management, D.E.U.G. II, Faculté de Sciences Économiques et de Gestion, Université d’Abidjan-Cocody, Côte d’Ivoire.

 

My EIU Story

Academic Distinctions

  • Achievement and Contribution Award, Research category (2010, 2017, 2020, 2022).

 

 

 

Conference Presentations

(Selected)

  • Midwest Economics Association (MEA) Annual Meetings (2011, 2016, 2022).    
  • Southern Economic Association (SEA) Annual Meetings (2011, 2017).              

Publications

(Selected)

  • “Political Instability and the Informal Economy,” World Development, 2016, 85: 31-42. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.04.009. (With Nasr Elbahnasawy and Michael Ellis).
  • “Resilience of Developing Countries to Shocks: Case Study of WAEMU Countries with SUR and VAR Approaches,” Economic Issues, 2016, 21(2): 105-143.
  • “A Contemporary Investigation into the Economic Impacts of RTAs: Case Study of the AFTZ and the TPP,” Journal of Economics and Development Studies, 2017, 5(1): 11-19. DOI: 10.15640/jeds.v5n1a2
  • “Does the sharing economy hurt the traditional economy? Evidence in the hospitality industry from the United States,” Journal of Applied Economics and Business Research, 2018, 8(4): 198-205.           
  • “Analysis of the Effect of Trade Balance on Manufacturing: Evidence from the United States,” International Journal of Advances in Management and Economics, 2020, 9(3): 49-56. 
  •  “Trade and Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa,” International Journal of Advances in Management and Economics, 2020, 9(3): 67-75.
  •  “Impact of a BBLR Tax System on Standard of Living in the United States: An OLG Approach,” East African Scholars Journal of Economics, Business and Management, 2020, 3(8): 1-8.
  • “An Investigation into the Nexus Between Human Development and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: A Global Panel Analysis,” International Journal of Economics and Financial Research, 2021, 7(4): 155-162.
  • “Can Digital Currencies Serve as Safe Havens in the Post-Covid Era?” Business, Management and Economics Research, 2022, 8(2): 17-27.
  • “Purchasing Power Gap and Consumer Resilience: An Empirical Investigation with Australia, Germany, Japan, and the United States,” Business, Management and Economics Research, 2022, 8(2): 44-50.  

Funding & Grants

  • Summer Research Award (2011, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021).

  

Frequently Taught Courses

  • Macroeconomics (Principles, Intermediate, Advanced), Microeconomics (Principles, Intermediate), Seminar in Monetary Theory, Seminar in International Monetary Economics, International Economic Problems, Econometrics (Basic, Intermediate).