Walid Marrouch
Professor, Lebanese American University (LAU)
Walid Marrouch is a Full Professor in the Department of Economics at the American University (LAU), Beirut, Lebanon. His research focuses on topics related to Environmental and Resource Economics, Energy Economics, Applied Game Theory and Development Economics. He received his PhD in applied Economics from HEC Montréal (aff. with University of Montreal).
Areas of Interest:
- Environmental and Resource Economics
- Energy Economics
- Applied Game Theory
- Development Economics
- Ph.D. Applied Economics, HEC Montréal (aff. with University of Montreal), 2009
- M.A. Economics, Concordia University, 2004
- B.A. Economics, American University of Beirut, 2002
- Full Professor (with tenure), Department of Economics, Adnan Kassar School of Business, Lebanese American University (LAU), Beirut, Lebanon, September 2022-Present
- Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Economics, Adnan Kassar School of Business, Lebanese American University (LAU), Beirut, Lebanon, September 2015-August 2022
- Associate Chairperson, Department of Economics, LAU (October 2012 – January 2019)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Adnan Kassar School of Business, Lebanese American University (October 2009 – August 2015)
- Short-term consultant with UN-ESCWA (2021), UNDP (2014), ILO (2013), & European Commission (2011)
- Lecturer, Department of Applied Economics, HEC Montréal (2007 –2009)
- Research & Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Concordia University, Montreal (2002–2004)
- “Central Air Conditioning, Air Pollution and Housing Location: Evidence from Lebanon” (with Al Gharib, F.), International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis (forthcoming).
- “A stochastic dominance test under survey nonresponse with an application to comparing trust levels in Lebanese public institutions” (with Fakih, A., Makdissi, P., Tabri, R., and Yazbeck, M.), Journal of Econometrics, volume 228, issue 2, June 2022, pp. 342-358.
- “Hedonic housing prices and environmental quality in Lebanon” (with Sayour, N.), International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, volume 14, issue 5, 2022, pp. 953-968.
