Areas of Interest:

• Development Economics
• Health Economics
• Migration, Demographic and Population Economics
• Applied Econometrics

Education:

• Ph.D. in Economics, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 2012
• M.A in Economics, Alexandria University, Egypt, 2007
• B.A in Economics, Alexandria University, Egypt, 1999

Experience:

• Full Professor, Department of Economics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2020 - Present
• Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2018 - 2020
• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2014 - 2018
• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Concordia University, Canada, 2012 - 2014

Latest Publications:

• Sharaf, M. F., et al., (2024). Estimating the Causal relationship between External Debt and Inflation in Jordan: Evidence from an ARDL and Toda-Yamamoto approaches. Journal of Financial Economic Policy. Forthcoming.
• Sharaf, M. F., et al., (2024). Asymmetric and Nonlinear Foreign Debt–Inflation Nexus in Brazil: Evidence from NARDL and Markov Regime Switching Approaches. Economies, 12(1), 18.
• Sharaf, M. F., & Shahen, A. M. (2023). Asymmetric impact of real effective exchange rate changes on domestic output revisited: evidence from Egypt. International Trade, Politics and Development, 7(1), 2-15.