Ahmed Badreldin

Ahmed Badreldin

Researcher & Lecturer, School of Business and Economics, University of Marburg

Ahmed Badreldin is a researcher and lecturer at both the Finance and Banking as well as the Department of Economics of the Middle East at the Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany as well as a coordinator of the Master of Science in Economics of the Middle East. He completed his PhD in the field of Asset Pricing and Islamic Finance in 2018. In 2013, he was awarded a DAAD Scholarship to complete his second Master’s degree in Economic Change in the Arab Region from the University of Marburg. His fields of research are Islamic finance and asset pricing in mixed market settings as well as economics of the Middle East with a focus on Shadow Economy and FDI. He has several publications in journals such as the Journal of Policy Modeling, Journal of Islamic Finance as well as a co-authored chapter in a recently published book on Islamic Banking and Financial Crisis.

Areas of Interest:

  • Finance
  • Islamic Finance
  • Natural resource rents

Education:

  • Dr. rer. pol. (magna cum laude), University of Marburg | School of Business and Economics. Thesis: “Asset Pricing on Segmented Markets: A Synthesis, an Extension and an Application to Islamic Financial Markets” - Oct 12 – Feb 18
  • M.A. Economic Change in the Arab Region, University of Marburg | School of Business and Economics. Thesis: “Testing the Fisher Relationship in the MENA Region” - Oct 11 – Jan 13
  • M.Sc. Management Science, German University in Cairo | Faculty of Management Technology. Thesis: “Adapting the ROE Scheme to Measure the Performance of Islamic Banks” - Jul 09 – Aug 10

Experience:

  • Researcher & Lecturer, Research Group Economics of the Middle East, School of Business and Economics, University of Marburg, Sep.2015 - Present
  • Researcher and Lecturer, Research Group Finance & Banking, School of Business and Economics, University of Marburg, May.2013 - Present
  • Tutor, Student Exchange Program, International Undergraduate Study Program, University of Marburg, Oct.2012 - Present

Latest Publications:

  • 2020 - Applying Risk-Sharing to Mitigate Economic Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic. European Journal of Islamic Finance 16.
  • 2019 - Economic Liberalization in Egypt: A way to reduce the shadow economy? with M. Farzanegan and M. Hassan. Journal of Policy Modeling 42(2), pp. 307-327.
  • 2019 - Transparency Problems in Cash Flow Transformation and Reserves Management in Islamic Investment Accounts, Journal of Islamic Finance 8(2), pp. 1-9.
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