Kamiar Mohaddes

Kamiar Mohaddes

Macroeconomist, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

Kamiar Mohaddes is a macroeconomist at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow in Economics at King’s College, Cambridge. His main areas of research are applied macroeconomics, global and national macroeconometric modelling, energy economics, and climate change. His articles have been published in a number of edited volumes as well as in leading journals, and have been covered in major international news outlets. He is currently a consultant at the Asian Development Bank and has previously served as a Departmental Special Advisor at the Bank of Canada, a consultant at the United Nations ESCWA, and a regular visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund.

Areas of Interest:

  • Macroeconomics
  • Energy Economics
  • Climate Change
  • Global and National Macroeconometric Modelling

Education:

  • Ph.D., Economics, University of Cambridge, 2011
  • M.Phil., Economics, University of Cambridge, 2006
  • B.Sc., Economics (First Class), University of Warwick, UK, 2004

Experience:

  • 2019: Departmental Special Advisor, Bank of Canada
  • 10/2019 – present: Sustainable Growth Hub Co-Leader, Rebuilding Macroeconomics, UK
  • 10/2017 – present: Affiliated Senior Research Fellow, Cambridge-INET Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
  • 06/2017 – present: Thematic Co-Leader of the Macroeconomics Theme, Economic Research Forum, Cairo, Egypt
  • 08/2016 – present: Research Associate, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Australia
  • 07/2016 – present: Associate Editor, Middle East Development Journal
  • 06/2016 – present: Executive Secretary, International Iranian Economic Association (IIEA)
  • 06/2016 – present: Associate Fellow, USC Dornsife Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), University of Southern California, USA
  • 05/2015 – present: Associate Researcher, Energy Policy Research Group, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK
  • 01/2015 – present: Research Associate, Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, USA

Latest Publications:

  • Institutions and Macroeconomic Policies in Resource-Rich Arab Economies, with J. B. Nugent, and H. Selim, Oxford University Press.
  • Is There a Debt-threshold Effect on Output Growth?, with A. Chudik, M. H. Pesaran, and M. Raissi, Review of Economics and Statistics 99:1, pp. 135–150.e
  • Fair Weather or Foul? The Macroeconomic Effects of El Niño, with P. Cashin and M. Raissi, Journal of International Economics 106, pp. 37–54.u
  • Long-Run Effects in Large Heterogeneous Panel Data Models with Cross-Sectionally Correlated Errors, with A. Chudik, M. H. Pesaran, and M. Raissi, in R. C. Hill, G. Gonzalez-Rivera, and T.-H. Lee (eds.), Advances in Econometrics (Volume 36): Essays in Honor of Aman Ullah, pp. 85–135. Emerald Publishing.
  • Country-Specific Oil Supply Shocks and the Global Economy: A Counterfactual Analysis, with M. H. Pesaran, Energy Economics 59, pp. 382–399.
  • The Global Impact of the Systemic Economies and MENA Business Cycles, with P. Cashin and M. Raissi, in I. A. Elbadawi and H. Selim (eds.), Understanding and Avoiding the Oil Curse in Resource-rich Arab Economies, pp. 16–43. Cambridge University Press.
  • Commodity Price Volatility and the Sources of Growth, with T. Cavalcanti and M. Raissi, Journal of Applied Econometrics 30:6, pp. 857–873
  • The Differential Effects of Oil Demand and Supply Shocks on the Global Economy (2014), with P. Cashin, M. Raissi and M. Raissi, Energy Economics 44, pp. 113-134.
  • An Empirical Growth Model for Major Oil Exporters (2014), with H. S. Esfahani and M. H. Pesaran, Journal of Applied Econometrics 29:1, pp. 1–21.
  • One Hundred Years of Oil Income and the Iranian Economy: A Curse or a Blessing? (2014), with M. H. Pesaran, in P. Alizadeh and H. Hakimian (eds.), Iran and the Global Economy: Petro Populism, Islam and Economic Sanctions. Routledge, London.
Climate Change and Fiscal Sustainability: Risks and Opportunities

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November, 2021

Working Papers
COVID-19 Fiscal Support and Its Effectiveness

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March, 2021

Working Papers
A Counterfactual Economic Analysis of Covid-19 Using a Threshold Augmented Multi-Country Model

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October, 2020

Working Papers
Macroeconomic Effects of Global Shocks in The GCC: Evidence from Saudi Arabia

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April, 2020

Working Papers
The Growth Effects of El Niño and La Niña: Local Weather Conditions Matter

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November, 2019

Working Papers
5
Arab Spring Development Initiative (ASDI)
Implications of the “Fracking Revolution”

Areas of Interest: Macroeconomics Energy Economics Climate Change Global and National Macroeconometric Modelling Education: Ph.D., Economics, University of... Read More

2015-06-15

Environmental Challenges in the MENA Region
Commodity Price Volatility and the Sources of Growth

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2011-01-01

Environmental Challenges in the MENA Region
A Heterogeneous Panel Analysis of Growth and Natural Resources in the MENA Region?

Areas of Interest: Macroeconomics Energy Economics Climate Change Global and National Macroeconometric Modelling Education: Ph.D., Economics, University of... Read More

2010-01-01

Webinars
Conflict and Debt in the Middle East and North Africa – Seminar on The World Bank’s MENA Economic Update

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Jun 26, 2024

Annual Conferences
ERF 30th Annual Conference: Parallel Sessions

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Apr 21, 2024

Annual Conferences
ERF 29th Annual Conference: The Future of MENA Development Path: Risks and Opportunities in an Emerging World Order

Areas of Interest: Macroeconomics Energy Economics Climate Change Global and National Macroeconometric Modelling Education: Ph.D., Economics, University of... Read More

May 04, 2023

Annual Conferences
ERF 27th Annual Conference: SDGs and External Shocks in the MENA Region: From Resilience to Change in the Wake of COVID-19

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May 17, 2021

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