Mohamed Zahran
Assistant Professor of Economics and Fellow, Higher Education Academy (UK)
Mohamed Zahran is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK), with expertise in Fiscal Policy and Econometric Forecasting. He Holds a PhD in Economics from City, University of London. He is Skilled in DSGE modelling, Big Data analytics, advanced quantitative methods, and policy evaluation, with interdisciplinary experience across academia, central banking, and public policy.
Areas of Interest:
- Macroeconomics
- Econometrics
- Political Economy of the Middle East
- Institutional Economics
Education:
- PhD. in Economics, City, University of London, 2024
- MSc. in Economics of the Middle East, University of Marburg, Germany, 2017
Experience:
- Lecturer in Economics (Teaching and Research), University of Nottingham, 2024–Present
- Visiting Lecturer in Economics, City St George’s, University of London, 2024–Present
- Visiting Research Scholar, University of Victoria, Canada, 2023
- Visiting Research Scholar, University of Texas at Dallas, 2022
- Associate Lecturer in Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of London, 2021–2024
Latest Publications:
- Flow-Conditioned Fiscal Space: External Income, Sovereign Risk, and Fiscal Multipliers, submitted to American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (under review), 2025
- Not All Fiscal Policy Uncertainty Hurts Alike, submitted to Journal of Monetary Eco-nomics (under review), 2025
- Debt Placement and the Effectiveness of Fiscal Stimulus under Persistent Uncertainty, submitted to Macroeconomic Dynamics (under review), 2025
- Macroeconomic Uncertainty and Monetary Policy Credibility in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Egypt, submitted to Oxford Economic Papers (under review), 2025
