Shaif Jarallah

Shaif Jarallah

Associate Professor of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Qatar University

Shaif Jarallah is an associate professor of Economics at the College of Business and Economics, Qatar University. He obtained both his MBA and PhD degrees from the Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. Prior to his current position, Dr. Jarallah was an associate researcher at the Graduate School of Business and Management, Tohoku University where he was a member of the East Asia Sustainable Long Term Economic Growth Program. He was appointed as a visiting scholar in the Department of Financial Management (DeFiMS), SOAS, University of London. His main research interests focus on the area of corporate governance, capital structure, income shifting and transfer pricing behaviour of multinational corporations (tax avoidance). He received several awards and grants, internal and external, including, ICCR, UREP, JSPS Kakenhi grant. He published in a variety of international refereed journals including International Journal of Finance and Economics, Environmental and Ecological Statistics, International Review of Economics, Journal of International logistics and Trade, Global Business and Finance Review, among others.

Areas of Interest:
  • Applied Finance
  • Applied Statistics
  • Applied Economics
  • Financial Services
  • Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Capital Structure
Education:
  • Ph.D. in Economics, MEXT Scholar, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 2012
  • MBA, MEXT Scholar, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 2009
  • B.A, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen, 1995
Experience:
  • Associate Professor, Department of Finance and Economics, College of Business and Economics (CBE), Qatar University, April 2018-Present
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Finance and Economics, College of Business and Economics (CBE), Qatar University, September 2013-April 2018
  • Associate Researcher, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, Japan, April 2012-August 2013
Latest Publications:
  • Alsamara, M., Jarallah, S., Barkat, K. (in press). Do Exchange Rate Changes Improve Trade Balance in GCC Countries: Evidence from Nonlinear Panel Cointegration. International Trade Journal. (applied) (Scopus; ABDC: B).
  • Jarallah, S., Ben Ammar, M., Al kwifi, O. S. (in press). Japanese Multinational Corporations and Corporate Tax Change. Journal for Global Business Advancement. (Applied) – Accepted, (Scopus; ABS: 1; Q3.
  • Jarallah, S., Saleh, A., Salim, R. (2019). Examining Pecking Order versus Trade-off Theories of Capital Structure: New Evidence from Japanese Firms. International Journal of Finance and Economics, in Press. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991158 (Scopus, ABS (3), ISI (0.943), ABDC (B)). 
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