Shimaa Hanafy
Assistant Professor of Development Economics, Division of International Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea
Shimaa Hanafy is an Assistant Professor of Development Economics at the Division of International Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea. She received her doctorate in economics from Philipps-Universitaet Marburg in Germany and the German Diplom in economics (equivalent to a combined Master’s and Bachelor’s degree) from Passau University in Germany. Shimaa Hanafy received the Ibn Khaldun Prize for best paper from the Middle East Economic Association (MEEA) and the Best Young Researcher Award from the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Philipps-Universitaet Marburg. Her research interests cover political economy, development economics, institutional economics and international economics with a special focus on Egypt and MENA countries. She participated in many international conferences (e.g. ASSA, EPCS, ERF, ISNIE, KAMES, KISA, MEEA) and her papers are published in the peer-reviewed journals Public Choice, Political Research Quarterly and Journal of International Trade and Economic Development.
Areas of Interest:
- Development economics
- Political economy
- International economics
- Institutional economics
Education:
- Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) in Economics, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany, 2016
- Barcelona Microeconometrics Summer School, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, 2011
- Diplom-Volkswirtin (equivalent to a combined Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Economics) Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Passau, 2008
Experience:
- Assistant Professor of Development Economics, Division of International Studies (DIS), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), Seoul, South Korea, 2017 - Present
- Program Coordinator and lecturer for the master’s programs “Economics of the Middle East” (EMEA) and “Economic Change in the Arab Region (ECAR), Divisions of Development Economics & Macroeconomics, Philipps-Universitaet, Marburg, Germany, 2008-2014
- Teaching assistant for microeconomics, macroeconomics, international economics & European economic integration, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Universitaet Passau, Germany, 2006-2008
- Research Assistant, Chair of Economic Policy, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Universitaet Passau, Germany, 2005-2008
Latest Publications:
- Islamic Constitutions and Democracy, with M. Gouda, Political Research Quarterly (forthcoming).
- Sectoral FDI, Absorptive Capacity and Economic Growth – Empirical Evidence from Egyptian Governorates, with M. Marktanner, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 28(1), 1-25, 2018.
- Voting Islamist or Voting Secular? An Empirical Analysis of Voting Outcomes in Egypt's Arab Spring, with M. Elsayyad, Public Choice, 160, 109-130, 2014.
Islamic Constitutions and Democracy
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November, 2020
Working PapersOil Curse, Islamic Constitutions, and Democracy
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June, 2020
ERF 26th Annual ConferenceDeterminants of FDI Location in Egypt: Empirical Analysis Using Governorate Panel Data
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November, 2014
Working Papers