Yacoub Sleibi

Yacoub Sleibi

Assistant Professor of Financial Economics, Bethlehem University

Yacoub Sleibi is an Assistant Professor of Financial Economics at Bethlehem University, and a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy FHEA. He held different lectureship positions at Newcastle University, University of Essex and Huddersfield University. His research interests are in the field of time series and panel data econometrics, and the endogenous relationship between the financial and real sectors, with a current focus on global banking shocks and unconventional monetary policy. Yacoub holds a PhD in Financial Economics from Newcastle University and an MSc in Global Finance and Banking from University of Bradford.

Areas of Interest:
  • Macro-Finance
  • Econometrics
  • Financial Economics
  • Banking
Education:
  • Ph.D. Financial Economics, Newcastle University Business School, 2020
  • M.Sc. Global Finance and Banking, Bradford University School of Management, 2013
  • BSc (Hons.) Computer Information Systems and Business Administration, Bethlehem University, 2011
Experience:
  • Assistant Professor of Financial Economics, Bethlehem University, September 2021-Present
  • Lecturer in Economics, University of Essex, January 2021-August 2021
  • Teaching Assistant, Newcastle University, 2016-2020
Latest Publications:
  • Sleibi, Y., Casalin, F. and Fazio, G. (2020) ’Bank-specific shocks and aggregate leverage: Empirical evidence from a panel of developed countries’, Journal of Financial Stability, 49, p. 100743.
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