Assistant Professor of Economics
School of Economic Development
#231 Forest Drive, PO Box 8152
Statesboro, Georgia 30460
sbahmani@georgiasouthern.edu
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts, May 2003 University of
Wisconsin at Madison
Dissertation Title: Determinants of the Speed of Adjustment in the Money Market.
Dissertation Chair: Professor Niloy Bose
Double Major: Economics and Political Science
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT:
Instructor: Introduction to Economics Principles of Macroeconomics Money and Banking
Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Economics
Grader: Intermediate Macroeconomics Intermediate Microeconomics Mathematics for Economists Principles of Macroeconomics
Instructor: Introduction to Economics Principles of Microeconomics Principles of Macroeconomics Applied Economics & Human Relations
Online Instructor: Applied Economics & Human Relations
Instructor: Managerial Economics
Instructor: Introduction to Economics
Visiting Lecturer: Business Statistics I Principles of Macroeconomics
Assistant Professor: Economics in a Global Society Advanced Econometrics (graduate course) International Monetary Relations
Refereed Journal Articles:
"Wage-Price Flexibility, Exchange-Rate Flexibility, Capital Controls and the Adjustment Speed in the Money Market," forthcoming, Journal of Developing Areas.
"Openness and the Speed of Adjustment," forthcoming, Journal of Economics and Finance.
"How Stable is the Demand for Money in Emerging Economies?" forthcoming, Applied Economics. (with Ali Kutan).
"The Stability of the Demand for Money in the Middle East," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, January-February 2008, Volume 44, Issue 1, pp. 62-83.
"Do Budget Deficits Follow A Linear or Non-Linear Path?", Economics Bulletin , 2007, Volume 5, Issue 14, pp. 1-9.
Journal Articles:
"The Impact of Higher Education on China's Economy," Asia Economic Institute Exclusives & Trade , January 2008, Volume 2, No. 1.
Proceedings of an Academic/Professional Conference:
"Understanding the Current Recession and Its Global Impact," Fifth Annual Economics Teaching Conference in Savannah, Georgia on November 5-6, 2009.
Book Chapters:
Political Rights, Civil Liberties, and Economic Growth (with Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, Gour Goswami and Avik Chakrabarti) in Next Economic Growth: New Factors and New Perspectives. Edited by Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee and Miguel-Angel Galindo Martin. NOVA Publishing Company, New York, June 2006, pp. 1-10. Books:Applied Economics and Human Relations. Used in a course offered at Milwaukee Area Technical College: Social Science 330. Compiled by: Sahar Bahmani, James Carpenter, Elaine Wendt, Don Weimer, Steve Wastrous. Pearson Education Publishing, 2003.
Editorials:
"National, State and Regional Unemployment Rates," Savannah Morning News, (Business in Savannah section for Savannah, Georgia), September 16, 2009. PDF version: http://coba.georgiasouthern.edu/pdf%20files/2009_09_16_Bahmani_Unemployment.pdf
Interviews:
"Uemployment Numbers Remain Flat," Savannah Morning News , by Arlinda Smith Broady on September 18, 2009. www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3491571
"Exchange Rate Volatility and the Demand for Money"
"Non-Profit Organizations, Entrepreneurship, Social Capital and Economic Growth"
"Are Price Levels Subject to Linear or Non-linear Unit Roots?"
Discussant for "Estimating the User Cost Elasticity for a Small Open Economy: Evidence Using Data from South Africa"
Present "Stability of the Demand for Money in the Middle East"
Discussant "Influence of Research on Faculty Salaries in the UW System"
Present "Do Budget Deficits Follow a Linear or Non-Linear Path?"
Present "Determinants of the Speed of Adjustment in the Money Market"
Discussant "Does Trade Integration Contribute to Synchronization of Business Cycles in Europe?"
Present "Understanding the Current Recession and its Global Impact"