Curriculum Vitae

Abdul ALEEM PhD.

Department of Economics

University of Alberta

Edmonton, T6G 2H4

Phone: +1 780 492 9567

Fax: +1 780 492 3300

Email : aleem1@ualberta.ca

EDUCATION

2007 PhD. Economics – University of Paris XIII, France

Title: “Monetary Transmission Mechanisms, Core inflation and Monetary Rules: Evidence from India and Pakistan”

2002 Master in international economics and Regulation – University of Paris XIII, France

Master Thesis Title: “Currency Board Arrangements: The Experience of Argentina”

2000 Master of Science in Economics (M.Sc.) – International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

1997 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) – The University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Subjects: Economics, Statistics, and Mathematics

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

2013 - Present Full Teaching Professor – University of Alberta, Canada

2012 – 2013 Instructor – Dalhousie University, Canada

2010 - 2012 Assistant Professor – University of New Brunswick, Canada

2009 -2010 Lecturer – Toulouse School of Economics, Toulouse, France

2009 -2010 Researcher – Atelier de Recherche Quantitative Appliquée au Développement Économique (ARQADE), Toulouse School of Economics, Toulouse, France

2007– 2010 Research Associate – Centre d’économie de l’Université Paris Nord (CEPN), University of Paris XIII, France

2007– 2009 Teaching and Research Assistant – University of Paris XIII, France

2007 – 2007 Teaching Assistant – University of Paris Sorbonne, France

2003 – 2006 Teaching Assistant – University of Paris XIII, France

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Jan. –Apr. 2012 Diploma in University teaching – University of New Brunswick, Saint John.

April 2012 ETS10: Desire2Learn Fundamentals workshop – University of New Brunswick, Saint John.

April 2012 ETS14: Desire2Learn Discussions and Drop Box workshop – University of New Brunswick, Saint John.

Feb.–March 2013 Early – Career Faculty Teaching Talk, Dalhousie University, Halifax.

March 2013 Creating a Community of Teaching Practice, Dalhousie University, Halifax.

March 2013 Communication in the Learning Process, Dalhousie University, Halifax.

2014– 2015 Peer Consultation Program, Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Alberta.

RESEARCH PROFILE

PUBLICATIONS

Aleem, A. (2010) “Transmission Mechanisms of Monetary Policy in India”, Journal of Asian Economics, Volume 21, Issue 2, Pages 186-197, Elsevier Inc.

URL: http://goo.gl/AtL7aX

Aleem, A., and Lahiani, A., (2011) “Monetary Policy Rules for a Developing Country: Evidence from Pakistan”, Journal of Asian Economics, Volume 22, Issue 6, Pages 483-494, Elsevier Inc.

URL: http://goo.gl/cBjrm5

Aleem, A., and Lahiani, A., (2011) “Estimation and Evaluation of Core Inflation Measures”, Applied Economics, Volume 43, Issue 25, Pages 3619-3629, Taylor & Francis Online.

URL: http://goo.gl/PU9mPu

Aleem, A., and Lahiani, A., (2013) “A Threshold Vector Autoregression Model of Exchange Rate Pass-through in Mexico”, Research in International Business and Finance”, Volume 30, Pages 24-33, Elsevier Inc.

URL: http://goo.gl/Zhx7yN

Aleem, A., and Lahiani, A., (2014) “Monetary Policy Credibility and Exchange Rate Pass-Through: Some evidence from Emerging Countries”, Economic Modelling, Vol. 43, Dec. 2014, pages 21-29, Elsevier Inc.

URL: shorturl.at/dEL57

Seminars and Refereed Conference Presentations

Aleem, A., and Lahiani, A., (2013) “Exchange Rate Pass-Through in emerging countries: Does monetary policy credibility matter?”, CEA 2013 Annual Conference, HEC Montréal, June 2, 2013.

Aleem, A., and Lahiani, A., (2012) “Monetary Policy Credibility and Exchange Rate Pass-Through: Some evidence from Emerging Countries”, 4th international IFABS conference on ‘Rethinking banking and finance: Money, markets and models’, International Finance and Banking Society, June18-20, 2012, Valencia, Italy.

Aleem, A., and Lahiani, A., (2012) “Monetary Policy Credibility and Exchange Rate Pass-Through: Some evidence from Emerging Countries”, CEA 2012 Annual Conference, University of Calgary, June 7 - 10, 2012.

Aleem, A. and Lahiani, A., (2011) “Nonlinear Exchange Rate Pass-through”, 2011 Atlantic Canada Economics Association Meetings, University of Prince Edward Island

Aleem, A. (2010) "Exchange Rate Pass-through in Emerging Countries", Brown Bag Seminar, Toulouse School of Economics, France, March 4th

Aleem, A., and Lahiani, A., (2009) "Monetary Policy Rules for an Emerging Country: Evidence from Pakistan", 5th International Finance Conference – Tunisia, March 12-13

Aleem, A., (2008) "Monetary Policy Rules and Exchange Rate Stability in Emerging Countries: Evidence from Pakistan", SBP International Conference on Inflation Targeting in Emerging Market Economies – State Bank of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan, December 2-3

Aleem, A., (2008) "Monetary Policy Rules and Exchange Rate Stability in Emerging Countries: Evidence from Pakistan", Lunch Seminar of CEPN – University of Paris XIII, France, November 13th

Aleem, A., and Lahiani, A., (2008) "Time Varying Exchange Rate Pass-through: Some International Evidence", Doctoral workshop of CEPN – University of Paris XIII, France, April 11th

Aleem, A., (2008) "Forward-looking Monetary Policy Rules: Evidence from India and Pakistan", 44th Annual Conference of the Indian Econometric Society (TIES) – University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, January 3-5

Aleem, A., (2007) "Forward-looking Monetary Policy Rules: Evidence from India and Pakistan", DIW Macroeconometric Workshop – Berlin, Germany, December 7-8.

Aleem, A., (2007) "Channels of the Transmission of Monetary Policy: Evidence from India and Pakistan", Economic Policy and Open Economy Workshop – Piacenza, Italy, April 13th

Aleem, A., (2006) "Estimation of Core Inflation by Using the Structural VAR Approach", DIW Workshop on Macroeconometric Modeling – Berlin, Germany, November 30, 2006.

Aleem, A., (2005) "Inflation and Monetary Policy in India", Doctoral workshop of CEPN – University of Paris XIII, France, June 17th

Policy workshops attended

Enhancing the Consumer Price Index (CPI), June 27th, 2013, Bank of Canada Atlantic Regional Office, Halifax, NS.

LANGUAGES

Urdu [Native Speaker]

English [Fluent]

French [Fluent]

COMPUTER SKILLS

E-views, RATS (Regression Analysis of Time Series)

SUPERVISION OF HONOURS THESIS

Pamela Gill (2013), “The Transmission Mechanism and Efficacy of Canada’s Monetary Policy, 2000 – 2012” Dalhousie University

Zhen Wang (2013), “Relationship between stock returns and macroeconomic variables in Canada”, Dalhousie University

REVIEWER FOR JOURNALS

Applied Financial Economics

International Journal of Economics and Finance

Citizenship Status: Canadian citizen