About me
I am currently a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Bristol and a Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA). I am also a member of Research Advisory Committee, RASTA, PIDE and a member of the Economic Advisory Group. My research interests revolve around understanding firms' pricing decisions in macroeconomic models, production networks, financial frictions, and monetary policy. I am also interested in exploring questions relevant to emerging economies.
Past Experience: I have previously worked at the Queen Mary University of London as a Visiting Lecturer; at the Bank of England as a PhD Intern; at the Planning Commission as an Economic Consultant; and, at the Cambridge Econometrics Ltd. as an Assistant Economist.
Educational Background: I completed my PhD in Economics from the University of Bristol in 2017. Earlier, I did my MSc in Economics & Econometrics from the University of Bristol and BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of Bath.
PhD Research: My PhD research focuses on understanding how intermediate materials prices and energy price uncertainty affects inflation dynamics in New Keynesian DSGE models. The two specific questions I studied - together with my supervisor (Engin Kara) - included understanding the `missing deflation puzzle' and `decreasing energy price pass-through to core inflation.' A summary of my PhD research can be accessed here.
AWARDS
Professional: Fellow of Advanced Higher Education (FHEA)
Teaching: Best Class Teacher 2019
By: Department of Economics, University of Bristol
Research: PhD Scholarship Award (2013 - 2017)
By: Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC), UK
2021 NEWS
July: Article for Economic Observatory on "How are developing economies coping with the Covid-19 crisis?"
April: Newspaper article on "Price stability as SBP's primary objective." (Business Recorder)
April: Presentation on the proposed SBP autonomy act, PRIME (Slides)
January: Became a Fellow of Advance Higher Education (FHEA)
January: Became a member of Economic Advisory Group, PRIME
January: Working paper on "Evaluating effectiveness of price level targeting in the presence of increasing uncertainty" (with Engin Kara)
2020 NEWS
December: Presentation on 2018 Crisis & the Monetary Policy, IBA seminar on State of Pakistan's Economy (See the 'Public Outreach' section for video link)
October: Attended EABCN Training School in Continuous-time Methods in Macroeconomics (with applications to heterogeneous agent models); By: Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde and Galo Nuno
October: Became a member of Research Advisory Committee, RASTA, PIDE
September: Newspaper article on "Elite Capture in Institutional Capture." (Tribune)
- longer/better version can be found here
August: Presentation to State Bank of Pakistan on "Allocative Inefficiencies and Growth."
June: Award of CREATE Level 1 (equivalent to Associate Fellow of the Advanced Higher Education, UK)
Jan-June: My views on Pakistan's economy cited in national media here and here.
January: Paper published in print:
Engin Kara & Ahmed Pirzada, 2020. "A Possible Explanation Of The Missing Deflation Puzzle," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 58(1), pages 361-373, January.
Other Pages: @ajpirzada; linkedin; Bristol.