March, 2023                                                                                 NASREEN NAWAZ

                               Doctor of Philosophy, Michigan State University

Federal Board of Revenue

Constitution Avenue

Islamabad

Pakistan

Phone: +92-321-488-1980

 Email: nawaznas@msu.edu                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Econometrics, Time Series Analysis, Business Cycles, Theoretical and Empirical Macroeconomics, Public Policy in Dynamic Framework.                                                                                             

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, Economics                                   May, 2015 Michigan State University, USA

Master of Arts, Economics                                              Dec, 2011 Michigan State University, USA

Master of Arts (Dual Degree), Economics              March, 2006 Yokohama National University, Japan

Master of Arts (Dual Degree), Public Policy                March, 2006 Yokohama National University, Japan

Master of Science, Chemistry                                         March, 1997 University of the Punjab, Pakistan

Bachelor of Science, Math, Physics, Chemistry           March, 1994 University of the Punjab, Pakistan                                                                                                

EXPERIENCE

Chief Revenue Analysis                                                                                                Dec, 2021 – Present

Federal Board of Revenue, Pakistan; Research, and Policy Formulation                                                                                                                  

Additional Director/Collector                                                                                June, 2016 – Dec, 2021

Federal Board of Revenue, Pakistan; Administrative Work                                                                                                       

Assistant Professor (Visiting)                                                                                      Feb, 2017 – May, 2017

Information Technology University, Pakistan; Econometrics (Masters Program in Development Studies)                                                                                                                      

Assistant Professor (Visiting)                                                                                      Sep, 2016 – Jan, 2017

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China ; SY20090 (Principles of Economics), SY30890 (Money and Banking)                                                                                                                    

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)                                                                     Aug, 2015 – May, 2016

Istanbul Technical University, Turkey ; ECN 301E, ECN 302E (Econometrics I, II), IKT 604E (Advanced Macroeconomics)                                                                                                                                                                

Teaching Instructor                                                                                                     July, 2013 – Aug, 2013

Michigan State University, USA;   EC 301 (Intermediate Microeconomics)                                                                                                                                                                 

Teaching Assistant                                                                                                      Jan, 2013 – May, 2013

Michigan State University, USA; EC 201 (Introduction to Microeconomics)                                                                                                                           

Researcher                                                                                                                   Sep, 2009 – Aug, 2010

World Customs Organization, Belgium; Research on Risk Management                                                                                                              

Deputy Collector                                                                                                          Nov, 2003 – Aug, 2009

Federal Board of Revenue, Pakistan; Administration, and Reform

Assistant Collector                                                                                                       July, 2001 – Oct, 2003

Federal Board of Revenue, Pakistan; Administration, and Reform                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

PUBLICATIONS

-        “Theory of an Optimal Dynamical Water Resource Management Policy,” (with Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed), forthcoming in Journal of Water Resource and Protection.

-   “An Optimal Crime Control Policy in a Dynamic Setting,” forthcoming in Journal of Quantitative Economics.

-   “An Optimal Control of Smuggling,” forthcoming in Global Economy Journal.

-   “A Dynamic Optimal Trade Facilitation Policy,” The International Trade Journal, 36(2), 102-122, 2022.

-   “Efficiency on the Dynamic Adjustment Path in a Financial Market,” Journal of Economics and Finance, 45(1), 49-74, 2021.

-   “Robust Inference by Sub-sampling,” Journal of Quantitative Economics, 18(3), 657-681, 2020.

-   “Converting Remittances to Investment: A Dynamic Optimal Policy,” Journal of Economics and Finance, 44(1), 140-160, 2020.

-   “Dynamics of Economic Efficiency in Tariff and Trade,” Australian Economic Papers, 58(4), 416-443, 2019.

-   “A Dynamic Model for an Optimal Specific Import Tariff,” The International Trade Journal, 33(3), 255-276, 2019.

-       “An Optimal Quantity Tax Path in a Dynamic Setting,” European Journal of Government and Economics, 6(2), 191-225, 2017.

-   “Estimation and Inference of Linear Trend Slope Ratios with an Application to Global Temperature Data,” (with Timothy J. Vogelsang), Journal of Time Series Analysis, 38(5), 640-667, 2017.                                                                                           

WORKING PAPERS

-   “Pakistan: Economy Under Elites — Tax Amnesty Scheme, 2019,” (with Dr. Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed and Ikram Ali Malik) PIDE Working Papers 2022:9, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.                                                                                             

PRESENTATIONS

Conferences:

·       June, 2022: The 2022 International Conference on Public Economic Theory (PET 2022), Marseille, France.

·   Oct, 2018: 13th World Customs Organization Annual PICARD Conference, Malatya, Turkey.

·   June, 2018: 15th International Conference Developments in Economic Theory and Policy 2018, Bilbao, Spain.

·   Jan, 2018: ICAPE Conference 2018, Drexel University, Philadelphia.

·   April, 2017: The 2017 Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society, University of  Bristol, UK.

·   March, 2016: The 2016 Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society, University of Sussex, Brighton.

·   September, 2014: 24th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Econometrics Group, Iowa City, Iowa.

·   April, 2013: Red Cedar Conference, Michigan State University, Michigan.

·   Oct, 2012: Missouri Valley Economic Association’s 49th Annual Conference at Memphis, Tennessee.

Seminars:

·   March, 2017: Economics Seminar, American University of Beirut.

·   Feb, 2017: LUMS Economics Department Seminar Series, LUMS.

·   Sep, 2015: ITU Economics Department Seminar Series, ITU.                                                                                            

·   March, 2014: Econometrics Seminar, Michigan State University.

·   Oct, 2013: Graduate Student Seminar, Michigan State University.          

HONORS

Special Award, World Customs Organization, Belgium                                         2017

Fulbright Scholarship, PhD Degree in United States                           2010 - 2015

World Bank Scholarship, Master’s Degree in Japan                                 2004 - 2006

Honorary Lecturer for Excellence in Math (being a student)                        1993 - 1994

First Position Prize in Math in Bachelor of Science                                     1993 - 1994 

COMPUTER SKILLS

STATA, MATLAB, MATHCAD, R                                                                                                 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES                                                                                                                            

REFEREE: Australian Economic Papers, The International Trade Journal, Eastern Economic Journal, Economic Change and Restructuring