Hassan Aly

Professor
Economics
Marion Campus
116 Morrill Hall
740.725.6252
614.292.9133 ext 56252
aly.1@osu.edu

Education
B.S., Alexandria University, Economics (1977)
M.S., Southern Illinois University, Economics (1982)
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Economics (1986)

Teaching/Research
Dr. Aly specializes in the economies of the Middle East.  He researches constructing and assessing economic indicators in the Middle East.  He studies financial markets, labor markets, costs and benefits of social policies, and models of decision making at the firm level.  Among other courses, Dr. Aly teaches "Economics of the Middle East", "Economic Development", and "Economics of Labor" on the Columbus and Marion campuses of The Ohio State University.

Selected Publications
"Financial Sector: Developments and Performance" in Bahrain Country Profile (Economic Research Forum, forthcoming)

"Gender and Agricultural Productivity in a Surplus Labor, Traditional Economy: Empirical Evidence from Nepal," with Michael Shields (Journal of Developing Areas, forthcoming)
 
"Measuring and Explaining the Efficiencies of the UAE Banking Sector," with Fatima Al Shamsi and Yehia Bassiony (Applied Economics, 2009)

"Government Size and Monetary Policy: Interactions and Productivity in the Economies of the GCC Countries," with Magda Kandil (Savings and Development, 2006)

"Assessing the Role of Financial Deepening in Business Cycles: The Experience of the United Arab Emirates," with Ali F. Darrat and Salah S. Abosedra (Applied Financial Economics, 2005)

"An Analysis of Day-of-the-Week Effects in the Egyptian Stock Market," with Seyed M. Mehdian and Mark J. Perry (International Journal of Business, 2004)

"On the Productivity of Government Spending and the Optimality of Government Size in The Middle East," with Nafez Alyan (International Journal of Applied Business and Economics Research, 2003)

"Is Government Size Optimal in the Gulf Countries of the Middle East? An Empirical Investigation," with Mark Strazicich (International Review of Applied Economics, 2000)

"Privatization and Surplus Labor in Egyptian Textile Industry," with Michael Shields (Economics Letters, 1999)

"Privatization and Surplus Labor in the Egyptian Labor Market", in Organization of Labor Markets in Arab Countries, ed. by Adnan Wadia in Arabic and English (Kuwait: Arab Planning Institute, 1998)

"Determinants of Women's Labor Force Participation in Kuwait: A Logit Analysis," with Issa Al-Quisi (The Middle East Business and Economic Review, 1996)

Honors, Awards, and Service
Professional Service Award, Foreign Language Advisory Council for the State of Ohio (2008)

International Travel Grant, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The Ohio State University (2008)

Co-editor, Middle East Business and Economics Review (2002-)

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Development and Economic Policies (1997-)

Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Applied Business and Economics Research (2002-)

Member, Editorial Board, Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics (2003)

Zayed University Research Grant, "Determinants of Women Labor Force Participation in the UAE" (2003)

United Arab Emirates University Research Grant, "Measuring the Efficiencies of the UAE Banking Sector" (2002)

Member, Editorial Board, Middle East Business and Economics Review (1999-2001)

Mershon Project
Rentierism and Conflict in the Middle East (2009-10)