Education & Training
- Ph.D., Economics, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
- Fields of Specialization: Monetary Economics & International Economics.
- M.Sc., Economics, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.
- B.A., Economics, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.
- Associate Degree, Economics & Management, D.E.U.G. II, Faculté de Sciences Économiques et de Gestion, Université d’Abidjan-Cocody, Côte d’Ivoire.
My EIU Story
Academic Distinctions
- Achievement and Contribution Award, Research category (2010, 2017, 2020, 2022).
Conference Presentations
(Selected)
- Midwest Economics Association (MEA) Annual Meetings (2011, 2016, 2022).
- Southern Economic Association (SEA) Annual Meetings (2011, 2017).
Publications
(Selected)
- “Political Instability and the Informal Economy,” World Development, 2016, 85: 31-42. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.04.009. (With Nasr Elbahnasawy and Michael Ellis).
- “Resilience of Developing Countries to Shocks: Case Study of WAEMU Countries with SUR and VAR Approaches,” Economic Issues, 2016, 21(2): 105-143.
- “A Contemporary Investigation into the Economic Impacts of RTAs: Case Study of the AFTZ and the TPP,” Journal of Economics and Development Studies, 2017, 5(1): 11-19. DOI: 10.15640/jeds.v5n1a2
- “Does the sharing economy hurt the traditional economy? Evidence in the hospitality industry from the United States,” Journal of Applied Economics and Business Research, 2018, 8(4): 198-205.
- “Analysis of the Effect of Trade Balance on Manufacturing: Evidence from the United States,” International Journal of Advances in Management and Economics, 2020, 9(3): 49-56.
- “Trade and Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa,” International Journal of Advances in Management and Economics, 2020, 9(3): 67-75.
- “Impact of a BBLR Tax System on Standard of Living in the United States: An OLG Approach,” East African Scholars Journal of Economics, Business and Management, 2020, 3(8): 1-8.
- “An Investigation into the Nexus Between Human Development and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: A Global Panel Analysis,” International Journal of Economics and Financial Research, 2021, 7(4): 155-162.
- “Can Digital Currencies Serve as Safe Havens in the Post-Covid Era?” Business, Management and Economics Research, 2022, 8(2): 17-27.
- “Purchasing Power Gap and Consumer Resilience: An Empirical Investigation with Australia, Germany, Japan, and the United States,” Business, Management and Economics Research, 2022, 8(2): 44-50.
Funding & Grants
- Summer Research Award (2011, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021).
Frequently Taught Courses
- Macroeconomics (Principles, Intermediate, Advanced), Microeconomics (Principles, Intermediate), Seminar in Monetary Theory, Seminar in International Monetary Economics, International Economic Problems, Econometrics (Basic, Intermediate).