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Dr. Salem Abo Zaid

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409-1014

Faculty Office: 250 Holden Hall
Phone: 806.742.2466 ext 233
E-mail: salem.abozaid@ttu.edu

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Link to Dr. Abo Zaid's web page.

Education

Ph.D., Economics, University of Maryland, 2011
M.A., Economics, University of Maryland, 2008
M.A., Economics, Ben-Gurion University, 2003

B.A., Economics, Ben-Gurion University, 2001

Research Interests

Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics, International Economics, Public Economics, Computational Economics

Courses Offered

ECO 3311 Intermediate Macroeconomics

ECO 5328 Monetary Theory II

Selected Publications

“Optimal Monetary Policy and Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity in Frictional Labor Markets,” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, forthcoming.

 “Inflation Targeting: a Three-Decade Perspective,” Journal of Policy Modeling, 2012, Vol. 34, pp. 621-645. (with Didem Tuzemen).

“The Trade-Growth Relationship in Israeli Revisited: Evidence from Annual Data, 1960-2004,” Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 2011, Vol. 6, pp. 1-31.

 “Sticky wages, Incomplete Pass-Through and Inflation Targeting: What is the Right Index to Target,” Journal of Economics and Econometrics, 2010, Vol. 53, pp. 28-58.