Rashid Al-Hmoud , Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair - Department of Economics

Education

• Ph.D., Economics, Texas Tech University, 1994
• M.A., Economics, Texas Tech University, 1992
• B.Sc., Economics and Statistics, The University of Jordan, 1991

Research interests

Environmental and natural resources economics. Economics education.

Courses Offered

• ECO 2301: Principles of Economics I
• ECO 2302: Principles of Economics II
• ECO 3312: Intermediate Economic Theory
• ECO 3311: Intermediate Macroeconomics
• ECO 3312: Intermediate Microeconomics
• ECO 3333: International Economics
• ECO 4332: International Finance
• ECO 4334: Economics of Growth and Development
• ECO 5317: Environmental and Natural Resources Economics
• ECO 5310: Price and Income Theory

Selected Publications

Williams, Ryan and Al-Hmoud, R. (2015).  "Virtual Water on the Southern High Plains of Texas:  The Case of a nonrenewable Blue Water Resources".  Natural Resources, 6(1):27-36.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/nr.2015.61004.

Al-Hmoud, Rashid and Jeffrey Edwards (2005).  "Water Poverty and Private Investment in the Water and Sanitation Sector."  WaterInternational, Vol.30, No. 3., pp. 350-355.

Edwards, Jeffrey, Rashid Al-Hmoud, and Benhua Yang (2005).  "Water Availability and Economic Development--Signs of the Invisible Hand?  An Empirical Look at the Falkenmark Index and Macroeconomic Development."  Natural Resources Journal, Vol.45, No.4, pp 953-978.

Edwards, Jeffrey and Rashid Al-Hmoud (2004).  "Aids Mortality and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis Using Income-Stratified Data.", Southwestern Journal of Economics, Vol. VI, No.2, pp. 140-158.

Al-Hmoud, Rashid and Jeffrey Edwards (2004).  "a means to an End: Studying the Existing Environment for Private Sector Participation in Water and Sanitation Sector."  The International Journal of Water Resources Development; Vol.20, No.4, pp.507-522.

Al-Hmoud, Rashid (2004).  "Managing Water in Developing Countries:  A Private Sector Participation Approach."  Forum of theAssociation of Arid Lands Studies; Vol. 20, pp.29-38.

Al-Hmoud, Rashid (2002).  "Evaluating Water Markets in the Texas High Plains." Forum of the Association for Arid Lands Studies." Vol. 18, pp 23-29.

Al-Hmoud, Rashid (2000).  "Estimation the Value of Groundwater in the High Plains of Texas," Southwestern Journal of Economics, Vol.III, No.2., pp 71-87.