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Sharif F. Khan

Ph.D. Candidate


Contact Information

Mail: Department of Economics, Queen's University, Dunning Hall, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada

Phone: 613-583-7478                                 

E-mail: khans@econ.queensu.ca    URL: http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/pub/students/khans/


Curriculum Vitae


Research Interests

  • Primary: Macroeconomics, International Economics and Development.

  • Secondary: Applied Econometrics, Labor and Public Economics


Job Market Paper

   A two-sector international real business cycles model with investment-specific technology shocks


Working Papers

  • International Real Business Cycles, Capital Rigidity and Investment-Specific Technology Shocks   

  • The Roles of Investment-Specific Technology Shocks and Capital Rigidity in Explaining the Volatility of the Terms of Trade


Works in Progress 

  • A two-sector real business cycles model with investment-specific technology shocks and limited factor mobility

  • A two-sector  international real business cycles model with investment-specific technology shocks and limited factor mobility

  • International transmissions of the fiscal and monetary policies in a two-sector international business cycles model

  • Macroeconomics of Micro-Credit: An Evaluation of Micro-credit Programs in Bangladesh in a dynamic general equilibrium framework 


Teaching Interests

  • Graduate: Macroeconomics, International macroeconomics, International Trade, International Business, International Finance, Trade and Public Policy, Managerial/Business Economics and Development Economics.

  • Undergraduate: Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Microeconomics, International Economics, International Business, Managerial/Business Economics, Public Economics, Trade and Public Policy, Environmental Economics, Labor Economics, Industrial Organization, Game Theory, Development Economics, Financial Economics, Econometrics/Quantitative Methods, Applied Econometrics, Business Statistics and Mathematical Economics.

Teaching Philosophy

Selected Teaching Evaluation Reports

Teaching Portfolio


Teaching at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo


Teaching at Queen's University, Kingston


Teaching at Ryerson University, Toronto


Teaching at Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston

  • ECE 416A    International Trade                       [Course Outline (Fall 2004)]

  • ECE 410A     Public Finance I                          [Course Outline (Winter 2005)]

  • ECE 224A     Microeconomics I                       [Course Outline (Fall 2005)]

  • ECE 326A     Microeconomics II                      [Course Outline (Winter 2006)]


Teaching at York University, Toronto


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