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Sahar Bahmani

sbahmani@uwm.edu

Date of Birth: June 22, 1981 Lansing, Michigan. U.S. citizen

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. in Economics, December 2007 University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

	Dissertation Title: Determinants of the Speed of Adjustment in the Money Market.			
        Dissertation Chair: Professor Niloy Bose

Master of Arts in Economics, December 2004 University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
Bachelor of Arts, May 2003 University of Wisconsin at Madison
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	Double Major: Economics and Political Science 
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee August 2003-May 2007

		
	Instructor: 		Introduction to Economics (Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, 2006, 2007)
 				Principles of Macroeconomics(Fall 2005)
				Money and Banking (Fall 2006)

		
	Teaching Assistant:	Introduction to Economics (Fall 2003 for Professor Heywood)

 		
	Grader:			Intermediate Macroeconomics
				Intermediate Microeconomics
				Mathematics for Economists
				Principles of Macroeconomics

Milwaukee Area Technical College January 2004 - May 2007

		
	Instructor:		Introduction to Economics (Fall 2006, Spring 2007)
  				Principles of Microeconomics(Summer 2006, Summer 2007)
				Principles of Macroeconomics (Spring 2006)
				Applied Economics & Human Relations (Spring 2004, Fall 2005)

	Online Instructor:	Applied Economics & Human Relations (Spring 2004-Spring 2008 for 8 semesters)

Ottawa University Summer 2006 & 2007
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	Instructor:		Managerial Economics
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Cardinal Stritch University Summer 2007 & 2008
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	Instructor:		Introduction to Economics
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University of Wisconsin at Whitewater August 2007-May 2008

		
	Visiting Lecturer:	Business Statistics I 
				Principles of Macroeconomics

Georgia Southern University August 2008-present
PUBLICATIONS:
"The Stability of the Demand for Money in the Middle East," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, January-February 2008, Volume 44, Issue 1, pp. 62-83.

"Do Budget Deficits Follow a Linear or Non-Linear Path?" 2007, Economics Bulletin 5(14), pp. 1-9.
"How Stable is the Demand for Money in Emerging Economies?" 2008, Applied Economics (with Ali Kutan).

"The Impact of Higher Education on China's Economy," Asia Economic Institute Exclusives & Trade , January 2008, Volume 2, No. 1.

Political Rights, Civil Liberties, and Economic Growth (with Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, Gour Goswami and Avik Chakrabarti) in Next Economic Growth: New Factors and New Perspectives. Edited by Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee and Miguel-Angel Galindo Martin. NOVA Publishing Company, New York, June 2006, pp. 1-10.

Applied Economics and Human Relations. Used in a course offered at Milwaukee Area Technical College: Social Science 330. Compiled by: Sahar Bahmani, James Carpenter, Elaine Wendt, Don Weimer, Steve Wastrous. Pearson Education Publishing, 2003.

WORKS IN PROGRESS:
"Openness and The Speed of Adjustment in the Money Market," submitted to Journal of Economics and Finance .

PRESENTATIONS:

March 23, 2007 Midwest Economics Association in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Discussant for "Estimating the User Cost Elasticity for a Small Open Economy: Evidence Using Data from South Africa"

March 24, 2007 Midwest Economics Association in Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Present "Stability of the Demand for Money in the Middle East"
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October 19, 2007 Wisconsin Economics Association in Stevens Point, WI

 
Discussant "Influece of Research on Faculty Salaries in the UW System"

October 20, 2007 Wisconsin Economics Association in Stevens Point, WI
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Present "Do Budget Deficits Follow a Linear or Non-Linear Path?"
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March 14, 2008 Midwest Economics Association in Chicago, IL.

Present "Determinants of the Speed of Adjustment in the Money Market"

March 14, 2008 Midwest Economics Association in Chicago, IL.

Discussant "Does Trade Integration Contribute to Synchronization of Business Cycles in Europe?"

ACTIVITIES:

Member of Economics Club (Fall 2003-Fall 2007)
Chair of Economics Graduate Club (Fall 2005-Fall 2007)
Graduate Co-Chair of Economics Mentoring Committee (Fall 2006-Fall 2007)
Reviewer, Addison-Wesley Publishing
Reviewer, Journal of Economic Studies
Reviewer, Journal of Economic Systems
Reader at the College Board's 2007 AP Economics Reading for ETS (Educational Testing Service) at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE on June 1-9, 2007

Sahar Bahmani

sbahmani@uwm.edu