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Associate Professor Economics, Program Director MS in Business Analytics

Teaching responsibilities: Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Quantitative Methods, Public Finance, Labor Economics, Global Financial Markets & Institutions
Research interests and grants: Applied Econometrics, Public Finance, Political Economy, Labor Economics, and Development Economics.
Professor Mamun was the research trainer at Bangladesh Bank (the central bank of Bangladesh) for the training program titled “Econometric Research with Time Series: Bangladesh Perspectives” July 21-August 6 2015.

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Teaching responsibilities: Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Quantitative Methods, Public Finance, Labor Economics, Global Financial Markets & Institutions
Research interests and grants: Applied Econometrics, Public Finance, Political Economy, Labor Economics, and Development Economics.
Professor Mamun was the research trainer at Bangladesh Bank (the central bank of Bangladesh) for the training program titled “Econometric Research with Time Series: Bangladesh Perspectives” July 21-August 6 2015.

Articles (13)

Individual Self-control and Collective Outcomes: An Examination of Cigarette Addiction ...

WCBT Faculty Publications (2023)

Khawaja Mamun and Lorán Chollete

Can individual self-control problems affect policy variables? And if so, through what type of channels? Building on recent literature in ...

Policy Suggestions from a Simple Framework with Extreme Outcomes

WCBT Faculty Publications (2022)

Lorán Chollete, Dwight Jaffee and Khawaja Mamun

The experience of financial crises in recent decades has reinforced the critical need for economic policy to anticipate and reduce ...

Teaching the Catholic Intellectual Tradition through an Experiential Learning Program

WCBT Working Papers (2014)

Susan T. Dinnocenti, Maria Lizano-DiMare, Khawaja Mamun and Rupendra Paliwal

A Catholic University has a specific mission of preserving, transmitting and developing the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. This paper proposes an ...

Tobacco Politics and Electoral Accountability in the United States

WCBT Faculty Publications (2014)

Per G. Fredriksson and Khawaja Mamun

This article investigates whether reputation-building strategies may guide US governors’ state cigarette tax choices and whether the federal cigarette tax ...

A Theory of Vertical Political Interaction in Cigarette Taxation

WCBT Faculty Publications (2012)

This paper examines the political interdependence of federal and state cigarette tax rates. We develop a lobby group model where ...

Are Politicians Office or Policy Motivated? The Case of U ...

WCBT Faculty Publications (2011)

Per G. Fredriksson, Le Wang and Khawaja Mamun

Are elected politicians primarily motivated by holding office, thus choosing environmental policies accordingly? Or are they motivated by the chance ...

Workers' Migration and Remittances in Bangladesh

WCBT Faculty Publications (2010)

Khawaja Mamun and Hiranya K. Nath

Bangladesh has sent more than 6.7 million workers to over 140 countries during a period of more than three decades ...

Taxing Under the Influence? : Corruption and U.S. State Beer ...

WCBT Faculty Publications (2009)

Per G. Fredriksson, Stephan Gohmann and Khawaja Mamun

This article examines the effect of state level corruption on state beer taxes in the United States. Our lobby group ...

Vertical Externalities in Cigarette Taxation: Do Tax Revenues Go Up ...

WCBT Faculty Publications (2008)

Per G. Fredriksson and Khawaja Mamun

In federal systems, where tax bases are joint property, the tax policy of one level of government affects the tax ...

Trade, Growth and Wage Inequality in Bangladesh

Journal of International Trade and Economic Development (2007)

Hiranya K Nath and Khawaja A Mamun

Using model selection techniques based on out-of-sample predictive ability criterion in a Vector Autoregression (VAR) framework, this paper empirically examines ...

Export-led Growth in Bangladesh: A Time Series Analysis

WCBT Faculty Publications (2005)

Hiranya K. Nath and Khawaja Mamun

This article examines time series evidence to investigate the link between exports and economic growth in Bangladesh. Using quarterly data ...

Export-led Growth in Bangladesh: A Time Series Analysis

Applied Economics Letters (2005)

Hiranya K Nath and Khawaja A Mamun

This article examines time series evidence to investigate the link between exports and economic growth in Bangladesh. Using quarterly data ...

Export-led Growth in Bangladesh: A Time Series Analysis

Applied Economics Letters (2005)

Hiranya K Nath and Khawaja A Mamun

This article examines time series evidence to investigate the link between exports and economic growth in Bangladesh. Using quarterly data ...

An Inquiry Concerning Japanese Yen Interest Rate Swap Yields

WCBT Working Papers (2023)

Tanweer Akram and Khawaja Mamun

This paper econometrically models Japanese yen (JPY)–denominated interest rate swap yields. It examines whether the short-term interest rate exerts an ...

Chinese Yuan Interest Rate Swap Yields

WCBT Working Papers (2023)

Tanweer Akram and Khawaja Mamun

This paper models the dynamics of Chinese yuan (CNY)–denominated long-term interest rate swap yields. The financial sector plays a vital ...

The Dynamics of Monthly Changes in US Swap Yields: A ...

WCBT Working Papers (2022)

Tanweer Akram and Khawaja Mamun

John Maynard Keynes (1930) asserted that the central bank sways the long-term interest rate through the influence of its policy ...

A GARCH Approach to Modeling Chilean Long-Term Swap Yields

WCBT Working Papers (2022)

Tanweer Akram and Khawaja Mamun

This paper econometrically models the dynamics of the Chilean interbank swap yields based on macroeconomic factors. It examines whether the ...

Gubernatorial Reputation and Vertical Tax Externalities: All Smoke, No Fire?

WCBT Working Papers (2009)

Per G. Fredriksson and Khawaja Mamun

This paper investigates whether reputation-building strategies guide U.S. governors’ responses to changes in federal cigarette taxes (i.e. vertical tax interactions). ...

Tobacco Politics and Electoral Accountability in the United States

WCBT Working Papers (2009)

Per G. Fredriksson and Khawaja Mamun

This paper investigates whether reputation-building strategies guide U.S. governors’ state cigarette tax choices, and whether the federal cigarette tax influences ...