A. F. M. Ataur Rahman
Professor
Department of Economics, North South University
Plot 15, Bloc B, Bashundhara Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh
E-mail: ataur.rahman@Northsouth.edu, ataur19@yahoo.com
Phone: 88-02-55668200 ext. 1805
Last updated: 12 April 2018
Peer Reviewed Book:
Principles of Macroeconomics, from Islamic perspective, ISBN 9783659390685
Publisher: Lambert Academic Publishers, Germany, 2013
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Peer reviewed journal articles:
- A Causality Test of the Relationship between Bank and Credit Union Lending Rates in Local Markets, Economics Letters, May 2001, with Robert Feinberg. Download
- Testing The Weak-Form Efficiency Of An Emerging Market: Evidence From The Dhaka Stock Exchange Of Bangladesh, The AIUB Journal of Business and Economics, Vol. 4, no 2 (August 2005), With Mir Abdul Kader Download
- Are Credit Unions Just Small Banks: Determinants of Loan Rates in Local Consumer Lending Markets, Eastern Economic Journal, Fall 2006, with Robert Feinberg Download
- Performance Measurement of US Credit Unions: An Application of Two Stage DEA Method, North South Journal of Business, Vol. 2, No. 1, July 2007 Download
- Efficiency Comparison between US Banks and Credit Unions, The AIUB Journal of Business and Economics, Vol. 7 No 1, March 2008 Download
- Assessing Individual and Spatial Vulnerabilities of Bangladesh’s Indigenous People to Climate Chnage, Indigenous People and Bangladesh Environment, Firoz et al edited, Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon, Dhaka 2007, Bangladesh with Ben Gunter Download
- A comparison of Relative Efficiency of Islamic Banks and Interest Based Banks of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Political Economy Vol. 26 no 1&2 (December 2010) with Mainul Islam Chowdhury Download
- An Empirical Exercise of Money Output Relationship of Bangladesh Economy, Bangladesh Journal of Political Economy Vol. 26 no 1&2 (December 2010) with Sakib Bin Amin Download
- Aid, Debt, and Development in Bangladesh: Synergies or Contradictions, Journal of Bangladesh Studies, Vol. 12, No. 1 (November 2010), pp. 23-43 with Gunter, Bernhard G. and Jesmin Rahman Download
- Food Price Inflation In Bangladesh: Can It Be Stopped? The AIUB Journal of Business and Economics, Vol. 9 No 2 pp 101-119, (August 2010), with Noor Md. Wasi Uddin and Kazi Sabbir Ahmed Download
- Paper making from Jute: A Win-Win Solution for Bangladesh, Journal of Bangladesh Studies, Vol. 12, No. 2 (2010) pp. 46-56, with Gunter, Bernhard G. and M. Sarwar Jahan Download
- Energy-Growth Nexus in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study, International Review of Business Research Papers, Vol. 7, No 2, March 2011, with Sakib-Bin-Amin Download
- How many stocks make a well diversified portfolio: evidence from Dhaka stock exchange (DSE), The Jahangirnagar Economic Review, Vol. 22, June 2011, with Mir Abdul Kader Download
- An Investigation into the Efficiency of Commercial Banks of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Economy in the 21st Century: Selected Papers from the 2008 and 2009 Conferences on Bangladesh at Harvard University, Munir Quddus and Farida C. Khan edited, University Publishers Limited, December 2011 with Mainul Islam Chowdhury Download
- Performance Measurement of Commercial Banks of Bangladesh: An Application of Two Stage DEA Method, World Journal of Social Sciences, July 2012, Vol. 2 no 4 pp 97-111 Download
- Advertizing and Utility Maximization – A Theoretical Exercise, World Journal of Social Sciences, August 2012, Vol. 2, No. 5, Special Issue Pp. 102 – 113, with Ahmed Abu Bakr Download
- Reward for Taking Risk at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) – An Application Of Zero Beta CAPM, Journal of Business & Policy Research, September 2012, Vol. 7 no. 3 Special Issue. Pp. 48 – 59 Download
- CPI Aggregation: A New Weighting Scheme, Asian Business Review, September 2012, Vol. 1, no 1 pp. 5-8 with Noor Md. Wasi Uddin Download
- Measuring Underground Economy of Bangladesh: Transaction Approach, Global Disclosure of Economics and Business, 2013, Vol. 1, No 2, pp. 9-17 with Afsana Rahman Khan Download
- Bank Loan and Output: A Co-integration Analysis, The Jahangirnagar Economic Review, Vol. 24, June 2013, pp. 41-50, with Jesmin Rahman Download
- Ownership Structure and Performance: A study on Bangladeshi Private Commercial Banks, Journal of Business & Policy Research, July 2013, Vol. 8 no. 2 Pp. 69-82, with Nabila Maruf Download
- Some Socioeconomic Attributes of the Young Drinking Population of Dhaka City, Journal of Business & Policy Research, September 2013, Vol. 8 no. 3 Pp. 57-71, with Fariha Sanam Sharif Download
- Currency Crisis in Bangladesh Economy: Some Insights, Journal of Finance and Economics, 2014, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 7-16 with Reshman Hasan Download
- An Investigation on Relationship Between Money Growth and Stock Prices Using Bangladeshi Data, Journal of Bangladesh Studies, Vol. 15 Num. 2 pp. 33-39, with Gunter, Bernhard G Download
- Reduction of Income Inequality: Evidence from Education and Female Labor Participation Data, International Review of Business Research Papers, March 2014, with Ahsan Senan Download
- Growth Environment Relationship: Evidence from Data on South Asia, Journal of Accounting, Finance and Economics, July 2014 with Aroni Kabita Porna Download
- Income Inequality and Female Labor Participation: Evidence from Bangladeshi Data, in Population, Environment and Economy, edited by Md. M. A. Mabud, South Asian Institute of Advanced Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh with Ahsan Senan Download
- Some Recent Trends of Bangladeshi Commercial Banking system, Euro-Asian Journal of Economics and Finance, Volume: 2, Issue: 2 (April 2014), Pages: 146-159 with Nabila Maruf Download
- Economic Structure and Macroeconomic Uncertainty: Policy Implications for Bangladesh, as a chapter in a text to be published by University Press Limited, Edited by Bangladesh Development Initiative, USA Download
- Relationship between Money Growth and Stock Prices in Bangladesh, as a chapter in a text to be published by University Press Limited, Edited by Bangladesh Development Initiative, USA Download
- Zakat and income inequality: Evidence from Bangladeshi Household data, The Jahangirnagar Review, vol 35 (2011), pp 39-47 Download
- Bilateral trade flow and Aid: Evidence from Bangladeshi data The Jahangirnagar Economic Review, Vol. 26, June 2015 pp. 15-24 with Chowdhury Nawsheen Farooqui Download
- A Note on Productivity Change of Bangladeshi Commercial Banks, Journal of Business and Policy Research, Volume 10 Number 2, December 2015 Download
- Explaining voter participation: Evidence from Bangladesh, International Review of Business Research Papers, Vol. 6. No. 1. September 2015 Issue. Pp. 26 – 39 with Zayeema Sarwar Download
- Development of Inequality: A Theoretical Treatise, Journal of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Vol. 5. No. 1. September 2015. Pp. 10-23 with Ahsan Senan Download
- Effectiveness of Aid for Trade (AfT): Evidence from Bangladesh, Global Review of Accounting and Finance, Vol 7, No 1, March 2016 Pp. 13-24, with Chowdhury Nawsheen Farooqui Download
- Effects of Foreign irect Investment (FDI) on Bangladeshi Labor Market, World Review of Business Research, Vol 6, No 3, October 2016, pp. 46-60 with Mahjabeen Mamoon Download
- Democracy and Economic Diversification: Experience from Bangladesh, World Review of Business Research, Vol 6, No 3, October 2016, pp. 46-60 with Nabila Maruf Download
- Institutional Quality and Democracy: The Case of Bangladesh, World Review of Business Research, Vol 6, No 3, October 2016, pp. 46-60 with Chowdhury Nawsheen Farooqui Download
- The Contribution of the Palestinian Labor Force to the Productivity of the Israeli Economy, Middle East Review of Public Administration (MERPA), vol 3, no. 1, Spring 2017, pp 2-14 with Wisam Samarah Download
- Measurement of the Underground Economy of Bangladesh: MIMIC approach, The Jahangirnagar Review, forthcoming, with Ahsan Senan Download
- Does Bangladesh’s Democratic Regime Brings in More Aid Flow?, The Jahangirnagar Review, forthcoming, with Chowdhury Nawsheen Farooqui Download
- Efficient Allocation of Money for Educational Attainment: A Theoretical Perspective, International Review of Business Research papers, Vol. 8, No. 2 September 2017, pp. 53-68 with Naveen Abedin Download
Conference Attended
- 13th Asian Business Research Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2015
- 11th Asian Business Research Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2014
- BDI International Conference at UC Berkeley, USA 2013
- 7th Asian Business Research Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2012
- 5th Asian Business Research Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2011
- 4th Asian Business Research Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2010
- Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2010
- BDI conference Ideas and Innovations for the Development of Bangladesh: The Next Decade, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA, 2009
- BDI conference to examine the economic, political and social issues facing Bangladesh in the 21st century. Harvard University, USA 2008
- 1st Conference On Indigenous People and Bangladesh Environment, December 2007, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Allied Social Science Association meeting, Washington DC, USA 2003
- Students’ Research Conference, Collage of Arts and Science, American University. Washington DC, USA 2001
Session chair:
- 5th Asian Business Research Conference, Dhaka, BIAM Foundation, December 2011
- 11th Asian Business Research Conference, Dhaka, BIAM Foundation, December 2014
- 13th Asian Business Research Conference, Dhaka, BIAM Foundation, December 2015
Designated reviewer
Over two dozens of peer reviewed journals
Training received
Text book writing 2012
Organized by IIIT, BIIT and IIUM
Experimental design of savings and payment research 2012
Organized by IPA
Ph. D. in Economics 2003
American University, Washington D. C. USA
Concentration: Financial Economics
B. Sc. In Civil Engineering 1995
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka,
Concentration: Structural and Geotechnical Engineering
- Professor, Department of Economics, North South University 2015-
- Chair, Department of Economics, North South University 2009-2011
- Member 2009-2011
Academic council
Curriculum committee
Finance committee
Undergraduate admission committee
Academic review committee
Program review committee
Faculty search committee
Faculty selection committee
Coordination committee
Library committee
4. Associate professor, Department of Economics, North South University 2009-2015
5. Member, Academic Council, North South University 2008-2011
6. Assistant professor, Department of Economics, North South University 2003-2009
7. Adjunct Faculty, Department of Economics, American University (http://www.american.edu) 2000
Research Associate, Job Trends Associates 2002
Involved in the long and short term employment projection for Washington DC and surrounding metropolitan area
External Consultant 2000
Catholic Relief Services, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Did research on regulatory aspects of Hedge fund
Student research activities
Undergraduate research supervision: Over 350 (Over Three hundred and fifty)
Masters research supervision: 38 (Thirty Eight)
Ph.D. thesis evaluation: 25 (Twenty five)
Summary of Teaching Experience
Courses taught:
Introductory Microeconomics (UG)
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Introductory Econometrics (UG)
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Introductory Macroeconomics (UG)
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Financial Economics (UG & G)
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Applied Mathematics I (UG)
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Mathematical Economics (UG & G)
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Applied Mathematics II (UG)
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Intermediate Microeconomics (UG & G)
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Economics of Money Banking and Finance (UG)
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Industrial Organization (UG)
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Finance and Development (UG)
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Research Methodology (UG)
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Environmental Economics (UG)
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Financial Management (G)
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Dynamic Analysis (UG)
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Mathematical Statistics (UG)
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Economics of Banking (G)
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Courses ready to offer:
Dynamic Analysis (G)
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Derivative Securities (G)
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Monetary Theory and Policy (G)
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Continuous Time Finance (G)
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Philosophy of Economics (G)
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Game Theory (UG & G)
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Industrial Organization (G)
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Islamic Economics (UG)
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Economics of Technology (UG)
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Membership
- Life member, Bangladesh Economic Association 2011
- Fellow, World Business Institute 2011
- Member in Board of Studies of Economics Department, Bharathidasan University, India 2012
- Member, editorial board, Asian Global Disclosure of Economics and Business 2012
- Member, editorial board, Asian Business Review 2012
- Member, editorial board, Journal of Finance and Accounting 2012
- Member, editorial board, Research Open Journal of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics 2013
- Member, editorial board, Open Research Journal of Economics 2013
- Associate Editor, Journal of Research in Economics and International Finance 2013
- Advisory Editor, International Journal of Social Science Research 2013
- Advisory Editor, International Journal of Economics and Social Science 2013
- Member, Organizing committee, 11th Asian Business Research Conference, Dhaka 2014
- Associate editor, Journal of Business and Policy Research 2014
Environmental Economics
Financial Economics
Development Economics
Macroeconomics