Dr. Rafayal Ahmed [RfAh] | North South University

Full Time Faculty
Assistant Professor

PhD in Managerial Economics, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA

B.A. in Economics & Mathematics, Amherst College, USA

Phone: +880-2-55668200 Ext: 6123
Email: rafayal.ahmed@northsouth.edu
Office: NAC 813

Curriculum Vitae

About

I am a microeconomic theorist, working on mathematical models of information and beliefs. I received my PhD in Economics form the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and before that I received my undergrdauate degree in Mathematics and Economics from Amherst College. Before joining North South University, I taught MSc and undergraduate students in the economics program at the London School of Economics, in the UK.

My primary research focus is on information design in games, with applications in industrial organization as well as in asset pricing. At NSU, I teach many courses in Microeconomics, and advanced courses in Game Theory.

In the past I have been an accomplished latte artist.

Educational Qualifications

Phd, Economics, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA (2018)

BA, Economics & Mathematics, Amherst College, USA (2012)

Awards & Honors

PhD Graduate Student Scholarship, Northwestern University
Undergraduate Full Scholarship, Amherst College
CTRG Research Grant, NSU
Amherst College Civic Engagement Award

Research Seminars

“Dynamic Screening with Differentially Informed Principals”

Yale University Dept. of Economics Recruitment Seminar, April 2018

Northwestern University Dept. of Economics, November 2017

Transatlantic Doctoral Conference at London Business School, May 2017

“How Does Competition Affect Incentives for Market Research?”

Northwestern Kellogg Theory Bag Lunch, July 2017

“Efficiency Wages to Deter Corruption: A Principal-Agent Model”

UCLA PhD Admitted Students' Visiting Day, March 2012

"Reading Biased News"

ERG Winter Conference, Dhaka, December 2022

Academic Experience

Assistant Professor, Dept of Economics, North South University (2023 - present)

LSE Fellow, Dept of Economics, London School of Economics, London, UK (2018-2022)

Student Advising

UG Thesis Supervision:

Fardeen Rahman (Brac), Mashsharat Wasi Taha (Brac)

Courses

Courses taught at NSU:

Game Theory (ECO 686)
Microeconomic Theory (ECO 503)
Intermediate Microeconomics II (ECO 301)
Intermediate Microeconomics I (ECO 201)
Introduction to Microeconomics (ECO 101)

Courses taught elsewhere:

Advanced Microeconomics (EC 487, LSE)
Games and Economic Behaviour (EC 319, LSE)
Intermediate Microeconomics (EC 201, LSE)
Economics A (EC 100, LSE)

Membership and professional Activites

Member, The Econometric Society

Research Interests

Information Economics
Decision Theory
Industrial Organization
Asset Pricing