Jarir Ajluni (email me)

DOB: 20th.Oct.1980 

Nationality: Jordanian (about Jordan)

pessimistic and sarcastic, an anti-Bush, a Guardian reader, a new-Keynesian economist, and a Joe Stiglitz fan , I consider myself a Secularist    

    Education 

§       BA Economics, Applied Science University, Jordan.

§        MSc Financial Economics, University of Leicester ,UK. 

§        prospective PhD student. 

    Employment 

§         Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Leicester, United Kingdom. (Jan 2004 to Jan 2006 )

§         PHRplus Counterpart ,Directorate of Planning, Ministry of Health, HKJ.

      USAID funded project: ‘Partners for Health Reform project’ (PHRplus), (Sep - Oct  2001)

§         United Nations e-volunteer, UN online volunteering (since Feb 2005).

§         Research Assistant, Applied Science University, (Jul-Sep 2002).     

§         work in progress: development of a new updated Global Macroeconometric Model.                  

    Teaching Experience

§             ‘Analysing Economic Data’: computer classes using MS Excel including analysis and interpretation of results. (Total Hours of Tuition: 20).

Module Lecturer: Prof. Gary Koop.

§             ‘Microeconomics’: problem solving sessions and Tutorials in a seminar context, duties also include marking students assignment. (Total Hours of Tuition: 60).

Module Lecturer: Prof. Gianni De Fraja.

§             ‘IT for Economists’: Computer-based module using MS Office, economics techniques in Excel and econometric packages of STATA 8.0, Microfit 4.0,(Total Hours of Tuition: 32 additional to 12 hours assessment sessions).
Module Lecturer: Dr. Abbi Kedir

Research Area and Expertise

General Research Interests

§         International Macroeconomics & finance.

§         Applied Macroeconometrics; time series econometrics, Exogeneity analysis and forecasting.   

§        Structural Long Run Modelling, Cointegrated Vector Auto Regression (VAR) models and Vector Error Correction Models (VECM).

§        VAR modelling of monetary policy transmission channels. 

Current Research Activity

§         ‘Constructing an updated Global Vector Autoregression GVAR Model of the Contemporary Global Economy’. 

          (to be partially published on this site)

§         ‘Structural VAR Modelling of EMU Economies, implications for Policy Coordination’. (to be submitted to the European Economic Review)   

§         ‘Modelling the Global Oil Price in the Long Run: Does the Market Mechanism Work?" (to be published on this site) 

§         ‘Biased Capital Mobility and the Global Transmission of Interest rates’, Academic paper (unfinished manuscript) 

§         ‘Extending Modern Portfolio Theory, An Econometrician’s view’ A working paper as the backbone for designing ‘portfolio management’ software. 

Previous work (dissertations) 

§         "Globalisation, Growth, Poverty and Income Inequality in Middle Income Countries" (Panel of selected MICs during the 1990s)   

      BA Dissertation, Applied Science University

      awarded distinction and 'Best undergraduate dissertation' 

§         "Policy implications of Integration with the Global Economy: (Long Run Structural Macroeconometric Modelling of Korea". 

      MSc Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Leicester, UK.

      awarded a Distinction.  

    Memberships 

§             ‘Leicester Secular Society’: The oldest Secular society in the World.  

       website: LSS

§             ‘British Humanist Association’: Concessionary Membership. 

      website: BHA

§             ‘Amnesty International’: Leicester Local Group of Amnesty International.

§             ‘Jordanian Students Association in the UK’: (we don't do that much).  

         website: 

Other Activities, Interests and Hobbies 

§         Volunteering: United Nations e-volunteer.

§         Campaigning, Demonstration and other sorts of troublemaking (before settling in the UK)

§        Tennis and Goalkeeping in  Football (used to be good).

§        Web surfing.

§        Reading: Political and Historical writings and Biographies.  

§         Musical Preferences: Rock 'n' Roll, and Metal: (AC/DC, Iron Maiden), the list also features; Led Zeppelin, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, REM, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Queen, Eagles, Sting, Scorpions, Evanescence, Linkin Park, Bryan Adams, Black Sabbath,  and U2 .