Hisham Foad's Homepage

Description: Hisham Foad Hisham Salem Foad
Department of Economics
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Dr.
San Diego, CA 92182
hfoad@mail.sdsu.edu


"Everything is on such a clear financial basis in France. It is the simplest country to live in. No one makes things complicated by becoming your friend for any obscure reason. If you want people to like you, you have only to spend a little money. I spent a little money and the waiter liked me. He appreciated my valuable qualities. He would be glad to see me, and would want me at his table. It would be a sincere liking because it would have a sound basis. I was back in France."

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises


My name is Hisham Foad and I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at San Diego State University. I have also served as the director of the Center for Islamic and Arabic studies at SDSU since Fall 2012

My research focuses on the effects of monetary union, economic development in the Middle East, and how migrant networks affect economic interactions

Here's my CV

Some infrequent musings and ramblings


Research

Publications

Working Papers

I have also written some advice for those going on the academic job market, particularly useful for those coming outside of a top-25 program. Memoirs of a Job Market Candidate


Data Sets

Some datasets that I have used in my current and past research. Some Excel files, some Stata files, and a Gauss program or two


Teaching

Classroom Experiments


Courses I've Taught

At SDSU
International Economic Problems Summer 2007 - Spring 2012 4 Sections
Economics of Underdeveloped Areas Fall 2010 - Spring 2012 4 Sections
International Monetary Theory and Policy Spring 2008 - Spring 2012 4 Sections
Economics of the Middle East Spring 2009 - Fall 2011 3 Sections
Graduate Econometrics Fall 2006 - Fall 2011 4 Sections
Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory Fall 2007 - Spring 2009 3 Sections
Principles of Macroeconomics Fall 2006 - Fall 2009 5 Sections
Seminar in Applied Economic Research Fall 2007 1 Section
At Other Institutions
Monetary Economics (UCSD) Summer 2008 - Summer 2009 2 Sections
Principles of Macroeconomics (Emory) Summer 2003 - Fall 2005 4 Sections
Principles of Microeconomics Fall 2003 - Fall 2005 2 Sections

Pictures

Favorite Quotations


Some of my other interests are playing rugby, annoying my neighbors with my horrible guitar skills, backpacking, and skiing (the snow kind). I am also a big fan of the Cincinnati Bengals in the NFL, The Ohio State Buckeyes in football, the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds in baseball, and Chelsea in the EPL