Faculty of Business and Law

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A.M. Akhtar Hossain Associate Professor of Economics  Economics, Politics and Tourism +61 2 492 18842 GP2.23 (Callaghan) Akhtar.Hossain@newcastle.edu.au

Qualifications:
BSc (Econ. Hons; First Class) (Jahangirnagar); MSc (Econ; First Class) (Jahangirnagar); MA (Econ) (Melbourne); PhD (Econ) (La Trobe)

Research Interests:
Monetary economics; open-economy macroeconomics; international trade and finance; macroeconometric modelling; growth and development economics; politics and governance

Teaching Interests:
Money, banking and finance; international trade and finance; macroeconomics; growth and development; applied econometrics

Recent Publications

Books

Central Banking and Monetary Policy in the Asia-Pacific. Forthcoming Edward Elgar. (Sole authorship.)

Economic Analyses of Contemporary Issues in Bangladesh. (Dhaka: The University Press Limited, 2006). (pp.xx+312) (With Farida Khan and Tanweer Akram). (Principal editorship.)

Exchange Rates, Capital Flows and International Trade (Dhaka: The University Press Limited, 2000). (pp.xix+486). (Sole authorship.)

Open-Economy Macroeconomics for Developing Countries (Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1998). (pp.xi+ 252) (With Anis Chowdhury). (Paperback in 2000). (Principal authorship.)

Macroeconomic Issues and Policies: The Case of Bangladesh (New Delhi/Thousand Oaks/London: The Sage Publications, 1996). (pp.333). (Sole authorship.)

Monetary and Financial Policies in Developing Countries: Growth and Stabilisation (London and New York: Routledge, 1996) (pp.x+230) (Translated in Chinese in 2000) (With Anis Chowdhury). (Principal authorship.)

In Quest of Development: The Political Economy of South Asia (Dhaka: The University Press Limited, 1996) (With Salim Rashid). (Principal authorship.)

Inflation, Economic Growth and the Balance of Payments in Bangladesh: A Macroeconomic Study (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1995). (pp.vii+396) (Sole authorship.)

Book Chapters (2006 to date)

Sole Authorship

“Money, Output and Prices in Bangladesh”. In Andaleeb, S.S. (ed.) The Bangladesh Economy: Diagnoses and Prescriptions (Dhaka: The University Press). Forthcoming.

“Labour Market Developments in Bangladesh since the Mid-1980s”. In Burgess, J. and Connell. J. (eds.) Globalisation and Work in Asia (Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2007; pp.93-127).

“Overview of the Bangladesh Economy.” In Hossain, A., Khan, F. and Akram, T. (eds.) Economic Analyses of Contemporary Issues in Bangladesh. (Dhaka: The University Press, 2006; pp.1-46).

“Growth and Convergence of Per-Capita Output Levels Across Regions of Bangladesh: 1982-1997.”  In Hossain, Khan and Akram (eds.) Economic Analyses of Contemporary Issues in Bangladesh. (Dhaka: The University Press, 2006; pp.47-74).

“Exchange Rate Responses to Inflation in Bangladesh.” In Hossain, A., Khan, F. and Akram, T. (eds.) Economic Analyses of Contemporary Issues in Bangladesh. (Dhaka: The University Press, 2006; pp.233-265).

“Agriculture and Economic Development: A Review of Policies and Issues in Developing Asia.” In Huque, A.S. and H. Zafarullah (eds.) Handbook of Governance of International Development. (New York: Marcel-Dekker, 2006; pp.701-743).

Journal Articles (2005 to date)

Sole Authorship

“Responses of Agricultural Prices, Industrial Prices and the Agricultural Terms of Trade to Money Supply Shocks in Bangladesh, 1973M1-2006M12”. Forthcoming in Indian Economic Review.

“Structural Change in the Export Demand Function for Indonesia: Estimation, Analysis and Policy Implications. Forthcoming in Journal of Policy Modeling.

“The Agricultural and the External (net barter) Terms of Trade in Bangladesh: Trends, Movements and Relationships, 1952-2006’. Forthcoming in Review of Applied Economics.

“Macroeconomic Policies and the Agricultural Terms-of-Trade in Bangladesh: An Historical Review, 1952-2005’. Forthcoming in Journal of Contemporary Asia.

 “Hindu–Muslim Separateness in Bengal”. Forthcoming in South Asia.

“Rural Labour Market Developments, Agricultural Productivity and Real Wages in Bangladesh, 1950-2006”. Pakistan Development Review, 47(1), 2008: 89-114.

“The Agricultural Terms of Trade in Bangladesh: An Econometric Analysis of Trends and Movements, 1952-2006”. Australian Economic Papers, March, 2008, pp.38-52.

 “The Narrow Money Demand Behaviour in Indonesia, 1970-2005”. ASEAN Economic Bulletin, 24(3), 2007:320-338.

“Real Balances and Industrial Output in Bangladesh: Is There a Production Relationship between Them?ICFAI Journal of Monetary Economics, 5(4), 2007, pp.66-83.

“Macroeconomic Developments, Policies and Issues in Indonesia, 1950-2005: A Review.” Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, 43(1&2), 2006:19-67.

“The Money Demand Behaviour in Bangladesh, 1973-2003: A Cointegration and Error-Correction Approach.” Indian Economic Review, 41(1), 2006: 55-80.

“Sources of Growth in Indonesia, 1950-2002”. Applied Econometrics and International Development, 6(2), 2006:179-204.

 “The Income and Interest Elasticities of Demand for Money in Bangladesh.” ICFAI Journal of Monetary Economics, 4 (2), 2006:73-96.

“The Sources and Dynamics of Inflation in Indonesia: 1952-2002.” Applied Econometrics and International Development, 5(4), 2005: 95-118.

“The Money Demand Behavior in Bangladesh”, Bangladesh Journal of Political Economy, 22(1&2), 2005, pp.365-389.

“The Granger-Causality between Money Growth, Inflation, Currency Devaluation and Economic Growth in Indonesia: 1954-2002.” International Journal of Applied Econometrics and Quantitative Studies, 2-3, 2005: 69-92.