Dr. Mohanad Abu Rjaile Ismael

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Mohanad Abu Rjaile Ismael

Personal Data

Professional address:

Birzeit University,

Birzeit, Palestine

Economic Department, Office # 307

Email:

Homepage:http://sites.google.com/site/mohanadismael11/

Marital Status: married

Number of children: One girl

Place and date of birth: Ramallah, Palestine, July 30, 1981

Education

November 2011: Ph.D in Dynamic Macroeconomics, Université D’Evry Val D’Essonne/ EPEE, France. High Honorable degree.

Thesis title: “Market Imperfections and Macroeconomic Instability”.

October 2006: Master in “Macroeconomics, Econometrics and Quantitative Methods” Speciality “Applied Macroeconomics”, Université D’Evry Val D’Essonne, France.

September 2003 – June 2005: Master in “General Economics”, Birzeit University, Palestine.

September 1999 – July 2003: Bachelor of Science degree in “Mathematics Applied to Economics”, Birzeit University, Palestine.

1999: High school- Scientific Branch, Al-Ameer Hassan School, Birzeit, Palestine.

Research

Publication

1-  Stefano Bosi, Mohanad Ismael and Alain Venditti, 2016, “Collaterals and Growth Cycles with Heterogeneous Agents”, Journal of Macroeconomics 48, 327 – 350.

2-  Mohanad Ismael, 2014, “Progressive Income Taxes and Macroeconomic Instability” Montenegrin Journal of Economics 10, No.2, 49-61.

Research documents

1-  Mohanad Abu Rjaile and Fathi Srouji, 2013, “The Social and Economic Impacts and Risks Associated with the Highly Increasing in Consumption loans in Occupied Palestinian Territories”, Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute, MAS, Ramallah, West Bank. (in Arabic)

2-  Riham Barbar and Mohanad Ismael, 2011, “Consumptions Externalities in a Ramsey Model with Endogenous Labor Supply” Document de Recherche EPEE No. 11- 05. Université D’Evry Val D’Essonne.

3-  Mohanad Ismael, 2010, “Transaction Costs in an Overlapping Generations Model” Document de Recherche EPEE No. 10- 07. Université D’Evry Val D’Essonne.

4-  Mohanad Ismael and Francesco Magris, 2008, “Indeterminacy with Externalities and Capital Utilization”. Document de Recherche EPEE No. 08-14. Université D’Evry Val D’Essonne.

Work in Progress Documents

1-  Mohanad Ismael and Tareq Sadeq, “Does Phillips curve exist in Palestine? An empirical study”.

2-  Mohanad Ismael, Fathi Srouji and Mohamed-Amine Boutabba, “The impact of agriculture technology on CO2 Emission: The case of Jordan”

3-  Mohanad Ismael and Tareq Sadeq, “The effect of Tourism on economic growth in Arab Spring countries and their competitors”

4-  Mohanad Ismael, Jose-Luis Groizard and Maria Santana, “The effect of Arab Spring on Bilateral Tourism”

5-  Mohanad Ismael and Maram Khateeb, “The impact of financial development, income, energy consumption, trade openness on carbon emissions in Jordan”

6-  Mohanad Ismael and Ahmad Abdullah, “Credit facilities and economic growth: the case of Palestine”

7-  Mohanad Ismael and Suzan Khalayla, “The twin deficit: new evidence from selected countries of MENA region”

Speaker at Conferences and Seminars

-  March 2016 “Seconds Meetings on Economic and Quantitative Analysis MEQUA-2016”, Hammamet, Tunisia.

-  May 2015 “Law and Economics Workshop”, Birzeit, Palestine.

-  March 2015 “International Business Economics Social Sciences Research Association” Dubai, UAE.

-  October 2014 “Consumer Protection Act”, Birzeit, Palestine.

-  June 2011 “XVI Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics” Vigo, Spain.

-  Mai 2011 “Annual International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance 2011” Crete, Greece.

-  Mai 2011 “Theory and Macroeconomic Methods, T2M” Montreal, Canada.

-  July 2010 “Asia-Pacific Economic Association (APEA)”, Hong Kong, China.

-  June 2009 “Global Economic Modeling Network (ECOMOD)”, Ottawa, Canada.

-  January 2009«Théorie et Méthode Macroéconomique, T2M» Strasbourg, France.

-  November 2008 “Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA)”, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

-  July 2008 “Global Economic Modelling Network (ECOMOD)”, Berlin, Germany.

-  Mai 2008 “Indeterminacy with Externalities and Capital Utilization”, EPEE Seminar, Université d’Evry Val d’Essonne, France.

-  Master Thesis 2006 “Money and Prices under Uncertainty”. University of Evry Val D’Essonne.

Research courses and workshops

-  June 2010 “Barcelona Macroeconomics Summer School” (BMSS) course on “Monetary Policy, Inflationand Unemployment” Barcelona, Spain.

-  May 2010 “Spring School in Macroeconomics” Université D’Aix en Provence, Marseille, France.

-  December 2009 “Journée Dynamique” Université de Lille I, France.

-  June 2009 “Dynamic Macroeconomics and labour Market Workshop” Konstanz, Germany.

-  June 2008 “Imperfection and Macroeconomic Theory Workshop”, Collège de France, Paris.

-  April 2008 “Dynamic Macroeconomics and Labour Market Workshop” Strasbourg, France.

-  November 2007 “Macroeconomic Dynamics Workshop”, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.

-  April 2007 Workshop in “Project Innovation”: One week of conference, presentations of expert doctorates and analyzing the firms’ behavior, Dourdan, France.

-  July 2007 “DYNARE Summer School”, Paris School of Economics, France.

-  June 2007 “Barcelona Macroeconomics Summer School” (BMSS) course on “Methods for estimation of DSGE models”, Barcelona, Spain.

Professional Experience

-  September 2012 tell now, Assistant Professor (Full Time) at the Department of Economics/ Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine.

-  September 2011 – August 2012, Assistant Professor (Full Time) at the Department of Economics/ An Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.

-  September 2011 – August 2012, Assistant Professor (Part Time) at the Department of Economics/ Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine.

-  September 2010 – August 2011: Temporary Assistant Professor (ATER) at the University of Evry Val D’Essonne, France.

-  September 2007- August 2010: Teaching and Research Assistant, Université D’Evry Val D’Essonne, France.

-  September 2004 – July 2005: Working at the Bank of Jordan, Financial Department, Ramallah.

-  September 2003 – Jun 2004: Mathematics Teacher in governmental School, Ramallah, Palestine.

-  June 2003: Training at the Bank of Jordan, Ramallah, Palestine.

Teaching- courses

- Principle of Macroeconomics, Licence 1er year level of Economics and Finance. (Birzeit University & An Najah National University and Univeristé d’Evry Val d’Essonne)

- Principle of Modern Economics, Licence 1er year level of Economics and Management. (Univeristé d’Evry Val d’Essonne)

- Principle of Microeconomics, Licence 1er year level of Economics and Finance. (Birzeit University & An Najah National University and Univeristé d’Evry Val d’Essonne)

- Macroeconomics II, Licence 1er year level of Economics, Management and Finance. (Université d’Evry Val d’Essonne)

- Development Economics, 4th year level. (Birzeit University)

- Mathematical Economics, 4th year and Master level. (Birzeit University & An Najah National University)

- Macroeconomics, Master level, (Bizeit University and An Najah National University)

- Intermediate macroeconomics, 3rd year level. (Birzeit University)

- Intermediate microeconomics, 3rd year level. (Birzeit University)

- Method of Business Research, 2nd and 3rd year level and Master level. (Birzeit University)

- Seminar groups, BA and Master levels. (Birzeit University)

- International Trade, BA Level (Birzeit University)

- Economic Analysis for Law, Master level. (Birzeit University)

- The economics of money and banking and financial market, 3rd and 4th year level. (Birzeit University & An Najah National University)

Training Courses offered

1.  May 2015, “Project Evaluation”, PECDAR. Ramallah.

2.  November 2014, “Economics of Knowledge and Human Capital”, PECDAR. Ramallah.

Consultancies

1.  (2016) Feasibility study “Construction a new slaughter in Jericho” In cooperation with Center for Engineering and Planning- Ramallah.

2.  (2015) “Credit Facilities in Palestinian Banking System”. Annual Economic Report, Palestinian Economic Council for Development & Reconstruction
(PECDAR).

3.  (2015) Feasibility study “Al Jiftlik Irrigation Project”. In cooperation with Center for Engineering and Planning- Ramallah.

4.  (2014) Feasibility study of “Water and Sanitation Improvement Projects for Salfeet District”. In cooperation with Center for Engineering and Planning- Ramallah.

Scholarships

September 2016: Three weeks ERASMUS HERMES scholarship, Mallorca, Spain.

June 2016: One month visiting professor at the University of Evry Val d’Essonne / France.

June 2015: One month ERASMUS HERMES scholarship, Mallorca, Spain.

October 2013: Visiting professor for two weeks at the University of Evry Val d’Essonne / France.

2005- 2006: Master Scholarship from French Ministry of Foreign Affairs / CROUS.

2006- 2011: Doctoral Scholarship from French Ministry of Foreign Affairs / CROUS.

Interests and future research projects

- Imperfections, Dynamic Macroeconomics, Economic Growth.

- Externalities and environment economics.

- Macroeconomics, optimal monetary policy, trade and fiscal policy.

- The Palestinian economy and labour market studies.

- Preference theory and bundle choices.

Social activities

-  June 2013 until February 2014: attached member in the municipality of Atara.

-  September 1999 until now: an official member in Atara Club.

Key skills and competencies

-  Ability to work in a busy environment

-  Public relation

-  Time management, organisational and negotiating skills

-  Establishing priorities effectively

-  Providing a good support, guidance for the staffs

-  Liaising with local authorities to get supports

Computer skills

Operational System:

-  Windows 98, 2000, Xp.

Software Application:

-  Ms Word, Internet, Excel, Power Point,

-  SPSS, MATLAB, Eviews

-  Scientific Work Place

Languages

Arabic: Native speaker.

French: Very Good.

English: Very Good.

Hobbies

- Traveling; Football;

- Reading; Swimming.