JohnF.WelchCollege of Business
July 2003-June 2008
EDUCATION
Ph.D.Southern MethodistUniversity, Dallas, Texas, 2005
Major: Economics
M. A.Southern MethodistUniversity, Dallas, Texas, 2002
M.S.S.University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1996
B.S.S.University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1995
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2005-presentSacredHeartUniversity, Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
2003-2005 Southern MethodistUniversity, Adjunct Lecturer
RESEARCH
Publications:Refereed journal articles
Fredriksson, P., Gohmann, S. and K. Mamun.“Taxing Under the Influence? Corruption and U.S. State Beer Taxes.”Public Finance Review. Forthcoming
Fredriksson, P. and K. Mamun. “Vertical Externalities in Cigarette Taxation: Do Tax Revenues Go Up in Smoke?” Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 64, no. 1 (2008): 35 – 48
Mamun, K. and H. Nath. Trade Liberalization, Growth and Inequality in Bangladesh: An Empirical Analysis. Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Vol. 16 no. 4 (2007): 505 – 528
Mamun, K. and H. Nath. Export-led Growth in Bangladesh: A Time Series Analysis. Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 12 no. 6 (2005): 361-364
Conferences:Refereed presentations without proceedings
Mamun, K. and H. Nath. “Macroeconomic Effects of Remittances in Bangladesh.” Presentation at the ConferenceatSamHoustonStateUniversity in Huntsville, TX, April 2008.
Mamun, K. and L. Wang. “Corruption and Health: Evidence from Cross-Country Analysis.”Presentation at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association in New Orleans, LA, November 2007.
Fredriksson, P., Gohmann, S. and K. Mamun.“Taxing Under the Influence? Corruption and U.S. State Beer Taxes.” Presentation at the 15th WCOB Research Forum in Fairfield, CT October 2008
Mamun, K. “Control, Price or Education: What Works Best for Curbing Adolescent Smoking and Drinking?”Presentation at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association in Charleston, SC, November 2006.
Mamun, K. and H. Nath. “Trade Liberalization, Growth and Inequality in Bangladesh: An Empirical Analysis.” Presentation at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association in Washington D.C., DC, November 2005.
Mamun, K. “The Political Economy of Addiction: The Case of Cigarette Taxation.” Presentation at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association in New Orleans, LA, November 2004.
Mamun, K. “The Political Economy of Addiction: The Case of Cigarette Taxation.” Presentation at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economic Association in Toronto, Canada, June 2004.
Mamun, K. “The Impact of School Quality on the Smoking Behavior of Adolescents.” Presentation at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Economic Association in Corpus Christi, TX, March 2004.
Conferences: Non-refereed presentations
Mamun, K. “Engaging Students through External Competition” IDEAL Workshop on Interactive Teaching at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, April 2008.
Mamun, K. “Creating Interactive Online Tutorials with JavaScript.” Brown Bag Series of Innovative Teaching Coalition at Sacred HeartUniversity, Fairfield, CT, December 2006.
Other Intellectual Contributions
Session chair:77th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, 2007.
76th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, 2006.
75th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, 2005
Session discussant: 77th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, 2007.
76th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, 2006.
74th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, 2004
Participant:Annual meeting of the American Economic Association, 2008.
Teaching Innovation Program (TIP) in Economics, 2007.
46th Central Banking Seminar: Demystifying the Fed, 2006.
Reviewer:Journal of Economic Education, Journal of Business Strategies, Lahore Journal of Economics
Working paper activities
Mamun, K. “The Political Economy of Addiction: The Case of Cigarette Taxation.”
Mamun, K. “A Theory of Vertical Political Externalities in Cigarette Taxation.”
Mamun, K., and D. Millimet, “School Quality, Education, and Adverse Health Behaviors.”
Mamun, K. “Control, Price or Education: What Works Best for Curbing Adolescent Smoking and Drinking.”
Mamun, K. and L. Wang. “Corruption and Health: Evidences from Cross-country Analysis”
Iqbal K. and K. Mamun, “How Many Cones? Implications for Trade and Income Inequality”
Mamun, K. and H. Nath. “Macroeconomic Effects of Remittances in Bangladesh.”
Mamun, K. and H. Nath. “The Role of Remittances on Inflation and Relative Price Variability in Bangladesh.”
Other Research Activities
URCG Research Grant, Summer 2006
TEACHING
Primary Teaching Responsibilities
Undergraduate
EC202 Principles of Macroeconomics
EC203 Principles of Microeconomics
EC302 Money and Financial Institutions
EC 303 Fed Challenge Competition
EC373 Pubic Finance
EC321Labor Economics
Other Teaching and Student-Related Responsibilities
Undergraduate student advising
Course Coordinator, EC 202 Principles of Macroeconomics
Course Coordinator, EC 302 Money and Financial Institutions
Course Coordinator, EC 321 Labor Economics
Course Coordinator, EC 373 Public Finance
Organizer, EC303 Fed Challenge for undergraduate students
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
American Economic Association
Southern Economic Association
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