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Profile
College / Department
Teaching areas
Development Economics, Macroeconomics (principles), Managerial Economics, Microeconomics (principles, intermediate), Econometrics (undergraduate, master level), Public Economics, Mathematical Economics
Research areas
Behavioral Economics, Development, Household Economics, Political Economy of Security and Conflicts
Education
PhD, Economics, University of Texas at Dallas, United States, 2009
MS, Applied Economics, University of Texas at Dallas, United States, 2006
Master, Public Affairs, University of Texas at Dallas, United States, 2004
Diploma, Engineering-economics, Tajik Technical University, Tajikistan, 1997
Professional experience
Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, 2020 - Present
Associate Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2016 - 2020
Assistant Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2012 - 2016
Visiting Scholar, Economics, University of Texas at Dallas, 2012 - 2012
Assistant Professor, Department Of Economics, College Of Social Sciences, KIMEP University, Kazakhstan, 2010 - 2012
Visiting Scholar, Economics, University of Texas at Dallas, 2011 - 2011
Post-doctoral Fellow In Economics, University of Texas at Dallas, TX, United States, 2009 - 2010
Memberships
American Economic Association, AEA
Middle East Economic Association, MEEA
Contact
+971 6 515 4176
Dr. Khusrav Gaibulloev
Professor
PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, United States
Khusrav Gaibulloev's current research interest is in the areas of political economy of security and conflicts, development, and health. He is Co-Editor of Defense and Peace Economics. Prior to joining AUS, Dr. Gaibulloev taught undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Texas at Dallas and at KIMEP University, Kazakhstan. Dr. Gaibulloev was a research associate at the Center for Global Collective Action, University of Texas at Dallas (2010-2019). He has published in leading journals in economics and political science, including Journal of Economic Literature, Economic Inquiry, International Organization and Political Analysis.
Publications
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Khusrav Gaibulloev And Todd Sandler. Immigration from a terror-prone nation: destination nation’s optimal immigration and counterterrorism policies
Emin Gahramanov, Khusrav Gaibulloev And Javed Younas. Sex Ratio and Terrorist Group Survival, The B.e. Journal Of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2024
Ali Mirzaei, Khusrav Gaibulloev, Jan Fidrmuc And Tomoe Moore. The effect of capital inflows on the imports of capital goods in developing countries, Journal Of Corporate Finance, 29 December 2024
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Gerel Oyun And Javed Younas. Impact of terrorism on child sex at birth: evidence from Pakistan, Empirical Economics, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024
Khusrav Gaibulloev, James Piazza And Todd Sandler. Do Failed or Weak States Favor Resident Terrorist Groups’ Survival?, Journal Of Conflict Resolution
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Todd Sandler. Common myths of terrorism, Journal Of Economic Surveys, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2023
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Todd Sandler. On Terrorist Groups: Formation, Interactions, Survivability and Attacks, March 2023
Emin Gahramanov, Khusrav Gaibulloev And Javed Younas. Does property ownership by women reduce domestic violence? A case of Latin America, International Review Of Applied Economics, 2022
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Todd Sandler. Determinants of Home-Base Attacks by Terrorist Groups, Defence And Peace Economics, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2021
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Todd Sandler. On Terrorist Groups: An Introduction, Defence And Peace Economics, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2021
Emin Gahramanov, Khusrav Gaibulloev And Javed Younas. Women’s type of property ownership and domestic violence: a theoretical note, Review Of Economics Of The Household, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2021
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Christos Kollias And Binyam Solomon. Defence and Peace Economics: the Third Decade in Retrospect, Defence And Peace Economics, 2020
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Dongfang Hou And Todd Sandler. How do the factors determining terrorist groups’ longevity differ from those affecting their success?, European Journal Of Political Economy, 1 December 2020
Dongfang Hou, Khusrav Gaibulloev And Todd Sandler. Introducing Extended Data on Terrorist Groups (EDTG), 1970 to 2016, Journal Of Conflict Resolution, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Sandler. Six Things We’ve Learned about Terrorism since 9/11, Washington Post (monkey Cage Blog), 2019
Emin Gahramanov, Khusrav Gaibulloev And Javed Younas. Parental Transfers, Intra-household Bargaining and Fertility Decision, The Be Journal Of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2019
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Todd Sandler. Terrorism and affinity of nations, Public Choice, 2019
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Gerel Oyun And Javed Younas. Terrorism and subjective financial well-being: micro-level evidence from Pakistan, Public Choice, 2019
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Todd Sandler. What We Have Learned about Terrorism since 9/11, Journal Of Economic Literature, 2019
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Javed Younas. Untying motives of giving grants vs. loans, European Journal Of Political Economy, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2018
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Javed Younas. Untying the motives of giving grants vs. loans, European Journal Of Political Economy, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2018
Khusrav Gaibulloev, James Piazza And Todd Sandler. Regime Types and Terrorism, International Organization, 2017
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Javed Younas. Conflicts and domestic bank lending, Public Choice, 2016
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Todd Sandler. Decentralization, institutions, and maritime piracy, Public Choice, 2016
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Justin George, Todd Sandler And Hirofumi Shimizu. Personnel contributions to UN and non-UN peacekeeping missions: A public goods approach, Journal Of Peace Research, 2015
Khusrav Gaibulloev. Terrorist group location decision: an empirical investigation, Oxford Economic Papers, 2015
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler And Donggyu Sul. Of Nickell Bias, Cross-Sectional Dependence, and Their Cures: Reply, Political Analysis, 2014
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Todd Sandler. An empirical analysis of alternative ways that terrorist groups end, Public Choice, 2014
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler And Donggyu Sul. Dynamic Panel Analysis under Cross-Sectional Dependence, Political Analysis, 2014
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler And Donggyu Sul. COMMON DRIVERS OF TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM: PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS, Economic Inquiry, 2013
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Todd Sandler. Determinants of the Demise of Terrorist Organizations, Southern Economic Journal, 2013
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Todd Sandler. Aid for AIDS in Africa, Empirical Economics, 2012
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler And Charlinda Santifort. Assessing the Evolving Threat of Terrorism, Global Policy, 2012
Walter Enders, Todd Sandler And Khusrav Gaibulloev. Domestic versus transnational terrorism: Data, decomposition, and dynamics, Journal Of Peace Research, 2011
S. Blomberg, Khusrav Gaibulloev And Todd Sandler. Terrorist group survival: ideology, tactics, and base of operations, Public Choice, 2011
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Todd Sandler. The adverse effect of transnational and domestic terrorism on growth in Africa, Journal Of Peace Research, 2011
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler And Hirofumi Shimizu. Demands for UN and Non-UN Peacekeeping Nonvoluntary versus Voluntary Contributions to a Public Good, Journal Of Conflict Resolution, 2009
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Todd Sandler. Hostage Taking: Determinants of Terrorist Logistical and Negotiation Success, Journal Of Peace Research, 2009
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Todd Sandler. THE IMPACT OF TERRORISM AND CONFLICTS ON GROWTH IN ASIA, Economics & Politics, 2009
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Todd Sandler. Growth consequences of terrorism in Western Europe, Kyklos, 2008
Conference Presentations
Disentangling the impact of financial literacy on behavior: Does financial literacy increase patience?, Assa Annual Meeting, Meea Session Titled “finance And Financial Markets In The Mena Region”, 6 January 2024
Developing healthy eating habits in children: An experimental study among UAE school children, 2nd “economic Policy And Research In The Uae And Beyond” Conference, 23 February 2023
Do failed or weak states favor resident terrorist groups’ survival?, Assa Annual Meeting, Meea Session Titled “conflict And The Environment”, 6 January 2023
Do failed or weak states favor resident terrorist groups’ survival?, 25th Annual International Conference On Economics And Security, 1 July 2022
Developing Healthy Eating Behavior at Early Age, Prague Conference On Behavioral Sciences 2022, 20 May 2022
Does Fiscal Decentralization Mitigate Domestic Terrorism?, Assa Annual Meeting, Meea Session Titled “conflict In Mena”, 8 January 2022
Determinants of Home-Base Attacks by Terrorist Groups, 24th Annual International Conference On Economics And Security, 8 July 2021
Terrorism and child sex at birth: Evidence from Pakistan, Economics And The Behaviour Of Agents Webinar, 21 May 2021
What We Have Learned about Terrorism since 9/11, Cora Seminar Series, 23 February 2021
Developing healthy eating habits in children: Experimental evidence, 40th Meea Annual Meeting, January 2020
Women’s inheritance rights and fertility, Middle East Economic Association, January 2020
Developing healthy eating habits in children: Experimental evidence, Economics Seminar Series, 19 November 2019
Impact of terrorism on child sex at birth: Evidence from Pakistan, Pennsylvania Economic Association, May 2019
Do Reward and Reprimand Policies Reduce Electricity Distribution Losses?, Aea Poster Session, Assa Annual Meeting, January 2019
Impact of terrorism on child sex at birth: Evidence from Pakistan, Meea Session “terrorism In The Middle East And North Africa – Drivers And Consequences”, Assa Annual Meeting, January 2019
Impact of terrorism on child sex at birth: Evidence from Pakistan, University Of Amsterdam, January 2019
Terrorism and Affinity of Nations, Political Violence And Policy Conference, May 2018
Parental Transfers and Fertility: Does the Recipient's Gender Matter?, Royal Economic Society Conference At The University Of Sussex, 28 March 2018
Parental Transfers, Intra-household Bargaining and Fertility Decision, 38th Meea Annual Meeting, January 2018
Decentralization, institutions, and maritime piracy, 37th Meea Annual Meeting, January 2017
Decentralization, institutions, and maritime piracy, Political Violence And Policy Conference, May 2016
Conflict and Domestic Bank Lending, Second Annual Uae Quantitative Research Symposium, March 2016
Conflicts, Terrorism and International Financial Flows, 36th Meea Annual Meeting, January 2016
Conflict and Domestic Bank Lending, 10th Defence And Security Economics Workshop, November 2015
Aid Allocation and Poverty: Are Grants and Loans Different?, 1st Annual International Conference On Social Sciences, May 2015
Terrorist Group Location Decision: An Empirical Investigation, Terrorism And Policy Conference, May 2014
Terrorist Group Location Decision: An Empirical Investigation, Pssi Session On "frontiers In The Study Of The Economics Of Terrorism", Assa Annual Meeting, January 2014
Determinants of the Demise of Terrorist Organizations, Terrorism And Policy Conference, September 2012
Common Drivers of Transnational Terrorism: Principal Component Analysis, 6th Annual Defence And Security Economics Workshop, November 2011
Terrorist Group Survival: Ideology, Tactics, and Base of Operation, Terrorism And Policy Conference, May 2011
Terrorist Group Survival: Ideology, Tactics, and Base of Operation, Kimep International Research Conference (kirc), April 2011
New Empirics of the Impact of Terrorism on Economic Growth, Department Of Economics Workshop, November 2010
New Empirics of the Impact of Terrorism on Economic Growth, Kimep-bsb Research Seminar, September 2010
Domestic Versus Transnational Terrorism: Data, Decomposition, and Dynamics, Terrorism And Policy Conference, May 2010
Demands for UN and non-UN Peacekeeping: Nonvoluntary versus Voluntary Contributions to a Public Good, Defence And Security Economics Workshop, November 2009
The Impact of Terrorism and Conflicts on Growth in Asia, Terrorism And Policy Conference, May 2008
Ethnic Diversity and Provision of Defense, Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, November 2007
Ethnic Diversity and Provision of Defense, Workshop, November 2007
Grants and sponsorships
Grant, Mobile financial services usage for international remittances: opportunities and challenges, American University of Sharjah, June 2024 - May 2025
Grant, Food Labeling and Demand for Healthy Food: An Experimental Evidence from the UAE, American University of Sharjah, June 2020 - May 2022
Grant, Disentangling the impact of financial literacy on behavior: Does financial literacy increase patience and risk tolerance?, American University of Sharjah, June 2019 - May 2021
Grant, Early Age Health Literacy and Dietary Choices as Investment in Human Capital: An Experimental Study among UAE School Children, American University of Sharjah, June 2017 - December 2019
Sponsored Research, SBA Summer Research Grant, “Aid and Poverty: Are Grants and Loans Allocated Differently? ”, American University of Sharjah, 2 March 2015 - 2 March 2015
Sponsored Research, Research Grant, "The Impact of Terrorism and Internal Conflicts on Growth in Asia", Asian Development Bank Institute, 1 April 2008 - 1 September 2008
Awards and Honors
Runner-up for the Journal of Peace Research's "Article of the Year" award 2009: "Hostage Taking: Determinants of Terrorist Logistical and Negotiation Success" (with T. Sandler), 1 June 2010
Vibhooti Shukla Fellowship, 2006-2009, 1 September 2006
Edmund S. Muskie (FSA) Graduate Fellowship, 2002-2004, 1 June 2002
