Contact
Full Teaching Professor, Faculty of Arts - Economics Dept
- sharaf@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Development Economics Economic Policies Health Economics Applied Econometrics
About
Education
• PhD. in Economics, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Fall 2012.
Employment History
• Full Teaching Professor, Department of Economics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, August 2019 – Present.
• Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Economics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, July 2018 – July 2019.
• Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Economics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2014 – 2018.
• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2012 – 2014.
Courses
ECON 101 - Introduction to Microeconomics
How markets and governments determine which products are produced and how income is distributed in the Canadian economy. Not open to students with credit in ECON 204.
ECON 102 - Introduction to Macroeconomics
Employment, inflation, international payments, monetary policy, and fiscal policy, all in the Canadian economy. Not open to students with credit in ECON 204.
ECON 281 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I
The theory of consumer behavior; theory of production and cost; price and output determination under competition, monopoly and other market structures. Prerequisite: ECON 101 or equivalent. Open to students with credit in BUEC 211.
ECON 384 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory II
Designed for majors and Honors students in Economics. Extensions and applications of microeconomic theory: intertemporal choice, risk, uncertainty and expected utility; oligopoly and game theory; externalities, public goods, adverse selection, moral hazard, and asymmetric information; general equilibrium. Prerequisites: ECON 281 and 299 or equivalent, and MATH 156 or equivalent.
Featured Publications
Economia Politica. 2026 September; 10.1007/s40888-026-00421-5
Journal of Risk and Financial Management. 2026 June; 10.3390/jrfm19060424
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 2026 June; 10.1108/IJSSP-01-2026-0072
FinTech. 2026 June; 10.3390/fintech5020050
International Economics and Economic Policy. 2026 March; 10.1007/s10368-026-00732-9
Journal of Economic Studies. 2025 November; 10.1108/JES-04-2025-0252
International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis. 2025 May; 10.1108/ijhma-03-2025-0060
Economies. 2024 January; 10.3390/economies12010018
International Journal of Development Issues. 2020 January; 10.1108/IJDI-01-2020-0005
Oxford Development Studies. 2019 January; 10.1080/13600818.2018.1497589
Journal of International Development. 2019 January; 10.1002/jid.3414
European Journal of Development Research. 2019 January; 10.1057/s41287-018-0187-7
Social Indicators Research. 2018 January; 10.1007/s11205-017-1631-3
Social Indicators Research. 2018 January; 10.1007/s11205-016-1515-y
Journal of International Development. 2017 January; 10.1002/jid.3295
Health Economics Review. 2015 January; 10.1186/s13561-016-0097-3
International Journal of Public Health. 2013 January; 10.1007/s00038-013-0452-7
IZA Journal of Migration. 2013 January; 10.1186/2193-9039-2-13
Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 2013 January; 10.1093/ntr/nts194
Health Economics Review. 2011 January; 10.1186/2191-1991-1-15
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