Dr. Mikidadu Mohammed

Assistant Professor of Economics

Economics & Business Administration / Academic

Office:

Hopkins Center 309

Mailbox:

61630

Phone:

903.813.2607

Education:

Ph.D., University of Utah
M.A., New Mexico State University
B.A., Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Faculty Bio:

Dr. Mikidadu Mohammed is Assistant Professor of Economics at Austin College. His research interests are in the areas of theoretical and empirical macroeconomics and applied econometrics with special focus on macro-energy linkages, financialization and financial development dynamics, fiscal and monetary policy effectiveness, and macro-commodity markets dynamics.

His teaching interests lie in the fields of macroeconomics, international economics, development economics, energy economics, and predictive analytics. He is the section lead for international finance, international business, and international trade theory and policy.

He is also the Co-Director of the Austin College-Dallas Federal Reserve Bank Economics Scholars Program.

Prior to joining Austin College, Dr. Mohammed was appointed as a Teaching Associate at the University of Utah Department of Economics, Adjunct Professor at Westminster College, and Research Analyst at the University of Utah Gardner Policy Institute.

Recent Courses:

• Energy Economics
• Principles of Macroeconomics
• International Trade & Policy
• International Finance
• International Business
• Predictive Analytics
• Development Economics

In the Media

• On the Road for Research

Book Publication

The Economics and Finance of Commodity Price Shocks
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date: November 2021

Selected Journal Article Publications

• Financial Regimes and Oil Prices. 2021, with J. Barrales-Ruiz, Resource Policy, 74: 102299. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102299
• Oil Price Shocks and Macroeconomic Performance in OECD Countries. 2021, with C. Spurlock. Journal of Economic Insight, 47(2): 53-90. Doi: 6084/m9.figshare.19565752
• The Differential Effects of Oil Price Shocks on Exchange Rate, Inflation, and Monetary Policy Rate. 2021. Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 45(1): 23-41. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/03796205.2021.1956168
• Subnational Variations in Electricity Access and Infant Mortality. 2021, with M. Akuoko. Health Policy OPEN, 3: 100057. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpopen.2021.100057
• Green Tax Shocks and Economic Growth. 2020. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 10(2), 302-318. Doi: 32479/ijeep.8660
• Oil Production and Economic Growth in Angola. 2018. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 8(2), 127-131. Doi: https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/view/5963
• Tax Structure and State Economic Growth During the Great Recession. 2014. with R.V. Adkisson, The Social Science Journal, 51(1), 79-89. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2013.10.009
• Pragmatism to Dogmatism: The Laissez Faire Myth and the Disabling of the American Fisc. 2012. with R.V. Adkisson, Review of Social Economy, 70(4), 421-450. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00346764.2012.690606
• Five Decades of Modeling Oil Price Shocks: A Critical Review. 2020. International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 14(2-3), 241-297. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/101.00000117