LECTURER'S BRIEF CV

    
         
 
Mohamed AZHAR Abdul Karim
Email: akmazhar@putra.upm.edu.my
Contact Number: Tel: +60 3 8946 7435, Fax: +603 8943 4019
Office: GSM UPM
Web: http://gsm.upm.edu.my/staff/AKM/Azhar.htm
 		  
    EDUCATION    
 

PhD (Econs) University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Post Graduate Diploma (Education) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
B.A. (Math) Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47401 U.S.A.
 
 
    ACADEMIC CAREER    
 

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Management, UPM 5/2003
Lecturer, Graduate School of Management UPM 9/2001 – 4/2003
Lecturer, Department of Economics UPM 2/1997 – 8/2001
Tutor, Department of Economics UPM, 10/1993 – 1/1997
Mathematics Teacher, MARA Junior Science College, 6/1987 – 10/1992
 
 
    GENERAL RESEARCH FIELD    
 


International Trade, and Finance
 

  
    SOME OTHER INTERESTS    
 


Complexity in economics and social systems
 

  
    TEACHING    
 
GSM5000 Managerial Economics, GSM5123 International Trade
 		  
    RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS    
 
 

Azhar, A.K.M. Robert J.R. Elliott and Junting Liu (accepted), “Trade, Product Quality and Adjustment: The China-Asean Experience”. Global Economy Journal
 

  • Azhar, A.K.M. and Robert J.R. Elliott (2011), “A Measure of Trade-induced Adjustment in Volume and Quality Space". Open Economies Review, 22,955-968.
     

  • Alireza Bahiraie, Azhar, A.K.M. and Noor Akma Ibrahim (2011), “A New Dynamic Geometric Approach for Empirical Analysis of Financial Ratios and Bankruptcy”. Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 7 (4), 947-965.

    Alireza Bahiraie, Azhar, A.K.M. and Noor Akma Ibrahim, (2010), “Logistic Robust Method to New Generalized Credit Risk Approach". Applied Mathematical Sciences, 4, 31-40.

    Alireza Bahiraie, Noor Akma Ibrahim,  Azhar, A.K.M. and Ismail Mohd (2009), “Robust Logistic Regression to Static Geometric Representation of Ratios". Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 5, 226-233.

     A.K.M. Azhar, WAT Wan-Abdullah, and M. Ruzlan (2009), “Dynamic Phase Structures in the Evolution of Conventions”.arXiv.physics-soc.0908.0200A. Cornell University
     

  • Azhar, A.K.M. and Robert J.R. Elliott (2008), “On the Measurement of Changes in Product Quality in Marginal Intra industry Trade”: Review of World Economics, 144(2), 225-247.
     

  • Azhar, A.K.M. Robert J.R. Elliott and Junting Liu (2008), “On the Measurement of Product Quality in Intra Industry Trade: An Empirical Test for China”. China Economic Review 19(2), 336-344.

    Azhar, A.K.M. and Robert J.R. Elliott (2007), “Trade and Specialisation in Pollution-intensive Industries: North-South Evidence”. International Economic Journal. 21(3), 361-380.
     

  • Azhar, A.K.M. and Robert J.R. Elliott (2006), “On the Measurement of Product Quality in Intra Industry Trade”. Review of World Economics 142(3), 476-495.

     W.A.T. Wan Abdullah and Azhar, A.K.M. (2005), “Mutual Support in Agent Networks”.  arXiv.physics.8205. Cornell University.

     W.A.T. Wan Abdullah and A.K.M. Azhar (2004),"Deviants Dilemma - The Simulation". arXiv.cond-mat.12107. Cornell University.

     Azhar, A.K.M. and Robert J.R. Elliott (2004), “Economic Integration and the Evolution of Trade: A Geometric Interpretation of Trade Measures”. Journal of Economic Integration 19(4), 651-666.
    A.K.M. Azhar, W.A.T. Wan Abdullah, Z.A. Kidam, and A. Salleh (2003), "The Deviants Dilemma: A Simple Game in the Run-up to Seniority”. arXiv.cond-mat.10340. Cornell University.
     

  • Azhar, A.K.M. and Robert J.R. Elliott (2003), “On the Measurement of Trade-induced Adjustment”. Review of World Economics, 139(3), 419-439.
     

  • Azhar, A.K.M., Robert J. R. Elliott, and Chris R. Milner (1998), “Static and Dynamic Measurement of Intra-industry Trade and Adjustment: A Geometric Reappraisal”. Review of World Economics, 134 (3), 404-422.
   
   
 
  • indicate journal is listed in the ISI social science citation index
   
    Selected Conference Presentations    
 
 

H.M. Azmi, Alireza Bahiraie, A.K.M. Azhar, and Noor Akma Ibrahim (2010), "On the Measurement of Operational Risk: A Dynamic Approach". Contributed Session: Persidangan Kebangsaan Ekonomi ke 5, PERKEM V, October, Port Dickson, Malaysia.

A.J. Aishanuddin and A.K.M. Azhar (2010),  "A Simple Model of Equity Contract with Default Probabilities". Contributed Session: 6th East Asian Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics  Conference, EASIAM 2010, June, Kuala Lumpur.

A.K.M. Azhar,  Suzana I.W. Osman and Rasyad A. Parinduri (2009), "On Capital Market Ratios and Stock Valuation: A Geometric Approach". Contributed Session: 22nd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, 16-18th December, Sydney, Australia.

A.K.M. Azhar, Robert JR Elliott and Rasyad A Parinduri (2009), “A Quality Adjusted Measure of  Changes in Intra-industry Trade: An Empirical Test for Australia and ASEAN”. Contributed Session: Singapore Economic Review Conference, SERC 2009, 6-8th August Singapore.

A.K.M. Azhar, Robert JR Elliott and Junting Liu (2007), “Changes in Product Quality in Marginal Intra industry Trade and Adjustment: The China-ASEAN Experience”. Contributed Session: Singapore Economic Review Conference, 2-4 August, Singapore.

A.K.M. Azhar, WAT Wan-Abdullah, and M. Ruzlan (2005), “Dynamic Phase Structures in the Evolution of Conventions”. Contributed Session: International Advanced Technology Congress (IATC 2005), 6-8 December, Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur.

WAT Wan Abdullah and A.K.M. Azhar (2005), “Mutual Support in Agent Networks” Invited Presentation: International Meeting on Frontiers of Physics, (IMFP), 25-29 July, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

A.K.M. Azhar, and Robert JR Elliott (2004), “On the Measurement of Vertical and Horizontal Intra Industry Trade: A Geometric Exposition” Contributed Session: European Trade Study Group 6th Annual Conference, ETSG 2004, 9-11 September, University of Nottingham, UK.

A.K.M. Azhar and WAT Wan-Abdullah, (2004), “A Simulated Deviants Dilemma Game”. 2nd World Congress Game Theory Society, Marseille, France (poster).

A.K.M. Azhar and Robert JR Elliott (2003), “On the Measurement of Trade-Induced Adjustment”. Contributed Session: 18th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, EEA 2003, 20-24 August, Stockholm, Sweden.
 
 
    Invitation to Referee/Refereed for:    
   
All China Economics (ACE) 2009 Conference, Journal of Economic Integration, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, Review of World Economics, World Economy.
 		    
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