Saleh AmirKhalkhali, Ph.D.

Saleh AmirKhalkhali
Chairperson & Professor
Economics


T (902) 420-5672
F (902) 420-5129

Sobey Building SB303
sal.amirkhalkhali@smu.ca

Dr. AmirKhalkhali is Professor of Economics. He has been at Saint Mary's University since 1984 and chaired the Economics Department from 1995 to 2007. He has published papers on the theory of econometrics (autocorrelation, non-normality, seemingly unrelated regressions, and undersized samples), and empirical articles dealing with fiscal policy, saving and investment, capital mobility, economic growth, and firm size & growth. His publications include book chapters as well as articles in journals such as Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Public Administration, Canadian Public Policy, Canadian Tax Journal, Applied Economics, Development Policy Review, Eastern Economic Journal, Economic Modeling, Economic Notes, Empirical Economics, IMF Staff Papers, Journal of Policy Modeling, Southern Economic Journal, Communications in Statistics, Sankhya (published by the Indian Statistical Society), Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, and The Statistician (published by the Royal Statistical Society). His teaching interests include econometric modeling and forecasting, macroeconomics and public policy, and managerial economics.

RESEARCH

  • Econometrics
  • Economic Growth & Development
  • Saving-Investment & Capital
  • Mobility
  • Fiscal Policy
  • Firm Size and Growth

 

COURSES

Undergraduate

  • Microeconomics; Macroeconomics; Mathematical Economics; Statistics;
    Econometrics; Econometric Modeling and Forecasting; and Research Seminar.

Graduate

  • Economics of Enterprise Environment; Economics of the Enterprise; Managerial Economics; Public Policy; Quantitative Methods for Management; Applied Econometrics; Business Forecasting; and Research Seminar in Economics.