RESEARCH PROFILE:

Dr. Faiz Ur Rehman

Associate Professor and Program Director (MS and PhD Economics), Department of Economics, IBA
Email: Faizrehman@iba.edu.pk

Dr. Faiz Ur Rehman is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at IBA. He holds a joint Ph.D. degree in Law & Economics from the Universities of Bologna, Hamburg, and Erasmus Rotterdam, acquired under the Erasmus Mundus Doctorate Fellowship. He joined IBA in 2021, and prior to that, he was associated with Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad.

His areas of interest encompass the economics of conflict, political economy, and applied economics. Presently, his research focuses on projects including Frontier Governmentality, Frontier Rule and Long-Term Development, Conflict and Early Human Capital, as well as Firms' Public Credit and Default Rate.

His instructional portfolio at IBA covers Macroeconomics, Applied Economics, and Institutions and Development.

SELECTED RESEARCH ARTICLES

1. Rehman, F. U., & Vanin, P. (2017). Terrorism risk and democratic preferences in Pakistan. Journal of Development Economics, 124, 95-106.

2. Ahmad, N., Rehman, F. U., & Sarwar, N. (2023). COVID-19 induced national lockdown and income inequality: evidence from Pakistan. Oxford Development Studies, 51(1), 66-81.

3. Rehman, F. U. (2018). Does Military Intervention Reduce Violence? Evidence from Federally Administered Tribal Area of Pakistan (2001–2011). The Journal of Development Studies,     54(9), 1572-1592.

4. Nasir, M., & Rehman, F. U. (2011). Environmental Kuznets curve for carbon emissions in Pakistan: an empirical investigation. Energy policy, 39(3), 1857-1864.

5. Malik, M. A., Ali Mirza, R., & Rehman, F. U. (2023). Frontier rule and conflict (No. 2023/128). WIDER Working Paper.