Dr. Abubakar Siddiqi - GIFT Business School

Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Abubakar Siddique

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Economics
Federal Urdu University, Islamabad

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Biography

Dr. Hafiz M. Abubakar Siddique is working as Assistant Professor of Economics at the Department of Business & Commerce, GIFT University Gujranwala since 2019. He completed his Ph.D. in Economics from Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Islamabad in 2021. He did his MPhil in Economics from Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad in 2015, and he received his MSc in Economics from Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad in 2013. His research interests include Development Economics, Health, Energy & Environment, Trade and Financial Development. He has published more than 36 research papers in national and international journals as well. He has supervised the research dissertation of 7 M.Phil. Students. Currently, he is supervising 3 MPhil Students. He teaches Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Public Economics, Basic Econometrics and Applied Econometrics.

Teaching Interests

Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Public Economics
Labor Economics
Basic Econometrics
Applied Econometrics
Mathematical Economics

Research Interests

Development Economics
Health
Energy & Environment
Trade and Financial Development

Selected Publications

Liaqat, R., Waseem, M., Siddique, H. M. A., and Majeed, M. T. (2021). Health Outcomes of Poverty: Evidence from around the Globe. Bulletin of Business and Economics,, 10(3), 43-55.
Majeed, M. T., Shehzadi, I., & Siddique, H. M. A., (2021). The Financial Development and Poverty Nexus: The Role of the Institutions. Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics, 31(1), 47-75.
Mohey-ud-din, G., Ullah, S., & Siddique, H. M. A., (2021). Association between Community Mobility Patterns and daily Covid-19 cases: Some Preliminary Evidence from Pakistan. Palarch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology,, 18(6), 56-61.
Nawaz, A., Majeed, M. T., & Siddique, H. M. A., (2020). Institutional Governance and Climate Change Nexus: A Panel Data Analysis. Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics, 30(2), 203-233.
Siddique, H. M. A., and Kiani, A. K., (2020). Industrial Pollution and Human Health: Evidence from Middle Income Countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27(11), 12439-12448.
Shehzadi, I., Siddique, H. M. A., & Majeed, M. T. (2019). Impact of Political Instability on Economic Growth, Poverty and Income Inequality. Pakistan Business Review,, 20(4), 825-839.
Kiani, A., Ijaz, F., & Siddique, H. M. A., (2018). Determinants of Agricultural Exports of Pakistan: An Application of Gravity Model. The Dialogue, 13(4), 467-478.
Siddique, H. M. A., Usman, S., & Ishaq, J. (2018). Financial Development and Economic Growth Nexus: The role of Energy Consumption. Journal of Quantitative Methods, 2(2), 43-55.
Siddique, H. M. A., Majeed M. T., & Ahmad H. K., (2016). The Impact of Urbanization and Energy Consumption on CO2 Emissions in South Asia. A research Journal of South Asian Studies, 31(2), 745-757.
Siddique, H. M. A., & Majeed M. T., (2015). Energy Consumption, Economic Growth, Trade and Financial Development Nexus in South Asia. Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Science, 9(2), 658-682.