Biography
Dr. Omar Bashar is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Deakin Business School. His main area of research is Empirical Macroeconomics. He has expertise in the application of various econometric techniques including recent developments in the time series analysis. He is particularly interested in the Australian economy and some of his recent research has focused on the contemporary issues relating to the housing market and resource boom in Australia. He has published in highly regarded economics journals, such as Journal of Macroeconomics, Economic Record, Economic Modelling, and Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. At Deakin, Dr. Bashar has taught a wide range of teaching units including Macroeconomics, Energy and Environment, and International Trade at various levels. He has also served as a Discipline Coordinator and Director of Teaching in Economics at Deakin. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Melbourne.
Read more on Omar's profileResearch interests
- Empirical Macroeconomics
- Housing Market
- Energy, Resource and Environmental Economics
- Time Series Modelling
Affiliations
- Member, Economic Society of Australia.
- Member, Econometric Society.
Teaching interests
- Macroeconomics
- Econometrics
- Quantitative Methods
- Microeconomics
Units taught
Units taught and coordinated at Deakin:
- MAE203/MAE102 - The Global Economy
- MAE312/MAE202 - National Economic Policy
- MAE305 - Energy and Environment
- MAE302 - Macroeconomics of Open Economies
- MAE103 - Managerial Economics
- MAE213 - International Trade
- MBA707 - The Deakin Advantage: Capstone
- MAE356 - Analytical Methods in Economics and Finance
Knowledge areas
- Macroeconomics
- Microeconomics
- Econometrics
Expertise
- Economics
Conferences
- Australian Conference of Economists, Economic Society of Australia, Australia, 2018, 2010, 2008.
- Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, Australia; 2019, 2014, 2013.
- Singapore Economic Review Conference, Singapore; 2017, 2009, 2007.
Professional activities
Media appearances
'Geelong unemployment rate jumps as JobKeeper puts lid on figures' - interviewed for a Herald Sun/Geelong Advertiser news story regarding recent unemployment situation (published on May 15, 2020). Link:
Research groups
Centre for Energy, the Environment and Natural Disaster (CEEND)
Awards
Departmental award: Outstanding Unit Chair (MAE203) in T2, 2019.
Projects
Current Research Projects
- An intra-city analysis of house price convergence and spatial dependence. (Accepted for publication in the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics).
- The shock frequency and macroeconomic volatility.
- Carbon emissions and economic activity: a sectoral analysis.
- CO2 emissions and business cycle.
- Panel data analysis of the Australian housing market.
- Explaining cross-country differences in COVID-19 mortality.
- Transformative services and firms' performance.
Publications
The cross-industry effects of monetary policy: New evidence from Bangladesh
R Roy, O Bashar, P Bhattacharya
(2023), Vol. 127, pp. 1-16, Economic Modelling, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Omar Bashar, I Wadud, Huson Ali Ahmed, Bill Dimovski
(2022), pp. 1-22, Accounting and Finance, London, Eng., C1
An Intra-City Analysis of House Price Convergence and Spatial Dependence
O Bashar
(2021), Vol. 63, pp. 525-546, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, C1
O Bashar, O Bashar
(2020), Vol. 64, pp. 376-395, Australian journal of agricultural and resource economics, Chichester, Eng., C1
The cyclicality of fiscal policy: New evidence from unobserved components approach
O Bashar, P Bhattacharya, M Wohar
(2017), Vol. 53, pp. 222-234, Journal of Macroeconomics, C1
The trickle-down effect of the mining boom in Australia: fact or myth?
O Bashar
(2015), Vol. 91, pp. 94-108, Economic record, London, Eng., C1
Oil price uncertainty, monetary policy and the macroeconomy: the Canadian perspective
O Bashar, I Wadud, H Ahmed
(2013), Vol. 35, pp. 249-259, Economic modelling, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
H Ahmed, O Bashar, I Wadud
(2012), Vol. 92, pp. 447-455, Applied energy, Oxford, U. K., C1
The dynamics of aggregate demand and supply shocks in ASEAN countries
O Bashar
(2012), Vol. 23, pp. 507-518, Journal of Asian economics, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1
Monetary policy and the housing market in Australia
I Wadud, O Bashar, H Ali Ahmed
(2012), Vol. 34, pp. 849-863, Journal of policy modelling, Philadelphia, Pa., C1
The role of agregate demand and supply shocks in a low-income country : evidence from Bangladesh
O Bashar
(2011), Vol. 44, pp. 243-264, The journal of developing areas, Nashville, Tenn., C1
On the permanent effect of an aggregate demand shock : evidence from the G-7 countries
O Bashar
(2011), Vol. 28, pp. 1374-1382, Economic modelling, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1
Measuring core inflation in Bangladesh : an unobserved components approach
O Bashar
(2011), Vol. 46, pp. 109-129, Indian economic review, New Delhi, India, C1
Does monetary policy matter in a less developed economy? Evidence from Bangladesh
O Bashar
(2008), pp. 1-35, ACE 2008 : Proceedings of the 37th Australian Conference of Economists, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, E1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
No Funded Projects at Deakin found
Supervisions
Ripon Roy
Thesis entitled: Three Essays on Monetary Policy and Finance
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Economics
Matthew Peter Larkin
Thesis entitled: Three Essays on the Australian Housing Market
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Economics