Dr Sheikh Selim

Qualifications

• 2005 University of Southampton: Ph.D. in Economics
• 2001 The Australian National University: Master of EconDev
• 1998 University of Dhaka: M.SS. in Economics
• 1996 Aligarh Muslim University: B.A. in Economics

Teaching profile

• Year 3: Financial Economics (Undergraduate)
• Development Finance (M.Sc.)
• Microeconomics of Uncertainty (M.Sc.)
• Presessional Mathematics for Economists (M.Sc.)
• Year 2: Topics in Public Finance (PhD)

Research interests

• Asset pricing
• Economic growth
• Fiscal & monetary policy
• International finance
• Macroeconomics
• Public finance

Selected publications

Selim, S. (2009) Optimal Capital Income Taxation in a Two-Sector Economy. In Public Good, Public Policy and Taxation: A European Perspective, Vol. 4 in New Developments in Economic Research, Duffy, D. and Shinnick, E. (Eds) Berlin: LIT, Verlag

Articles in Journals

Selim, S. (2010) Labour Productivity and Rice Production in Bangladesh: A Stochastic Frontier Approach, Applied Economics (forthcoming). Online article

Selim, S. (2010) Optimal Taxation in a Two-sector Economy with Heterogeneous Agents, Economics Bulletin, Vol. 30, no. 1, pp 534-542. Online article

Selim, S. (2010) Revisiting the Capital Tax Ambiguity Result, Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis in Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 1 (forthcoming). Online article

Selim, S. and Parvin, N. (2010)Policy Reforms and Incentives in Rice Production in Bangladesh, Economics Bulletin, Vol. 30, no. 1, pp 461-471. Online article

Working Papers

Selim, S. (2007) On the Policy Relevance of the Ramsey Tax Rules, Economics Discussion Papers, No. 2007/31. Online article

Selim, S. (2010) The Social Cost of Optimal Taxes in an Imperfectly Competitive Economy, No. E2005/6, Cardiff Economics Working Papers Online article

Selim, S. (2010) Optimal Tax Policy and Wage Subsidy in an Imperfectly Competitive Economy, No. AIUB-BUS-ECON-2008-02, AIUB Bus Econ Working Paper Series [Online article]

Patel, V. and Selim, S. (2010) Reforms, Incentives, Welfare and Productivity Growth in Chinese Wheat Production, Cardiff Economics Working Paper E2010/16 .

Selim, S. and Szeto, S. (2010) Flat Tax System, Productive Public Expenditure and Economic Growth in European Economies, mimeo, Cardiff University.

Selim, S., Parvin, M. and Patel, V. (2010) Interaction and Non-neutral Effects of Factors in Chinese Wheat Production, Cardiff Economics Working Paper E2010/17

Selim, S. (2011) The Impact of Price Regulations on Regional Welfare and Agricultural Productivity in China, Cardiff Economics Working Paper E2011/2

Selim, S. (2011) Optimal Taxation and Redistribution in a Two Sector Two Class Agents' Economy, Cardiff Economics Working Paper E2011/6

Works in Progress

Selim, S. and Valentinyi, A. Optimal Capital Income Taxation and Distributions Services.

Luintel, K. and Selim, S. Static and Dynamic Gains from Banking Sector Reforms in Nepal.

Selim, S. Optimal Tax Policy with Entry Restrictions.

Luintel, K., Matthews, K. and Selim, S. Reforms, Incentives and Productivity Growth in the Chinese Banking Sector.

Gillman, M., Kejak, M. and Selim, S. Optimal Taxation in an Economy with Tax Evasion Service.

Minford, L., Minford, P. and Selim, S. Growth and Welfare Effects of Tax Reform in the UK

Activities

• Associate Editor, AIUB Journal of Business & Economics (AJBE).
• Editor, AIUB Bus Econ Working Paper Series.
• European Economic Review
• Journal of Public Economic Theory
• AIUB Journal of Business & Economics
• ESRC
• INFER
• Cambridge University Press
• University of Wales Press