Muhammad Akram

Room: 109
Phone: 0114 222 3311

email : ecq09ma@sheffield.ac.uk

Consultation and feedback time: Thursday, 10:00 – 12:00

Supervisor: Mustafa Caglayan

Co-Supervisor: Jonathan Perraton

Muhammad graduated from Punjab University Lahore Pakistan. Following his Bachelor degree (BSc) he obtained MA in Economics degree from Punjab University in 1999, MAS in Economics from the Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC) Karachi University in 2004 and MPhil degree in Economics from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad in 2007. The topic of the research thesis was "The Incidence of the Government Expenditure on Education and Health: A Case Study of Pakistan". He then joined the International Institute of Islamic Economics (IIIE) International Islamic University Islamabad Pakistan as Lecturer.

Teaching

• ECN201 Microeconomics

Research interests

• International Economics
• Globalization
• Public Economics
• Macroeconomics

Publications

• Hakro N. A. and Akram, M (2009), “(Pre-Post) Performance Assessment of Privatization Process in Pakistan”. International Review of Business Research Papers Vol.5 No. 1 Pp. 70-86
• Hakro N. A. and Akram M (2007), “The Incidence of Government Expenditure on Education and Health: Microeconomic Evidence from Pakistan”. Lahore Journal of Economics, Vol. 12,No.2
• Akram M. Faheem J.K (2007) “Health Care Service Delivery and Government Spending in Pakistan” ”, PIDE Working Papers 2007:32, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, Pakistan
• Akram M. Faheem J.K (2007) “Education and Public Spending in Pakistan”, PIDE Working Papers 2007:40, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, Pakistan

Title of Thesis

"Trade Creation and Trade diversion effects of European Union"