Mashrur Khan
PhD Student

Profile

Biography

I am a PhD student affiliated with the Macroeconomics/Finance research cluster, under the supervision of Professor Neil Rankin. My research focuses on monetary economics, particularly on price stickiness and the transmission mechanism of monetary policy in developing economies.

Before joining the University of York, I worked for the World Bank and International Food Policy Research Institute in Bangladesh and Rwanda. I hold a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from North South University, Bangladesh.

Research

Overview

Research Interests

Primary Fields:

• Monetary Economics
• Macroeconomics

Thesis:

Prices are empirically found to be sticky for many advanced economies, which ensures non-neutrality of monetary policy. For developing economies, studies on price stickiness and monetary policy are scarce, owing primarily to lack of data. As developing economies are usually characterised by high inflation and uncertainty, it is reasonable to expect that prices are less rigid in these economies. In addition, the structural features of developing economies are different from advanced economies, which makes it likely that the price-setting mechanism and conduct of monetary policy are dissimilar to advanced economies. The purpose of my thesis is to study the stickiness of prices and the transmission mechanism of monetary policy in developing economies.

Research group(s)

• Macroeconomics/Finance Cluster

Supervision

• Professor Neil Rankin

Publications

Selected publications

“Macroeconomic Trends and Policy Implications: Evidence from Bhutan,” Journal of Bhutan Studies, Vol. 33(1), pp. 74-110, May 2016 (with Matthew Robson).

“The Impact of Political Risk on Foreign Direct Investment,” International Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 5(8), pp. 147-156, July 2013 (with Mashfique I. Akbar).

Teaching

Undergraduate

2016/17

• Macroeconomics II (2nd year) 
• Commodity Markets (2nd year) 
• Mathematics Drop-In Sessions (Undergraduate)

2015/16

• Commodity Markets (2nd year) 
• Financial Economics and Capital Markets (2nd year) 
• Mathematics I (1st year)

2014/15

• Statistics I (1st year)