Syed F. Mahmud
Email: syed@bilkent.edu.tr
Contact Number: +90 312 290 1467
Office: A111
Personal Homepage: http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~syed/
EDUCATION
Ph.D, Economic Theory, Econometrics, McMaster University, 1986
M.A, Economics, McMaster University, 1980
M.Sc, Economics, Karachi University, 1976
B.A., Economics, Karachi University, 1975

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Applied Econometrics, Energy Economics, Money, Agricultural Economics

PUBLICATIONS
• S. Mahmud, N. Demir and Ş. Babuşçu, "The Technical Inefficiency Effects of Turkish Banks after Financial Liberalization", Developing Economies, Vol. XLIII, No.3, 396-411, (2005)
• S. Mahmud, Aman Ullah, Eray Yucel, "Testing Marshall-Lerner Condition: A Non-Parametric Approach", Applied Economics Letters, vol.11, pp.231-236, (2004)
• Syed F. Mahmud and Nazmi Demir, "Agro-Climatic Conditions and Regional Inefficiencies in Agriculture", Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol.50, pp.269-280 (2003).
• S. Mahmud, “Monetary Aggregation and Money in Production Function,” Pakistan Journal of Applied Sciences, vol. 2, pp. 270-272 (2002).
• S. Mahmud and O. Zaim, “The Sources of Productivity Growth in the Agricultural Sector of Pakistan,” Journal of Quantitative Economics, vol. 16, pp. 37-44 (2001).
• S. Mahmud, “The Energy Demand in the Manufacturing Sector of Pakistan: Some Further Results,” Energy Economics, vol. 22, pp. 641-648 (2000).
• S. Mahmud and N. Demir, “Regional Technical Efficiency Differentials in the Turkish Agriculture: A Note,” Indian Economic Review, vol. 33, pp. 197-206 (1999).
• Syed F. Mahmud and Osman Zaim, “Cost Structure of Turkish Banking Industry: AGL Cost Function Approach”, METU Studies in Development ,Vol. 25, 3, (1998.)
• S. Mahmud, “Money in Production Function: Some Further Results,” Pakistan Economic and Social Review, vol. 35, pp. 1-9 (1997).
• M. A. Hasan and S. Mahmud, “Is Money an Omitted Variable in the Production Function? Some Further Results,” Empirical Economics, vol. 18, pp. 431-445 (1993).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Visiting Associate Professor, Bilkent University, Ankara, Fall 1991- present.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Bilkent University, Ankara, Fall 1989-1991.
Assistant Professor, University of Karachi, Karachi, April 1986-Sept. 1989
Lecturer, McMaster University, Hamilton,Ontario. Fall 1985 - 1980
Lecturer, University of Karachi, Karachi, July 1980 - Dec 1980
Lecturer, University of Karachi, Karachi, April 1978 - July 1979.