Determinants of labor force participation of Arab females.
The Israeli-Arab Conflict.
Economic growth of the Middle East and North Africa.
Sensitivity analysis of cross-section and panel data growth regressions.
Applied econometrics, mainly related to growth.
Sources of growth and productivity measurement.
The augmented Solow growth model.

Abdelfattah, Y., Abu-Qarn, A. S., Dunne P. and Zaher, S. (2013) “The Demand for Military Spending in Egypt,” Defence and Peace Economics, forthcoming.
Abu-Qarn, A. S. (2013) “On Defense and Growth of Israel and its Neighbors,” The Economic Quarterly, forthcoming. (In Hebrew)
Abu-Qarn, A. S. (2010) “The Defense-Growth Nexus: An Application for the Israeli-Arab Conflict,” Defence and Peace Economics, 21(4), 291-300.
Abu-Qarn, A. S. (2010) “Economic ramifications of the Israeli-Arab conflict – Introduction,” Defence and Peace Economics, 21(4), 285-289.
Abu-Bader, S. and Abu-Qarn, A. S. (2010) “Trade Liberalization or Oil Shocks: Which Better Explains Structural Breaks in International Trade Ratios?,” Review of International Economics, 18(2), 250–264.
Abu-Qarn, A. S. and Abu-Bader, S. (2009) “On the Dynamics of the Israeli-Arab Conflict,” Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 49(3), 931-943.
Abu-Qarn, A. S. and Abu-Bader, S. (2009) “Getting Income Shares Right: A Panel Data Investigation for OECD Countries,” Economic Development Quarterly, 23(3), 254-266.
Abu-Bader, S. and Abu-Qarn, A. S. (2008) “The Relationship Between GATT Membership and Structural Breaks in International Trade,” Global Economy Journal, 8(4), article 1.
Abu-Qarn, A. S. and Abu-Bader, S. (2008) “On the Optimality of a GCC Monetary Union: Structural VAR, Common Trends, and Common Cycles Evidence,” The World Economy, 31(5), 612-630.
Abu-Qarn, A. S. and Abu-Bader, S. (2008) “Structural Breaks in Military Expenditures: Evidence for Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Syria,” Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 14(1), article 3.
Abu-Qarn, A. S. (2008) “Six Decades of the Israeli-Arab Conflict: An Assessment of the Economic Aspects,” Economics of Peace and Security Journal, 3(2), 8-15.
Abu-Bader, S. and Abu-Qarn, A. S. (2008) “Financial Development and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Six MENA Countries,” Review of Development Economics, 12(4), 803–817.
Abu-Bader, S. and Abu-Qarn, A. S. (2008) “The Impact of GATT on International Trade: Evidence from Structural Break Analysis”, Applied Econometrics and International Development, 8(2), 23-36.
Abu-Bader, S. and Abu-Qarn, A. S. (2008) “Financial Development and Economic Growth: The Egyptian Experience,” Journal of Policy Modeling, 30(5), 887-898.
Abu-Qarn, A. S. and Abu-Bader, S. (2007) “Sources of Growth Revisited: Evidence from Selected MENA Countries,” World Development, 35(5), 752-771.
Abu-Qarn, A. S. and Abu-Bader, S. (2004) “The Validity of the ELG Hypothesis in the MENA Region: Cointegration and Error Correction Model Analysis,” Applied Economics, 36(15), 1685 – 1695.
Abu-Bader S. and Abu-Qarn, A. S. (2003) “Government Expenditures, Military Spending and Economic Growth: Causality Evidence from Egypt, Israel and Syria,” Journal of Policy Modeling, 25(6-7), 567-583.

B.A., 1990, Ben-Gurion University, Department of Economics, with honors.
M.A., 1995, Ben-Gurion University, Department of Economics, with high honors.
Title of thesis: "Macroeconomic Prediction Model of the West Bank and Gaza Strip."
Ph.D., 2002, Northeastern University, Department of Economics, Boston, MA.
Title of dissertation: "Three Empirical Essays on Economic Growth in the MENA Region"