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Hamza Syed

PhD Candidate in Economics
About

About

Hamza is a PhD Economics candidate in the Department of Economics. He is from India where he did his undergraduate and Masters degrees. After Masters, he worked at HSBC as a Risk Analyst for two years. Thereafter, joined J-PAL South Asia and worked there for three years, initially as a Senior Research Associate and then as a Research Manager. His research interests lie at the intersection of political economy, development and conflict.

Research InterestsPolitical Economy, Development Economics, Energy

Supervsior(s)
Tim Besley
Maitreesh Ghatak

Teaching
EC230: Economics in Public Policy
EC2B5: Macroeconomics II
PP455: Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis

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Expertise

Political Economy, Development Economics, Energy