Department of Economics, Finance & Quantitative Analysis

Research & Teaching Areas
- Development economics
- Comparative economics
- Conflict economics

Recent Consulting
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA)
- United Nations World Food Program (WFP)

Academic Positions
- Kennesaw State University
- American University of Beirut, Lebanon
- University of North Texas
- University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Technical
- University of Ilmenau, Germany

Representative Publications

Marcus Marktanner and Lana Salman (2011), “Economic and Geopolitical Dimensions of Renewable vs. Nuclear Energy in North Africa,” Energy Policy, Vol. 39, Issue 8, pp. 4479-4489.

Marcus Marktanner, Lana Salman, and Hania Bekdash (2010), “An Explorative Study in Qualitative Regime Transitions,” Journal of International Development (http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jid.1681, early view)

Marcus Marktanner and Nagham Sayour (2009), “Does Inequality Prevent Trade Development? A Political-Economy Approach,” Trade and Development Review, Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2009, pp. 93-105.

Marcus Marktanner and Joanna Nasr (2009), “Potentials of Democratization, Demilitarization, Industrialization, and Contraception,” Journal of Economic Studies, Volume 36, Issue 3, 2009, pp. 236-249.

Marcus Marktanner and Samir Makdisi (2008), “Development against all Odds? The Case of Lebanon,” Review of Middle Eastern Economics and Finance, Volume 4, Issue 3, 2008 Article 4, pp. 1-33.