Salim Ahmed Said Al Jahwari

CV (pdf)

Education

• PhD in Economics, Washington State University, expected 2021
  • Advisors: Jill McCluskey, Ben Cowan, Ron Mittelhammer, and Jonathan Yoder
  • Dissertation: The Economics of Pain
• BS in Economics (with Honors), Brigham Young University – Idaho, 2015

Research Interests

• Primary: Health Economics, Behavioral Economics, Pain
• Secondary: Environmental Economics

WORKING PAPERS

• “A Theory of Pain and Addiction” with Jill McCluskey, Ron Mittelhammer, and Jonathan Yoder
• “The Effects of Acute Pain on Economic Decision Making” with Jill McCluskey, Scott Rozelle, and Zhou Huan
• “Unintended Consequences: Does the Opioid Safety Initiative Increase Veteran Suicides?” with Ben Cowan

Presentations

• “A Theory of Pain and Addiction” to be presented at:
  • Allied Social Science Association (ASSA), San Diego, CA, January 3-5, 2020

Research Experience

• Research Assistant — School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, U.S., Spring 2019

Teaching Experience

• Lead Instructor — Washington State University (Evaluation Median: 4.4/5.0)
  • EconS 321 Economics of Sports in America Fall 2017, Spring 2018
    
  • EconS 101 Fundamentals of Microeconomics, Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2020, Spring, 2020
  • EconS 102 Fundamentals of Macroeconomics, Fall 2018, Fall 2019 (online)
  • EconS 301 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory with Calculus, Summer 2019 (online)
    

Professional Activities

• Citi training
• Leadership:
  • School of Economic Sciences, Graduate Student Association Vice President, 2018-2019
• Memberships:
  • American Economic Association

Scholarships and Awards

• Brigham Young Univeristy – Idaho’s Ezra Taft Benson Excellence in Economics, 2015.

Skills

Computer: STATA, R, Mathematica, Python, LaTex