Magda Kandil

Magda ElSayed Kandil
ماجدة السيد قنديل
Born(1958-05-05)5 May 1958
Egypt
Died17 June 2020(2020-06-17) (aged 62)
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Academic career
InstitutionsCentral Bank of the United Arab Emirates
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Alma materCairo University
University of Notre Dame
Washington State University
Doctoral
advisor		Jo Anna Gray

Magda ElSayed Kandil (Arabic: ماجدة السيد قنديل; 5 May 1958 – 17 June 2020) was an Egyptian economist, and most notably the chief economist and head of the research and statistics department at the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates. Previously she was a senior economist at the IMF and a professor at University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

She was on the editorial board of the Journal of Economic Studies[1] and Management Decision.[2]

Education and career

She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in economics from Cairo University in 1978. She then obtained an M.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1982 and an M.B.A. from Indiana University two years later. In 1988, she received her PhD from Washington State University.[3][4] From 1992 to 1999, she was professor and economics department chair at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.[5]

In 1999, she joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as Advisor to Executive Director. She then obtained successive promotions and in 2013, she was nominated as Senior Economist for the Eastern II Division in the African Department. She was the Chief Economist and Head of Research and Statistics Department at the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates.[5]

Kandil died on 17 June 2020 in Abu Dhabi.[6]

Research

Her research focuses on Macroeconomics, International Economics and growth economics. She has published in the Journal of Macroeconomics,[7][8] the Journal of Economics and Business,[9] the Southern Economic Journal,[10] the Journal of International Money and Finance[11] and Applied Economics.[12]

She is the 87th most cited woman in economics according to the ranking on IDEAS.[13]

Her research has been featured in The Washington Post,[14][15] The Wall Street Journal,[16] Reuters,[17][18] The Jerusalem Post,[19] Aljazeera,[20] The Saudi Gazette,[21] The New York Times,[22] and CNBC.[23]

Selected bibliography

  • Kandil, Magda; Woods, Jeffrey G. (1995). "A cross-industry examination of the Lucas misperceptions model". Journal of Macroeconomics. 17 (1): 55–76.
  • Kandil, Magda (1997-02-01). "What differentiates industrial business cycles? A cross-country investigation". Applied Economics. 29 (2): 197–212.
  • Ben Naceur, Samy; Kandil, Magda (2009-01-01). "The impact of capital requirements on banks' cost of intermediation and performance: The case of Egypt". Journal of Economics and Business. 61 (1): 70–89.
  • Kandil, Magda (2001). "Variation in the Effects of Aggregate Demand Shocks: Evidence and Implications across Industrial Countries". Southern Economic Journal. 67 (3): 552

References

  1. ^ "Emerald | Journal of Economic Studies editorial team". www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  2. ^ "Emerald | Management Decision editorial team". www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  3. ^ "StackPath". erf.org.eg. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  4. ^ "StackPath" (PDF). erf.org.eg. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  5. ^ a b "World Economics". www.worldeconomics.com. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  6. ^ وفاة ماجدة قنديل المدير السابق للمركز المصري للدراسات الاقتصادية (in Arabic)
  7. ^ Kandil, Magda (1991-12-01). "The changing cyclical variability of economic activity in the United States: A sectoral investigation". Journal of Macroeconomics. 13 (1): 25–45. doi:10.1016/0164-0704(91)90029-T. ISSN 0164-0704.
  8. ^ Kandil, Magda; Woods, Jeffrey G. (1995). "A cross-industry examination of the Lucas misperceptions model". Journal of Macroeconomics. 17 (1): 55–76. doi:10.1016/0164-0704(95)80003-4. ISSN 0164-0704.
  9. ^ Ben Naceur, Samy; Kandil, Magda (2009). "The impact of capital requirements on banks' cost of intermediation and performance: The case of Egypt". Journal of Economics and Business. 61 (1): 70–89. doi:10.1016/j.jeconbus.2007.12.001. ISSN 0148-6195.
  10. ^ Kandil, Magda (2001). "Variation in the Effects of Aggregate Demand Shocks: Evidence and Implications across Industrial Countries". Southern Economic Journal. 67 (3): 552–577. doi:10.2307/1061451. JSTOR 1061451.
  11. ^ Kandil, Magda; Mirzaie, Aghdas (2002-02-01). "Exchange rate fluctuations and disaggregated economic activity in the US: theory and evidence". Journal of International Money and Finance. 21 (1): 1–31. doi:10.1016/S0261-5606(01)00016-X. ISSN 0261-5606.
  12. ^ Kandil, Magda (1997-02-01). "What differentiates industrial business cycles? A cross-country investigation". Applied Economics. 29 (2): 197–212. doi:10.1080/000368497327263. ISSN 0003-6846.
  13. ^ "Top Female Economists Rankings | IDEAS/RePEc". ideas.repec.org. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  14. ^ O'Harrow, James V. Grimaldi and Robert Jr. (2011-10-19). "In Egypt, corruption cases had an American root". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  15. ^ Faiola, Anthony (2011-09-25). "Egypt's labor movement blooms in Arab Spring". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  16. ^ Bradley, Matt (2012-03-23). "Egypt's Brewing Crisis: Subsidies". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  17. ^ "Egypt inches towards far-reaching food subsidy reform". Reuters. 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  18. ^ "UAE central bank to revise 2020 growth forecast due to coronavirus". Reuters. 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  19. ^ "Egypt's heavy burden of bread". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  20. ^ Buchen, Charlotte. "Egypt: Food for a revolution". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  21. ^ "All schools in UAE close for four weeks starting Sunday". Saudigazette. 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  22. ^ Kirkpatrick, David D.; Sheikh, Mayy El (2012-01-24). "Economic Crisis Adds Dangers on Egypt's New Political Path". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  23. ^ El-Din, Yousef Gamal (2012-02-13). "Is Devaluation Inevitable for Egypt's Currency?". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-03-30.