Samantha Borkhoche, Ph.D.
Incoming Assistant Professor at the Lebanese American University Economics Department, Adnan Kassar School of Business
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About me: I am a recent Economics Ph.D. Graduate from West Virginia University located in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA where I also recieved my Master's degree. I have accepted an offer as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon starting Fall 2025.
My primary research focus is international macroeconomics with specific interests in monetary and environmental economics. I have a passion for studying developing and emerging economies. My ambition as an economist is to collect and transform data from underdeveloped countries into a useable format in order to better understand the frameworks of their economic institutions. During my 4th year, I was a graduate research fellow with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in Washington D.C. working on banking policies. Last summer, I was in Washington D.C. to participate in the Fund Internship Program at the International Monetary Fund. There, I worked in AFR-W1 and developed a working paper analyzing the effect of green trade policies in Sub-Saharan Africa.
I am originally from Beirut, Lebanon and grew up outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. I completed my undergraduate degree at Susquehanna University in central Pennsylvania. I speak English, Arabic, and intermediate French. I am an avid yogi and enjoy playing piano, snowboarding, and traveling. I have a terrier mix named Lyra.
Working Papers:
Dissertation Chapter One
Uses linear local projections to measure the effects of green trade on environmental outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Finds that increasing green trade decreases the harmful effect on the environment with decreases in ecological footprint by 3-10\%, insignificant long-term effects on net CO2 emissions embedded in trade, and decreases in PM2.5 by about 2-4%.
Inflation, Growth, and Poverty: New Evidence on Nonlinearities from Recent Global Data
Dissertation Chapter Two
Uses a panel smooth transition regression to estimate nonlinearity between inflation, growth, and poverty.
Using recent data, identifies an inflation rate threshold on growth at about 7%, much lower than previously estimated
Identifies nonlinearity between inflation and poverty where adverse effects on poverty are larger at lower levels of inflation
Estimating the Effects of Political Risk on Remittances
Dissertation Chapter Three
Estimates the effects of geopolitical and country-specific political risk on remittances using linear local projections
Finds that geopolitical risk decreases net remittance flows by 0.15% of GDP and country-specific political risk increases net remittance flows by 0.15% of GDP in the long-term
The Effect of CBDC News on Bank Returns
This paper measures the effects of Central Bank Digital Currency news announcements by major US Government Organizations (FED, White, House, Treasury, Congress) on bank abnormal returns
It uses various event study methods including the Fama and French (1993) 3-factor model
It finds that the market perceives CBDC as having a negative impact on banks through bank disintermediation
Introduction to Digital Currencies: A Macroeconomic Experiment
This experiment seeks to understand the interactions of consumers when faced with three different currency options: a physical, fiat currency, a private, digital currency, and a Central Bank Digital Currency. It tests which treatments can change the incentives of participants to choose one currency over another in different inflationary environments.
The pilot was completed in April 2024 using the Behavioral Economic and Situational Testing Lab at West Virginia University.
New Keynesian Economics in an Open Economy: A Literature Review
This is a literature review expanding on New Keynesian Theory in an open economy environment
Expanding Growth Models to Include Human Capital: A Literature Review
This is a chronological literature review incorporating human capital into popular macroeconomic growth models
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