Zeina AlSalman

Title: Assistant Professor of Economics
Office: 413 Elliott Hall
Phone: (248) 370-3282
Email: [email protected]

Personal Website

Education:
Wayne State University, Ph.D.

Biography:
Dr. Alsalman received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Wayne State University. She also holds an MBA with an emphasis on finance and accounting. Her research interests are in the fields of macroeconomics/financial economics, energy economics, monetary economics, and times series econometrics. Dr. Alsalman has published in professional journals, including The Energy Journal and Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. Much of her research is concerned with the volatility and fluctuations in the price of oil and their macroeconomic impacts. Her research has been presented in reputable conferences including the American Economic Association and the Midwest Economic Association. She also coordinates the Economics Department Seminar Series at Oakland University.

Teaching interests: 
Macroeconomics, Mathematical Economics, Monetary Economics, Money and Banking, Econometrics, Energy Economics.

Research interests: 
Macroeconomics, Energy Economics, and Time Series Econometrics.

Awards:

SBA Spring-Summer Research Fellowship, Oakland University, 2023

URC Summer Research Fellowship, Oakland University, 2022

SBA Spring-Summer Research Fellowship, Oakland University, 2021

SBA Spring-Summer Research Fellowship, Oakland University, 2019

Executive Certificate of Education in Credit Analysis, Oakland University, October 2014

Teaching Award: nominee, Oakland University, March 2014

Mendelson Dissertation Award, Wayne State University, November 2012

Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Wayne State University, September 2006

Journals and Articles:

Murphy, J. A., AlSalman, Z. (2023). The Continued Forecasting Effectiveness of a Fundamental Model of the Equity Premium. Journal of Investing. 8

AlSalman, Z. , Herrera, A. , Rangaraju, S. (2023). Oil news shocks and the U.S. stock market. Energy Economics. 37

Murphy, J. A., AlSalman, Z. Relationships between Stock Returns and Real Earnings Yields over the Last 150 Years. Finance Research Letters. 14

Murphy, J. A., AlSalman, Z. The Effectiveness of Ex-Ante Real Earnings Yields in Forecasting Stock Market Returns. Journal of Portfolio Management. 10

AlSalman, Z. (2023). Oil Price Shocks and U.S. Unemployment: Evidence from Disentangling the Duration of Unemployment Spells in the Labor Market. Empirical Economics. 33

AlSalman, Z. (2022). Oil Price Shocks and U.S. Unemployment Rate: A Robustness Check. Applied Economics Letters. 13

AlSalman, Z. (2020). Does the Source of Oil Supply Shock Matter in Explaining the Behavior of U.S. Consumer Spending and Sentiment?. Empirical Economics. 45

AlSalman, Z. , Karaki, M. (2019). Oil Prices and Personal Consumption Expenditures: Does the Source of the Shock Matter?. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 29

AlSalman, Z. (2016). Oil Price Uncertainty and the U.S. Stock Market: Analysis Based on a GARCH-in-Mean VAR Model. Energy Economics. 5935

AlSalman, Z. , Herrera, A. (2015). Oil Price Shocks and the U.S. Stock Market: Do Sign and Size Matter?. Energy Journal. 36(3), 18