Abdul Kidwai
Instructor of Social Science
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Education: BA Aligarh Muslim University; MA Tata Institute of Social Sciences; PhD University of Massachusetts Amherst
Research Areas: Experimental Economics; Social Dilemmas; Risk and Uncertainty
Abdul H Kidwai received his PhD in Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He completed his MA in Development Studies from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and his undergraduate degree in Economics from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. His research interests include environmental economics, behavioral economics, and the economics of uncertainty/information. Prior to joining NYUAD, Kidwai was faculty at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse.
Courses Taught
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Economic policy may be seen as the ultimate goal of economic analysis. How to choose between alternative economic courses in some specific area or at the macroeconomic level? How to tradeoff one policy objective, e.g. equity, versus another, e. g, efficiency? How to take into account political constraints while looking for socially optimal policies? Such is the nature of the questions to be handled in this course, which may be taken as the natural culmination of an economic curriculum. Its aim is to make students familiar with the main contemporary issues in economic policy at national level and to equip them with the analytical instruments to understand what is at stake in policy debates around the world and, ultimately, to form one's opinion about what should be done in particular areas. The course will deal with economic policy issues as applicable to any country, even though special attention will be given to emerging and developing countries. As far as possible, it will also systematically emphasize the distributional consequences of policies and consequent political economy dimension? It will not deal with multilateral issues like trade, migration or environment.
Prerequisites: ECON-UH 2020 and ECON-UH 3010
Previously taught: Spring 1 2019, Spring 1 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 1 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 1 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Francois Bourguignon - TR 14:10 - 15:25 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
F 15:45 - 17:00 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis - MW 08:30 - 09:45 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
F 10:50 - 12:05 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis - TR 08:30 - 09:45 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
F 14:20 - 15:35 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Francois Bourguignon - TR 12:45 - 14:00 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Abdul Kidwai - W 14:10 - 15:25 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Luis Eduardo Rojas Duenas - TR 17:00 - 18:15 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
TR 18:10 - 19:25 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
F 08:00 - 09:15 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
F 09:25 - 10:40 Taught in Abu Dhabi
This course appears in...
- Majors > Economics
- Majors > Political Science > Breadth Electives
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks