Dr Raslan Alzuabi

BSc, MSc, PhD.

School of Economics

Lecturer in Economics

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raslan.alzuabi@sheffield.ac.uk
Room 504, 9 Mappin Street

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Dr Raslan Alzuabi
School of Economics
Room 504
9 Mappin Street
91Ö±²¥
S1 4DT
Profile

Raslan graduated from Damascus University (Syria) in 2003 with a BSc in Economics and then he worked in the banking sector before moving to 91Ö±²¥ where he completed an MSc Financial Economics in 2009.

Raslan also completed his PhD (part-time) from the University of 91Ö±²¥ in 2019, where his thesis explored risk in financial institutions and households from an empirical perspective.

While completing his PhD, Raslan worked as a Research Assistant at the Institute for Economic Analysis of Decision-making (InstEAD). Raslan worked as a Research Associate for the 91Ö±²¥ Household Finance Research Group before he was appointed as a Lecturer at the University of 91Ö±²¥ in 2022.

Research interests

Raslan’s research interests lie in the field of household finance. His work focuses on linking households’ financial behaviour to the macroeconomic environment and on exploring the drivers of household financial decisions at the micro level. 

Raslan's current research explores the relationship between trust in the financial system and households' financial decision making.  More broadly he is interested in factors that influence household financial portfolio allocations.  

In addition, Raslan's work on households’ financial behaviour has developed to consider the implications of housing affordability and whether it should be extended beyond objective economic criteria and include households’ subjective dimensions.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Alzuabi R, Brown S, Harris MN & Taylor KB (2023) . Canadian Journal of Economics. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alzuabi R, Brown S, Gray D, Harris MN & Spencer C (2023) . The European Journal of Finance, 1-34. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alzuabi R, Brown S & Taylor K (2022) . Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 100. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alzuabi R, Brown S, Gray D, Harris MN & Spencer C (2022) . Oxford Economic Papers, 74(2), 473-497. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alzuabi R, Caglayan M & Mouratidis K (2020) . International Journal of Finance and Economics, 26(4), 5826-5849. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alzuabi R, Brown S, Kontonikas A & Montagnoli A () Household Portfolios and Monetary Policy. RIS download Bibtex download

Working papers

  • Alzuabi R & Gray D (2024) Household Portfolio Allocation and Stock Market Impressions: Evidence from Japan Households. The 91Ö±²¥ Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2024012. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alzuabi R, Brown S, Harris MN & Taylor K (2022) Modelling the composition of household portfolios: a latent class approach. The 91Ö±²¥ Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2022019. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alzuabi R, Brown S, Gray D, Harris MN & Spencer C (2021) Portfolio allocation and borrowing constraints. The 91Ö±²¥ Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2021009. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Alzuabi R, Brown S, Kontonikas A & Montagnoli A (2020) Household portfolios and monetary policy. The 91Ö±²¥ Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2020001. RIS download Bibtex download
Teaching activities

Raslan currently teaches ECN357 Modern Finance to third year undergraduates and ECN604 Business Finance to postgraduate students.

Modern Finance aims to provide students with an understanding of economic models used in evaluating investor’s financial portfolio, whilst, Business Finance equips postgraduate students with a deeper understanding of the financial decisions faced by firms.