Prof. Karim Abadir is an Emeritus Professor of Financial Econometrics at the Business School (Chair of Financial Econometrics 2005-2017). He was in charge of recruiting from March 2006 and Group Head from July 2007 until Sept 2008. He holds a DPhil from Oxford University. His MA (Economics) and BA (Major in Economics, Minor in Business) are from the American University in Cairo. He went to school at the Collège de la Sainte Famille (Jésuites) in Cairo.
Selected Publication
Abadir KM, 2023, Explicit minimal representation of variance matrices, and its implication for dynamic volatility models, Econometrics Journal, Vol: 26, ISSN: 1368-4221, Pages:88-104
Residency period
From September 5th to October 10th 2023.
He has worked as
1988-92: Lecturer in Economics, Lincoln College, Oxford University.
1992-93: Research Fellow in Economics, American University in Cairo.
1993: Professional diver, Sinai, Egypt.
1993-94: Senior Lecturer in Statistics and Econometrics, University of Exeter.
1994-96: Reader in Econometrics, University of Exeter.
1996-2005: Professor of Econometrics and Statistics (Chair equally split between the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Economics & Related Studies) and Head of the Statistics Group, University of York.
Participations & deliverables
26 Sept 2023: Talk given by Prof Abadir under the theme: Vive la différence ! Or how the diversity of firms predicts macroeconomic (and financial) trends and cycles.
Oct 2023: Intervention of resident Prof. Karim Abadir as part of the October Science Week.
In process: 2 articles to be finalized as planned in the initial project.