Dr. Arslan Tariq Rana
Assistant Professor
Ext: 7870
Dr. Arslan Tariq is serving as an Assistant Professor at University of Central Punjab (UCP). Before joining University of Central Punjab (UCP), he was working as Assistant Professor and head of economics cluster at FAST School of Management (FAST-NU). He also worked as Assistant Lecturer and Research Fellow at University of Orléans, France and taught economics courses at Master’s and undergraduate level. His areas of research interest are Regional/Bilateral trade agreements, international trade and economic integration, international political economy and development economics. He has published in various peer-reviewed journals. He has also provided his services as reviewer in Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, International Economics and Economic Policy and Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. Dr. Arslan has worked as Principal Investigator on the project HEC PERIDOT Research Program, co-funded by Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan and French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (MAEDI) and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR).
| PhD | International Trade | University of Orleans, France | 2015 |
| Master | Economics and Finance | University of Orleans, France | 2009 |
| Assistant professor | FAST-NU | 2016-2017 |
| Assistant lecturer and research fellow | University of Orleans, France | 2013-2015 |
| 1 | Trade agreements and CO2 emissions in Asian countries: accounting for institutional heterogeneity. (with Mahbub ul Hassan, Muhammad Khan and Samreen Gillani). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31(1), 9197–9217. |
| 2 | FDI and CO2 emissions in developing countries: the role of human capital (with Muhammad Khan and Wafa Ghardallou). Natural Hazards, 117(1), 1125–1155. |
| 3 | Impact of Technology Innovations on CO2 Emission: Evidence from Pakistan. (with Hira Liaquat and Muhammad Farooq). Journal of Applied Research and Multidisciplinary Studies. 4(1). |
| 4 | Economic instability and pollution emissions in developing countries: A panel data investigation (with Muhammad Khan and Wafa Ghardallou). Energy & Environment. 33(7), 1465-1484. |
| 5 | Impact of Political and Economic Institutions on FDI Inflows: evidence from South Asian countries (with Muhammad Ilyas Ansari and Waseem Abbas). Empirical Economic Review. 5(1), 128-152. |
| 6 | Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on CO2 Emissions in South Asian Countries: The Moderating Role of Institutions. (with Iqra Shabbir and Muhammad Ilyas Ansari). Journal of Applied Research and Multidisciplinary Studies, 3(1), 59-89. |
| 7 | Institutional quality and CO2 emission-output relations: the case of Asian countries (with Muhammad Khan). Journal of Environmental Management. 279, 111569 |
| 8 | Do Preferential Trade Agreements contribute to the development of trade? Accounting for institutional heterogeneity. International Economics. 149, 41-56. |
| 9 | Trade and interstate conflicts. Do preferential trade agreements matter? Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 21(4), 561-574. |
| 10 | Les clauses environnementales dans les accords de libre-échange entre pays développés et pays émergents. Analyse des déterminants (= Environmental provisions in free trade agreements between the developed and emerging countries. Analysis of determinants), (with Philippe Saucier). Mondes en Developpement. 162(2), 49-66. |