Following the completion of her doctoral degree, Dr. Maggie Houshaimi has been an Assistant Professor of Economics at Beirut Arab University, after three years as a Lecturer in Economics at the same institution. She teaches core economics courses, including Econometrics and Risk and Uncertainty, and acts as course coordinator for several economics courses. In addition, she held the role of MBA Program Academic Coordinator for the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 academic years.

Her research agenda focuses on financial economics, monetary policy and risk assessment, with a strong emphasis on applying modern econometric methods to analyse financial stability, policy transmission and risk. As a SUSI alumna, selected among only 18 economists worldwide, she participated in economics seminars and research discussions at leading institutions such as MIT and Harvard, further strengthening her empirical and research-driven approach.

Dr. Houshaimi developed substantive expertise in credit analysis and financial risk management in the Lebanese financial sector over more than ten years while completing her graduate studies. This professional background continues to inform her research on financial risk and financial stability.

Dr. Houshaimi teaches economics at the undergraduate, MBA, and Master of Science in Economics levels. Her teaching includes Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Economic Development, Econometrics, Financial Institutions and Capital Markets, Economics of Risk and Uncertainty, and Trading Using Technical Analysis (undergraduate); Microeconomics for the Global MBA (MBA); and International Economics and Advanced Economic Theory (MSc in Economics).

• Houshaimi, M. J. (2020). Financial structure and economic growth: An empirical study in the MENA region. Management Studies and Economic Systems, 5(3/4), 137–151.

• Sidani, O., Taher, H., & Houshaimi, M. (2025). The digital edge and institutional quality: A pathway to effective public debt management in developing MENA economies. International Journal of Applied Economics, Finance and Accounting, 21(1), 53–62.

• Al Baradhi, R. F., Taher, H., & Houshaimi, M. (2025). Economic crisis and higher education in Lebanon: Effects on student life and expectations. Nurture, 19(1), 172–187.

• Al Baradhi, R. F., Taher, H., & Houshaimi, M. (2025). Quality of education amid the Lebanese economic crisis. Multidisciplinary Science Journal, 7(10), Article 2025340.

• Sidani, O., Taher, H., & Houshaimi, M. (2024). The impact of institutional absorptive capacity on public debt in aid-recipient MENA countries. Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology, 8(6), 8421–8430.

• Houshaimi, M. J. (2021). Financial structure and systemic risk: Evidence from selected MENA region countries. BAU Journal – Society, Culture and Human Behavior, 2(2).

Master Thesis

• The Reform of Energy Sector in Egypt and it’s Impact on Economic Growth
• The Reflection of Monetary Approach Variables on the  Balance of Payment: Applied Study on Lebanon
• Investigating the Impact of Electronic Commerce on Economic Growth: A Sectoral Analysis of the Gulf Cooperation Council
• The Influence of Foreign Direct Investments on Manufacturing Value Added: A Comparative Study Between China and India
• The Impact of Qatari Internal Economic Crisis on Trade  Using Gravity Model (in progress)

PhD Thesis

• Interactions between Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth; An Empirical Study in Selected MENA Countries
• Factors Driving Default Risk and Housing Loan Recovery in Residential Housing Loans: Evidence from Lebanon
• The effect of institutional absorptive capacity for governmental aid on public debt in Middle East and North Africa countries
• The Impact of Economic Diversification on Economic Growth and Its Volatility in GCC Countries (in progress)
• Financial Technology Development, Digital Economy and Climate Change Nexus in Selected European Countries (in progress)

DBA Thesis 

• The Impact of Remittances on Lebanese Higher Education Enrolment (in progress)
• The Impact of the Lebanese Economic crisis on Quality of studies, students' life, and expectation (in progress)
• The Effect of the Lebanese Economic Crisis on NGOs Performance: The Role of Management Agility (in progress)
• Financial Stability and Entrepreneurial Intention in Lebanon (in progress)

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Researcher ID ISV-0570-2023