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Overview

Ruhul Salim is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and focuses primarily on the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their research output spans several subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Development, and Strategy and Management.

Their work addresses various topics such as Energy, Environment, Economic Growth; Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies; Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth; Global Trade and Economics; International Development and Aid; International Business and Foreign Direct Investment; and Market Dynamics and Volatility.

Frequent co-authors working with Ruhul Salim include:

  • Nam Foo
  • Hooi Hooi Lean
  • Alex O. Acheampong
  • Yao Yao
  • Lin Zhang

Salim's research has been published in a variety of academic venues, with multiple publications appearing in the SSRN Electronic Journal. Other notable journals include Applied Economics, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, The Energy Journal, and Economic Analysis and Policy.

Selected recent publications include:

  • Unveiling the effect of transport infrastructure and technological innovation on economic growth, energy consumption and CO2 emissions, 2022, Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • The Effect of Human Capital on CO2 Emissions: Macro Evidence from China, 2020, The Energy Journal
  • Does aid for trade diversify sub-Saharan Africa's exports at the intensive and extensive margins?, 2021, Applied Economics
  • Integrated environment-smart agricultural practices: A strategy towards climate-resilient agriculture, 2022, Economic Analysis and Policy
  • Asymmetric Effects of Economic Policy Uncertainty on the Demand for Money in India, 2021, Journal of Quantitative Economics

Best Publications

  • Non-renewable and renewable energy consumption and CO2 emissions in OECD countries: A comparative analysis

    Sahar Shafiei;Ruhul A. Salim

  • Why do some emerging economies proactively accelerate the adoption of renewable energy

    Ruhul A. Salim;Shuddhasattwa Rafiq

  • Urbanization, openness, emissions, and energy intensity: A study of increasingly urbanized emerging economies

    Shuddhasattwa Rafiq;Ruhul Amin Salim;Ingrid Nielsen

  • Impact of crude oil price volatility on economic activities: An empirical investigation in the Thai economy

    Shuddhasattwa Rafiq;Ruhul A. Salim;Harry Bloch

  • Renewable and non-renewable energy consumption and economic activities: Further evidence from OECD countries

    Ruhul A. Salim;Kamrul Hassan;Sahar Shafiei

  • Economic growth with coal, oil and renewable energy consumption in China: Prospects for fuel substitution

    Harry Bloch;Shuddhasattwa Rafiq;Ruhul Salim

  • Coal consumption, CO2 emission and economic growth in China: Empirical evidence and policy responses

    Harry Bloch;Shuddhasattwa Rafiq;Ruhul A. Salim

  • Urbanization and renewable and non-renewable energy consumption in OECD countries: An empirical analysis

    Ruhul A. Salim;Sahar Shafiei

  • Does human capital matter for energy consumption in China

    Ruhul Salim;Yao Yao;George S. Chen

  • Unveiling the effect of transport infrastructure and technological innovation on economic growth, energy consumption and CO2 emissions

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  • Does Foreign Direct Investment Lead to Productivity Spillovers? Firm Level Evidence from Indonesia

    Suyanto;Ruhul A. Salim;Harry Bloch

  • Does corporate governance affect Australian banks' performance?

    Ruhul Salim;Amir Arjomandi;Juergen Heinz Seufert

  • The gravity model and trade flows: Recent developments in econometric modeling and empirical evidence

    Mahfuz Kabir;Ruhul Salim;Nasser Al-Mawali

  • Six decades of total factor productivity change and sources of growth in Bangladesh agriculture (1948–2008)

    Sanzidur Rahman;Ruhul Salim

  • Agriculture, trade openness and emissions: an empirical analysis and policy options.

    Shuddhasattwa Rafiq;Ruhul Salim;Nicholas Apergis

  • Can foreign direct investment harness energy consumption in China? A time series investigation

    Ruhul Salim;Yao Yao;George Chen;Lin Zhang

  • The impact of China’s one belt one road initiative on international trade in the ASEAN region

    Nam Foo;Hooi Hooi Lean;Ruhul Salim

  • Financial performance of commercial banks in the post-reform era: Further evidence from Bangladesh

    Iftekhar Robin;Ruhul Salim;Harry Bloch

  • Measuring environmental sustainability in agriculture: A composite environmental impact index approach

    Noor E. Sabiha;Ruhul Salim;Sanzidur Rahman;Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen

  • Does urbanization increase pollutant emission and energy intensity? evidence from some Asian developing economies

    Ruhul Salim;Shuddhasattwa Rafiq;Sahar Shafiei;Yao Yao;Yao Yao

  • The moderating role of firm age in the relationship between R&D expenditure and financial performance: Evidence from Chinese and US mining firms

    Shuddhasattwa Rafiq;Ruhul Amin Salim;Russell Leigh Smyth

Frequent Co-Authors

Hooi Hooi Lean
Hooi Hooi Lean Universiti Sains Malaysia
George Chen
George Chen University of Southampton
Nicholas Apergis
Nicholas Apergis University of Piraeus
Kaliappa Kalirajan
Kaliappa Kalirajan Australian National University
Russell Smyth
Russell Smyth Monash University

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