Dr. Waqar Ahmed Wadho is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Lahore School of Economics and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Research in Economics & Business (CREB). He has a PhD (2011) and MS (2007) in Economics from Groupement de Recherche en Economie Quantitative d’Aix Marseille (GREQAM), Aix-Marseille University, France and M.Sc (2004) in Economics from Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad. His PhD dissertation was in quantitative economics with focus on the Economics of Corruption. This research included three theoretical papers: 1) Control Rights, Bureaucratic Corruption and the Allocation of Resources, 2) Steal If You Need: Capitulation Wages with Endogenous Monitoring, 3) Education, Rent-seeking and the Curse of Natural Resources.
Dr. Wadho is teaching Advanced macroeconomics in the MPhil Economics program and macroeconomics in the undergraduate program. His published research includes “Control Rights, Bureaucratic Corruption and the Allocation of Resources”, European Journal of Law and Economics, 2011; “IMF Stabilization Programs, Policy Conduct and Macroeconomic Outcomes: A Case Study of Pakistan”, (with Hakro, Nawaz) The Lahore Journal of Economics, 2006. His research interests include economics of corruption, growth and development, governance, political economy and public economics. His current research project includes topics related to corruption and growth, monopoly and innovation.
