Dr Usama Al Mulali

Associate Professor
UMulali@su.edu.om
Phone: +968 26850100 Extn: 158
Location: Rustaq building

Biography
Dr Usama has more than 3 years of experience as economic researcher and taught econometrics at the University of Sains Malaysia from 2011 to 2013. He worked as a visiting researcher at the University of Technology Malaysia from 2013 to 2014. Dr Usama has also worked as a senior lecturer in the faculty of business at Multimedia University from 2014 to 2021. From December 2022 to the present, Dr Usama has been working as an associate professor in the business faculty at Sohar University. He has 82 articles published in international journals. He earned his Ph.D. in international economics (February 2010–March 2014) at Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Qualification

• ​P.h.D. in economics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia, 2014.
• MSc. in economic management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia, 2009.
• Bachelor in economic management, Karbala University, Iraq, 2004.

Teaching Interest

• Macroeconomics
• Microeconomics​
• Advanced statistics​
• Economics for managers​

Research Interest

• Energy Economics
• Evniromental Economics
• Tourism Economics ​

Publications

• A Sheikhzeinoddin, MH Tarazkar, A Behjat, U Al-mulali, I Ozturk. (2022). Journal of Cleaner Production. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129892​.
• SA Solarin, U Al‐Mulali (2021). Transportation fuel subsidies and CO2 emissions: the roles of economic complexity and uncertainty. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.13797.​
• Ebaid, A, Hooi, L, Al-mulali,U. (2022). Do oil price shocks matter for environmental degradation? Evidence of the Environmental Kuznets Curve in GCC countries​. Frountier in Environmental Science. DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.860942​.
• Sahu, P.K., Solarin, S.A., Al-mulali, U. et al. 2022. Investigating the asymmetry effects of crude oil price on renewable energy consumption in the United States. Environmental science and Pollution Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15577-9.
• U Al-Mulali, HF Gholipour, SA Solarin (2021). Investigating the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis: does government effectiveness matter? Evidence from 170 countries. Environment, Development and Sustainability. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01962-4.​​
• Al-hajj, E., Al-mulali, U., Solarin, S.A. 2021. Exploring the nexus between oil price shocks and sectoral stock returns: a new evidence from stock exchange in Malaysia. Economic Change and Restructuring, 54, 199–217. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10644-020-09271-y
• ​​Al-mulali, U., Solarin, S.A., Salahuddin, M. 2020. The prominence of renewable and non-renewable electricity generation on the Environmental Kuznets Curve: A case study of Ethiopia. Energy, 211, 118665. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.118665
• Salahuddin, M, Habib, MA, Al-mulali, U, Ozturk, I, Marshall, M, Ali, MI. 2020. Renewable energy and environmental quality: A second-generation panel evidence from the Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) Countries. Environmental Research, 191, 110094. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110094
• Al-mulali, U., Fereidouni, H.G., Al-hajj, E. 2020. Nonlinear Relationship between Oil Prices and Tourism Arrivals in Malaysia. Current Issues in Tourism. 23, 942-946. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2019.1586844.
• Al-hajj, E., Al-mulali, U., Solarin, S.A. 2018. Oil Price Shocks and Stock Returns Nexus for Malaysia: Fresh Evidence from Nonlinear ARDL Test. Energy Reports. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2018.10.002.
• Al-mulali, U., Che Sab, C. 2018. Electricity Consumption, CO2 emission and Economic Growth in the Middle East. Energy Sources Part B-Economics Planning and Policy, 13, 257-263. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15567249.2012.658958.
• Solarin, S.A., Al-mulali, U., Ozturk, I. 2017. Validating the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis in India and China: The role of hydroelectricity consumption. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 80, 1578-1587. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.07.028.
• Solarin, S.A., Al-mulali, U., Musah, I., Ozturk, I. 2017. Investigating the pollution haven hypothesis in Ghana: An empirical investigation. Energy, 124, 706-719. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.02.089
• Fereidouni, H. G., Al-mulali, U., Mohammed, M. D. H. 2017. Wealth effect from real estate and outbound travel demand: the Malaysian case. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2014.882886
• Al.mulali, U., Sakiru, Adebola, S.S., Ozturk, I. 2016. Biofuel energy consumption-Economic growth relationship: An empirical investigation of Brazil. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. 10, 753–775. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.1675.
• Al-mulali, U., Ozturk, I., Adebola, S.S., 2016. Investigating the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis in seven regions: The role of renewable energy. Ecological Indicators, 267-282. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.02.059.
• Al-mulali, U., Adebola, S.S., Sheau-Ting, L., Ozturk, I. 2016. Does moving towards renewable energy causes water and land inefficiency? An empirical investigation. Energy Policy, 93, 303-314. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.03.023.
• Al-muali, U., Adebola, S.S., Ozturk, I. 2016. Investigating the Presence of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) Hypothesis in Kenya: An Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Approach. Natural Hazards, 80, 1729-1747. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-2050-x.​
• Khoshkam, M., Marzuki, A., Al-mulali, U. 2016. Socio-demographic effects on Anzali wetland tourism development. Tourism Management, 54, 96-106. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2015.10.012.
• ​Al-mulali, U., Ozturk, I. 2016. The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) Hypothesis in the Advanced Economies: The Role of Energy Prices. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 54, 1622-1631. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.131​.
• Al-mulali, U. 2016. Exploring the Bi-directional Long Run Relationship between Energy and Life Quality. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 54, 824-837. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.125. ​
• Al-mulali, U., Ozturk, I. 2015. Natural gas consumption and economic growth nexus: Panel data analysis for GCC countries. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 51, 998-1003. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.005.
• Al-mulali, U., Ozturk, I., Lean, H.H. 2015. The Influence of Economic Growth, Urbanization, Trade Openness, Financial Development and Renewable Energy on Pollution in Europe. Natural Hazards, 80, 1729-1747. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-2050-x.
• Al-mulali, U, Tang, C. F., Ozturk, I. 2015. Estimating the Environment Kuznets Curve Hypothesis: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean Countries. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 50, 918-924. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.05.017.
• Ozturk, I, Al-mulali, U. 2015. Investigating the Validity of the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis in Cambodia. Ecological Indicators. 57, 324-330. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.05.018.
• Al-mulali, U., Ozturk, I. 2015. The Effect of Energy Consumption, Urbanization, Trade Openness, Industrial Output, and the Political Stability on the Environmental Degradation in the MENA Region. Energy, 84, 382-389. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2015.03.004.
• Al-mulali, U., Saboori, B., Ozturk, I. 2015. Investigating the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis in Vietnam. Energy Policy, 76, 123–131. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2014.11.019.
• Al-mulali, U., Sheau-Ting, L, Weng-Wai, C., Mohammed, A.K. 2015. Investigating the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) Hypothesis by Utilizing the Ecological Footprint as an Indicator of Environmental Degradation. Ecological Indicators, 48, 315-323. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.08.029.