About

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of Calgary. My research focuses on applied macroeconomics, particularly monetary economics. I study how alternative measures of money affect key questions in monetary economics, including money demand, money velocity, and business-cycle fluctuations.

I hold an MA in Economics from the University of South Carolina. Before beginning my doctoral studies, I worked in the Research Department of the Bangladesh Bank, where I conducted research on monetary policy, financial markets, and the Bangladesh economy.

Pronouns: he/him


Research

Friedman's Money Supply Volatility Hypothesis and the Quantity Theory of Money: The Evidence from the Different Types of Money

(with Apostolos Serletis)

Monetary policy spillovers from the USA to advanced and emerging economies

(with Apostolos Serletis)

The Gibson Paradox and the Fisher Effect in Advanced and Emerging Economies

(with Apostolos Serletis)

The demand for money: the evidence from the different types of money

(with Apostolos Serletis)

Remittances and Exchange Rates: Evidence from Low- and Middle-Income Countries

(with Apostolos Serletis)


JMP

Stochastic Trends, Economic Fluctuations, and Classical Money Demand Functions: The Evidence from the Different Types of Money

Abstract

This paper investigates how the measurement of money affects the empirical support for the balanced-growth framework incorporating money. The analysis tests the framework’s three long-run restrictions using real output, consumption, investment, real money balances, and monetary aggregate-specific user costs. I consider four monetary definitions: simple-sum, original Divisia, credit-augmented Divisia, and credit-augmented Divisia inside. Four aggregation levels are used for each Divisia definition and two for simple-sum, yielding 14 monetary aggregates, each paired with its corresponding user cost. Using the U.S. quarterly data through 2026, the Johansen maximum likelihood procedure identifies the long-run relationships and tests the theoretical restrictions. The results show that credit-augmented Divisia aggregates provide more frequent support for the money demand restriction than simple-sum and original Divisia aggregates. The other two restrictions remain unsupported across all four monetary definitions. These findings contribute to the discussion of monetary measurement and the empirical foundations of the balanced-growth framework incorporating money.


Teaching

University of Calgary, AB, Canada

  • Sessional Instructor
  • -ECON 341: Money and Banking (Fall 2023, Summers 2023-2026)
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant
  • -Intermediate and Advanced Macroeconomics, Monetary Theory, Empirical Economics, Microeconomics, Game Theory, Public Economics, Engineering Economics, etc.

Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Adjunct Faculty
  • -ECON 406: Money, Financial Institutions, and Capital Market (2018-2021)

Contact

mdmaidulislam.chowdh@ucalgary.ca

SS413
Department of Economics
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
Canada