Autor: Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente

Dr. Muhammad Shahbaz is a Full Professor at the School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, China. He is also an Affiliated Visiting Scholar at the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, UK, and an Adjunct Professor at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. He previously served as a Chair Professor of Energy and Sustainable Development at Montpellier Business School, France, and Principal Research Officer at COMSATS. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore, Pakistan. His research focuses on financial economics, energy finance, energy economics, environmental economics, development economics and tourism economics. He has published more than 300 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals, is among the world’s top 15 economics authors as ranked by IDEAS, and was selected as one of the top 5 authors on economics in developing countries by David Mc Kenzie, Chief Economist of the World Bank. Dr. Shahbaz has published papers in various journals, including Applied Economics,  Social Indicators Research,  Renewable Energy and the Journal of Cleaner Production. Dr. Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Castilla–La Mancha, where he is currently an Associate Professor. He has more than ten years of experience as a Professor of Economic Growth, Public Economics and Regional Sciences. His main research activities are focused on the energy economy, energy innovation, economic growth and development economics. He has co-authored several articles in various journals, including Energy Policy,  Cleaner Production Magazine and Environmental Science and Pollution Research, as well as several book chapters. He regularly reviews articles for journals such as Economic Modelling and the Journal of Cleaner Production.