Biography

Dr. Isabella Ruble is currently working as Associate Professor at Department of Economics American University of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon. She has completed her Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University, USA. Previously she was appointed as Senior Expert in Energy Economics at the Ministry of Energy and Water, Beirut, Lebanon, Assistant Professor at Izmir University of Economics Izmir, Turkey and Teaching Faculty at Department of Economics George Mason University Fairfax, VA. She is member of International Association for Energy Economics, American Economic Association, and Association for Energy Engineers - National Capital Chapter, Leaders in Energy, Research, Communication, Policy & Analysis, and Munib and Angela Masri Institute for Energy and Natural Resources, and National Capitol Area Chapter of the US Association for Energy Economics. She has supervised Master’s students in Economics as main adviser 14 and reader for 40+. She has published 9 research articles in journals, 3 book chapters, and 7 technical reports contributed as author/co-author. She also completed many research projects as principal investigator and co-investigator.

Area of Interest:

Economics

100%

Energy Policy

62%

Public Finance

90%

Public Choice

75%

Sustainable Development

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

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Selected Publications

Ruble, I. and S. Karaki, 2013. Introducing mandatory standards for select household appliances in Lebanon: A cost-benefit analysis. Energy Policy, 52: 608-617.
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Ruble, I. and P. El Khoury, 2013. Lebanon's market for domestic solar water heaters: Achievements and barriers. Energy Sustainable Dev., 17: 54-61.
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Khodr, H. and I. Ruble, 2013. Energy policies and domestic politics in the MENA region in the aftermath of the arab upheavals: The cases of Lebanon, Libya and KSA. Politics Policy, 41: 656-689.
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Kattan, P. and I. Ruble, 2012. An economic assessment of four different boilers for residential heating in Lebanon. Energy Build., 50: 282-289.
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Ruble, I. and P. Nader, 2011. Transforming shortcomings into opportunities: Can market incentives solve Lebanon's energy sector crises. Energy Policy, 39: 2467-2474.
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Dagher, L. and I. Ruble, 2011. Modeling lebanon's electricity sector: Alternative scenarios and their Implications. Energy, 36: 4315-4326.
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Ruble, I. and L. Dagher, 2010. Challenges to international climate policy-lessons learned and alternatives. Int. J. Climate Change: Impacts Responses, 2: 87-102.
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Dagher, L. and I. Ruble, 2010. Challenges for CO₂ mitigation in the Lebanese electric-power sector. Energy Policy, 38: 912-918.
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Ruble, I. and H. El Sayed, 2009. Egypt's Carbon Emissions and the Kyoto Protocol. In: Egypt, Energy and the Environment: Critical Sustainability Perspectives, Selim, T.H. (Ed.). Adonis and Abbey Publishers Ltd., Abuja, ISBN-13: 978- 1906704511..
Ruble, I., 2004. Green taxes in the European Union: The illuminating quality of alternative conceptual frameworks. J. Public Finance Public Choice, 1: 73-90.
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