Ilir Miteza, PhD

Professor of Economics
Ilir Miteza
College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
Social Sciences
2081 College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters Building | 4901 Evergreen Road | Dearborn, MI 48128

Teaching Areas:

Economics, Economics and Computation, Sustainability, the Economy, and Environmental Policy (StEEP)

Research Areas:

International / Global Economics

Biography and Education

Ilir Miteza is a Professor of Economics. His research interests are mainly in international macroeconomics, with a focus on the economics of exchange rates. Dr. Miteza has also published research in monetary economics and international macroeconomic issues for developing countries and economies in transition. He has served as Associate Provost for Graduate, Global and Digital Education and Associate Dean in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters. Prior to joining the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 2001, Dr. Miteza held senior economist positions at the Central Bank of Albania’s Monetary Policy Department, and Issue and Treasure Department.

Education

Ph.D., (Economics) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Selected Publications

Czap, H.,  N. V. Czap, and  I. Miteza.  2025. “ Are You a Team Player? Public Goods Game and Cooperation in the Context of Project-Based Learning.” International Social Science Journal  75, no. 257:  75,  483–493.

Natalia V. Czap, Hans Czap and Ilir Miteza (2023), "Learning to Trust: Does Trust Change Over Time in a Collaborative Project-Based Learning Environment?", Review of Behavioral Economics: Vol. 10: No. 4, pp 263-285.

Miteza, I., Tanku, A. and Vika, I. (2023) “Is the floating exchange rate a shock absorber in Albania? Evidence from SVAR models,” Economic Change and Restructuring, 56(2), pp 1297-1326.

Bahmai-Oskooee, M., Miteza, I., and Tanku, A. (2020) "Exchange Rate Changes and Money Demand in Albania: A Nonlinear ARDL Analysis,” Economic Change and Restructuring, 53(4), pp 619-633.