Alireza Zarei - Economic Research Forum (ERF)

Areas of Interest:

• Financial Management
• Investment Analysis
• Corporate Finance
• International Finance
• Applied Financial Econometrics
• Islamic Finance

Education:

• Ph.D. Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 2016
• MBA (Finance), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 2012
• Bachelor of Commerce (Business Administration), Pune University of India, 2009

Experience:

• Senior Lecturer, Sunway University, 2015 – present
• Short-term Exchange Scholar, Harvard University Asia Center, 2019

Latest Publications:

• A. Zarei, M. Ariff, I.Bhatti (2019). The Impact of Exchange Rates on Stock Market Prices: New Evidence from Seven Free-Floating Currencies. The European Journal of Finance, ABS 3; ABDC: B; WoS; Impact Factor: 0.848; SJR: 0.522
• A. Zarei (2019) Malaysian Ringgit Puzzle. In: W. G. Borges (Ed.), Principles of Economics (Vol. 18, pp. 368-369). Malaysia: SJ Learning
• M. Ariff, A. Zarei (2018). Sustainable Development and the Currency Exchange Rate Behavior. Asian Economic Papers. ABS 1; ABDC B; WoS; Impact Factor: 0.755; SJR: 0.500
• M. Ariff, A. Zarei (2018). Exchange Rate Instability: Relative Volatility, Risk and Adjustment Speed. Book chapter in Handbook of Finance and Sustainability, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar
• M. Ariff, A. Zarei, I.Bhatti (2018). Test on yields of equivalently-rated bonds. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management. ABS 1; WoS; SJR: 0.375
• M. Ariff, C. Abdelaziz, M. Safari, A. Zarei (2017). Significant Difference in the Yields of Sukuk Bonds versus Conventional Bonds, Journal of Emerging Market Finance. ABS 2; ABDC: B, WoS; SJR: 0.116