Hadi Salehi Esfahani

Hadi Salehi Esfahani

Director of CSAMES and Professor of Economics and Business Administration, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Hadi Esfahani, Director of CSAMES, is a Professor of Economics and Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Esfahani is a distinguished scholar and educator in economics with a long and successful career at Illinois. His research focuses on theoretical and empirical issues in the political economy of development; the role of country institutions in the formation and reform of fiscal, trade, and regulatory policies, especially in the Middle East region. He has been a consultant to the World Bank on regulation in developing countries.

Areas of Interest:

  • Political economy of development
  • The role of country institutions in the formation and reform of fiscal, trade, and regulatory policies

Education:

  • Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 1984
  • M.A., Economics, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 1982
  • B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Tehran University, Iran, 1977

Experience:

  • Director, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Present
  • Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003-present
  • Director of Global Studies Initiative, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005
  • Associate Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990-2003

Latest Publications:

  • Lee, S., & Esfahani, H. S. (2020). The effect of fiscal system reform on fiscal policy outcomes. Scottish Journal of Political Economy67(2), 186-200. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12230
  • Cinar, M., Esfahani, H. S., & Nugent, J. B. (2019). An introduction to the special issue of the Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance on the economies of Middle East and North Africa. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance73, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2019.08.003
  • Bahramitash, R., & Esfahani, H. S. (2016). Introduction. In R. Bahramitash, & H. S. Esfahani (Eds.), Political and Socio-Economic Change in the Middle East and North Africa (pp. 1-20). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137481429_1
Size-Dependent Industrial Policies and Firm Performance: The Case of Iran’s Credit Extension Policy for Small Firms, 2005-2013

Areas of Interest: Political economy of development The role of country institutions in the formation and reform of... Read More

September, 2020

ERF 26th Annual Conference
Gender and Labor Allocation: The Role of Institutions and Policies in the Allocation of Female and Male Labor

Areas of Interest: Political economy of development The role of country institutions in the formation and reform of... Read More

May, 2016

Working Papers
Gender, Enterprise Ownership, and Labor Allocation in MENA: The Roles of Islam, Oil, and Government Policies

Areas of Interest: Political economy of development The role of country institutions in the formation and reform of... Read More

September, 2015

Working Papers
The Distributional Consequences of Economic Growth and Public Spending Programs in Iran

Areas of Interest: Political economy of development The role of country institutions in the formation and reform of... Read More

December, 2014

Working Papers
Social Order, Rents and Ecnomic Development in Iran since the Early 20th Century

Areas of Interest: Political economy of development The role of country institutions in the formation and reform of... Read More

October, 2014

Working Papers
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Women Economic Empowerment
Social Protection, Gender, and the Consumption Patterns of the Poor: The Role of NGOs in Poverty Reduction in Iran

Areas of Interest: Political economy of development The role of country institutions in the formation and reform of... Read More

2015-01-01

Women Economic Empowerment
Social Protection and Gender in Iran: Assessing the Differential Impact of Social Protection Activities on Female-Headed versus Male-Headed Households

Areas of Interest: Political economy of development The role of country institutions in the formation and reform of... Read More

2015-01-01

Women Economic Empowerment
Gender, Enterprise Ownership, and Labor Allocation in MENA

Areas of Interest: Political economy of development The role of country institutions in the formation and reform of... Read More

2015-01-01

Arab Spring Development Initiative (ASDI)
Labor Market Institutions, Employment and Gender in MENA Countries

Areas of Interest: Political economy of development The role of country institutions in the formation and reform of... Read More

2014-01-01

ERF-GDN MENA Regional Research Competition
What Drove Changes in Political Settlements in Iran and Turkey?

Areas of Interest: Political economy of development The role of country institutions in the formation and reform of... Read More

2013-01-01

Webinars
Seminar on: A New State of Mind: The Learning State

Areas of Interest: Political economy of development The role of country institutions in the formation and reform of... Read More

Jan 12, 2023

Annual Conferences
ERF 26th Annual Conference: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a Framework for MENA’s Development Policy

Areas of Interest: Political economy of development The role of country institutions in the formation and reform of... Read More

Jun 23, 2020

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