Areas of Interest:

• Food policy
• Poverty and welfare
• Rural development

Education:

• Ph.D., Agriculture Economics, University of Aberdeen, 2000
• MSc., Agriculture Economics, Shiraz University, 1989

Experience:

• Professor and Head of Agricultural Economics Department, Agricultural College, Shiraz University, Iran, 2007-Present
• Member of board directors, Iranian Agricultural Economics Society (IAES), http://www.iranianaes.ir, 2000-02, 2002-04, 2007-Present
• Member of International Association of Agricultural Economics (IAAE), 2002-Present

Latest Publications:

• Ghorbanian E and M Bakhshoodeh, 2015.Studying the impacts of price increasing on food security in rural Iran, Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development, (forthcoming).
• Layany G, E Ghorbanian and M Bakhshoodeh, 2015. Investigating world corn price transmission to domestic markets in Iran: application of Armington and pass through elasticities, Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development, 29 (4): (forthcoming).
• Bakhshoodeh M, 2010.Impacts of world prices transmission to domestic rice markets in rural Iran, Food Policy, 35:12-19.
• Soltani G R and M Bakhshoodeh, M. Zibaei, 2009. Optimization of agricultural water use and trade patterns: the case of Iran, ERF, Working Paper 508.
• Shushtarian A and M Bakhshoodeh, 2009.Regional poverty and its determinants in Iran, Journal of Income Distribution, 18 (3-4): 249-267.