Areas of Interest:

• International Economics
• Applied Econometrics
• Macroeconomics
• International Trade and Finance
• Energy and the Economy

Education:

• Ph.D. Economics (1988): Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
• M.S. Economics (1981): University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.
• B.S. Political Science (1977): College of Social and Political Science, Tehran, Iran

Latest Publications:

• “Long-run relation and short-run dynamics in energy consumption-output relationship: International evidence from country panels with different growth rates”, Energy Economics 52, 2015, 118-126 (with M. D. Amin)
• “Economic Development and Government Spending: An Exploration of Wagner’s Hypothesis during Fifty Years of Growth in East Asia”, Economies 2015, 3(4), 150-160 (with Rati Ram)
• “Return and Volatility Spillovers across Equity Markets in Mainland China, Hong Kong and the United States”, Econometrics 2015, 3(2), 215-232 (with Yuting Tan)
• Energy Consumption and Output: Evidence from a Panel of 14 Oil-Exporting Countries”, Energy Economics 41, 2014, 41-46 (with Shahrokh Parvaresh)
• “Return and Volatility Spillovers across the U.S. and Three Latin American Countries”, International Review of Applied Financial Issues and Economics 5 (1), 2013, (with Thiago Alves Da Silva)
• “Risk and Returns in the Tehran Stock Exchange”, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 53, 2013, 238-256 (with M. Jahanparvar)