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 Economy, 67(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 Finance, 73, 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 ConferenceGender and Labor Allocation: The Role of Institutions and Policies in the Allocation of Female and Male Labor
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May, 2016
Working PapersGender, Enterprise Ownership, and Labor Allocation in MENA: The Roles of Islam, Oil, and Government Policies
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September, 2015
Working PapersThe 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 PapersSocial 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 PapersSocial 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
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
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
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
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
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
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