Kowsar Yousefi

Kowsar Yousefi

Associate Professor, Institute for Management and Planning Studies, Sharif University

Kowsar Yousefi is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Management and Planning Studies, and Adjunct Professor at Sharif University. After earning her PhD in economics from University of Texas at Austin, Kowsar was a post-doctoral researcher at the Northwestern University, School of Law, and a consultant at the Wolrd Bank. Kowsar has earned an M.A in Economics and a B.Sc in Electrical Engineering and Petroleum Engineering from Sharif University of Technology.

Areas of Interest:
  • Macroeconomics
  • Trade Policy
  • Socio-economics
  • Micro-econometrics
Education:
  • PhD of Economics, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA, 2012
  • MS of Economics, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA, 2012
  • MS of Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2007
  • Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and Bachelor of Petroleum Engineering (Dual Degree Program), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2006
Experience:
  • Researcher, Center for Development Research and Foresight, 2023 - Present
  • Adjunct Professor, Sharif University, Dec. 2022 - Present
  • Associate Professor, Institute for Management and Planning Studies, Aug. 2022 - Present
  • Associate Professor, University of Tehran, Aug. 2021 - Aug. 2022
  • Assistant Professor, University of Tehran, Aug. 2020 - Aug. 2021
  • Assistant Professor, Institute for Management and Planning Studies, Iran, 2014 - 2020
Latest Publications:
  • Yousefi, K., Black, B., & Hyman, D. A. (2023). Paid medical malpractice claims: How strongly does the past predict the future?. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 20(4), 818-851.
  • Yousefi, K., & Taiebnia, A. (2023). Does COVID-19 disrupt competition? Evidence from Iran. Journal of Economic Studies, 50(8), 1618-1636.
  • Yousefi, K., & Vesal, M. (2023). The double dividend of a joint tariff and VAT reform: evidence from Iran. The World Bank Economic Review, 37(2), 331-349.
Traders’ War Against Trade Walls: Evidence from Import Prohibition in Iran

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August, 2024

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Traders’ War Against Trade Walls: Evidence from Import Prohibition in Iran

Areas of Interest: Macroeconomics Trade Policy Socio-economics Micro-econometrics Education: PhD of Economics, University of Texas at Austin, TX,... Read More

March, 2024

Conference Paper
High Rate of C-section and Its Consequences for the Timing of Birth

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May, 2021

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