Mohammad Vesal
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Management and Economics (GSME), Sharif University of Technology
Mohammad Vesal is an associate professor of economics at the Graduate School of Management and Economics. He received his PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and joined Sharif in 2014. He has served as the head of the Economics department between 2017 and 2021. Mohammad's research focuses in areas of development and public economics. Particularly he has published papers in the fields of taxation, environmental economics and economics of education. He teaches graduate courses in Microeconomics, Econometrics I, Development, Public, and Environmental Economics.
Areas of Interest:
- Development Economics
- Public Economics
- Applied econometrics (program evaluation)
Education:
- 2010 – 2014, Ph.D. Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, UK.
- 2008 – 2010, M.Res. Economics (with Distinction), LSE, London, UK.
- 2005 – 2008, M.Sc. Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Experience:
- Associate professor, Graduate School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2023 – Present
- Assistant professor, Graduate School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2014 – 2023
- Lecturer, Microeconomics II (for PhD and MSc Economics) and Development Economics (for MSc Economics), Sharif University of Technology, Winter 2015
- Lecturer, Microeconomics I and Econometrics I – MSc Economics courses, Sharif University of Technology, Fall 2014
Latest Publications:
- “Large-scale Affordable Housing Construction and Public Goods Provision: Evidence from Iran”, joint with Saeed Tajrishy, 2023, Journal of Economic Geography , 2023. [Link]
- “The Double Dividend of a Joint Tariff and VAT Reform: Evidence from Iran”, joint with K. Yousefi, World Bank Economic Review, 37(2), 331-349, 2023. [Link]
- “What do one hundred million transactions tell us about demand elasticity of gasoline?”, joint with A.H. Tavakoli and M.H. Rahmati, Empirical Economics, 62, 2021. [Link]
Local Employment Effects of Affordable Housing Construction: Evidence from Iran
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Public Economics Applied econometrics (program evaluation) Education: 2010 – 2014, Ph.D. Economics, London... Read More
March, 2024
Conference PaperEconomic and Distributional Effects of Dams: Evidence from Iran
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Public Economics Applied econometrics (program evaluation) Education: 2010 – 2014, Ph.D. Economics, London... Read More
March, 2024
Conference PaperThe Externality of Public Housing Projects: The Case of the Mehr Housing Project in Iran
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Public Economics Applied econometrics (program evaluation) Education: 2010 – 2014, Ph.D. Economics, London... Read More
November, 2021
Working PapersThe Externality of Public Housing Projects: The Case of Mehr Housing Project in Iran
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Public Economics Applied econometrics (program evaluation) Education: 2010 – 2014, Ph.D. Economics, London... Read More
May, 2021
ERF 27th Annual ConferenceERF 30th Annual Conference: Parallel Sessions
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Public Economics Applied econometrics (program evaluation) Education: 2010 – 2014, Ph.D. Economics, London... Read More
Apr 21, 2024