Professor of Economics of the Middle East, University of Marburg
I am Professor of Economics of the Middle East and Chair of Research Group at Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) of Philipps-Universität Marburg. I acquired my Ph.D. in Economics (Dr.rer.pol) from Technische Universität Dresden, Germany (2009) with summa cum laude. My dissertation project on “Political Economy of Natural Resources and Governance in Iran: An Empirical Investigation" won Dr. Feldbausch Preis "Best Dissertation" in 2009. Following the PhD project, I received the Georg Forster Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for my research project at ZEW Mannheim and TU Dresden.
Can we predict political uprisings?
Jun 17, 2017 15:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
Forecasting political unrest is a challenging task, especially in this era of post-truth and opinion polls. Several studies by economists such as Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler in 1998 and 2002 describe how economic...
Higher property prices linked to income inequality: study
Nov 22, 2016 01:42 am UTC| Research & Analysis Real Estate
Higher property prices are not only associated with higher income inequality but also with a higher inequality in household spending, our research shows. We examined three decades of data from 1982 to 2012 in Iran, where...
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