Faculty

College / Department

Teaching areas

Urban Economics, Economics of Real Estate, Microeconomics (Principles, Intermediate, and Advanced), Applied Microeconomics, Industrial Organization

Research areas

Urban Economics, Location Decisions, Migration, Discrete Choice Models, Economics of Advertising and Marketing, Applied Microeconomics, Industrial Organization

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, 2005

A.M. in Economics, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, 2001

M.A. in Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA, 1998

B.S. in Telecommunication Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 1991

Professional experience

Researcher at U.S. Census Bureau, Boston Census Research Data Center (BRDC), conducting academic research with Economic Census microdata, such as SSEL, BES, ASM, LRD, LBD, 2000-2013

Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Belfer Center, Dubai Initiative, Cambridge, MA, 2007-2008

Visiting Assistant Professor, Brown University, Population Studies and Training Center, Providence, RI, 2005-2006

Memberships

American Economic Association,Canadian Economic Association,Regional Science Association International,Economic Research Forum - Urban Economics Association,Visiting Researcher at National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), 2007-2012,Researcher at U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2730

Dr. Mohammad Arzaghi

Associate Professor

PhD in Economics, Brown University, USA

Mohammad Arzaghi's current research is on the areas of urban economics, industrial organization, economics of advertising, political economics and migration. He has been a Research Associate at the Census Bureau’s Center for Economic Studies since 2000. He was a research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, and also served as a core member of the World Development Report team at the World Bank. He was ranked among the top 100 young economists in IDEAS list in 2009.

Publications

Arzaghi, Mohammad, Jay Squalli. "How price inelastic is demand for gasoline in fuel-subsidizing economies?" Energy Economics 50 (July, 2015): 117-124.

Arzaghi, Mohammad, Anil Rupasingha. "Migration as a Way to Diversify: Evidence from Rural to Urban Migration in the U.S." Journal of Regional Science 53, no. 4 (October, 2013): 690-711.

Arzaghi, Mohammad, Berndt, Ernst R., Davis, James and Silk, Alvin J.. "The Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services: An Economic Analysis." Review of Marketing Science 10, no. 1 (December, 2012): 1-51.

Arzaghi, Mohammad, Henderson, J. Vernon. "Networking Off Madison Avenue." Review of Economic Studies 75, no. 4 (October, 2008): 1011– 1038.

Arzaghi, Mohammad, Henderson, J. Vernon. "Why countries are fiscally decentralizing." Journal of Public Economics (MIT Press) 89, no. 7 (July, 2005): 1157- 1189.

Conference Presentations

Arzaghi, Mohammad, Andrew Balthorp. "No Tax, No Representation: Decentralization and Natural Resources." Paper presented at the Third UAE Quantitative Research Symposium, ZU-Dubai, Dubai, UAE, January 2, 2017.

Arzaghi, Mohammad, Rupasingha, Anil. "Industrial Similarity, Education, and Migration." Paper presented at the Second Quantitative Research Symposium, Abu Dhabi, UAE, March 1, 2016. (Received the runner-up award in the Economics track).

Arzaghi, Mohammad, Balthrop, Andrew. "No Taxation, No Representation: An Investigation of the Relationship between Natural Resources and Decentralization." Paper presented at the Canadian Economics Association 49th Annual Conference Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 28-31, 2015

Arzaghi, Mohammad, Rupasingha, Anil. "Industrial Similarity, Education, and Migration." Paper presented at the 48th Annual Conference of the Canadian Economic Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 29-June 1, 2014.

Arzaghi, Mohammad, Anil Rupasingha. "Migration as a Way to Diversify: Evidence from Rural to Urban Migration in the US." Paper presented at the 47th Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 30 - June2, 2013.

Mohammad Arzaghi, Ernest Berndt, James Davis, and Alvin Silk. "The Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services: An Economic Analysis." Paper presented at the the 46th Annual Conference of the Canadian Economic Association, Calgary, Alberta, June 7-10, 2012.

Arzaghi, Mohammad, Henderson, J. Vernon. "Networking Off Madison Avenue." Paper presented at the NBER, Summer Institute 2006, July, 2006.

Arzaghi, Mohammad, Ernst Berndt, James Davis, and Alvin Silk. "The Economic Underlying the Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services." Paper presented at the Center for Economics Studies (CES) at US Census Bureau, June, 2009.

Awards and Honors

Ranked in the list of the Top 100 Young Economists by IDEAS from February 2009 to December 2009 (#54 in November 2009)

Research Fellowship, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Belfer Center, Dubai Initiative, 2007-2008

Invitation to the NBER Summer Sessions, 2006-2012

Brown University Graduate School W. Randolph Burgess in International Affairs Dissertation Fellowship, 2003-2004

Summer Research award May 1, 2014

Other creative/research

“Silver Linings in the Toronto Housing Market,” Dadgar Magazine, November, 2015

“Topics in Urban Economics,” (in Persian based on the presentation at Sharif University, Tehran, Iran, Jan 7, 2007), Special Issues for Urban Economics, Municipal Association Journal, Mar 2007.