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College / Department

School of Business Administration
Department of Economics

Teaching areas

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

Research areas

Urban Economics, Real Estate Economics, Political Economy, Migration, Economic Geography, Location Decisions, Migration

Education

PhD, Economics, Brown University - Providence, United States, 2005
MA, Economics, Brown University - Providence, United States, 2001
MA, Economics, Virginia Tech - Blacksburg, United States, 1998
BS, Telecommunication Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, 1991

Professional experience

Associate Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, 2014 - Present
Assistant Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, 2005 - 2014
Visiting Research Scholar, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), MA, United States, 2007 - 2012
Visiting Researcher/professor, Kennedy School Of Government, Harvard University, MA, United States, 2007 - 2008
Research Assistant, Brown University, RI, United States, 1999 - 2005
Teaching Assistant, Brown University, RI, United States, 1999 - 2001
Research Consultant, The World Bank, DC, United States, 1999 - 2000
Long-term Consultant, The World Bank, DC, United States, 1998 - 1999
Teaching And Research Assistant, Virginia Tech, VA, United States, 1996 - 1998

Memberships

Dubai Land Department Economic Council, DLD-EC, National, 2019
Canadian Economic Association, CEA, International, 2011
Economics Research Forum, ERF, International, Research Fellow, 2006
Regional Science Association International, RSAI, International, 2003
American Economic Association, International, 2001
Urban Economics Association, International, 2005 - 2015
National Bureau of Economic Research, NBER, International, 2007 - 2013

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2730

Dr. Mohammad Arzaghi

Associate Professor
PhD, Brown University - Providence, United States

Mohammad Arzaghi receives his Ph.D. from Brown University in 2006. His current research is on the areas of urban economics, political economics, migration, and real estate economics. He had 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 is a member of the Dubai Land Department Economic Council. He was ranked 54 among the top 100 young economists in IDEAS list in 2009.

Publications

Mohammad Arzaghi And Jay Squalli. The Environmental Impact of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Policies, Energy Economics, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2023
Mohammad Arzaghi, Ismail Genc And Shaabana Naik. Clustering and Hotel Room Prices in Dubai, Tourism Economics, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Mohammad Arzaghi. Industrial Similarity, Education, and Migration
Mohammad Arzaghi And Andrew Balthrop. No taxation, no representation: An investigation of the relationship between natural resources and fiscal decentralization, Environment And Planning C: Politics And Space (jcr 2.382), November 2018
Hamid Baghestani, Mohammad Arzaghi And Ilker Kaya. On the accuracy of Blue Chip forecasts of interest rates and country risk premiums, Applied Economics, 2015
Mohammad Arzaghi And Jay Squalli. How price inelastic is demand for gasoline in fuel-subsidizing economies?, Energy Economics, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015
Mohammad Arzaghi And Anil Rupasingha. Migration as a Way to Diversify: Evidence from Rural to Urban Migration in the US, Journal Of Regional Science, 2013
Mohammad Arzaghi. The Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services: An Economic Analysis, Review Of Marketing Science, December 2012
Ismail Genc And Mohammad Arzaghi. A confidence interval test for the detection of structural breaks, Journal Of The Franklin Institute, 2011
Mohammad Arzaghi. Subsidy Reform in Iran, Iranian Business Council Monthly, 2011
Mohammad Arzaghi And Vernon Henderson. Networking Off Madison Avenue, Review Of Economic Studies, 2008
Mohammad Arzaghi. Why Countries Are Fiscally Decentralizing, Journal Of Public Economics, 2005

Conference Presentations

Rating vs. Reviews: Does Official Rating Capture What is Important to Customers?, Economic Policy And Research In The Uae And Beyond, 23 March 2022
Does Fiscal Decentralization Mitigate Domestic Terrorism?, Assa Annual Meeting, Meea Session Titled “conflict In Mena”, 8 January 2022
Open Access in Practice at AUS, Open Access Week, 27 October 2021
Emerging Markets Currency Interconnectedness in the aftermath of the Great Recession, Economics Seminar Series, 16 March 2021
Emerging Markets Currency Interconnectedness in the aftermath of the Great Recession, The Gcc Economies In The Wake Of Covid19: Charting The Road To Recovery And Resilience, 9 March 2021
Clustering and Hotel Prices in Dubai, Economics Seminar Series, December 2020
Clustering and Hotel Prices in Dubai, 67th Annual North American Meetings Of The Regional Science Association International, November 2020
Determinants of Hotel Room Prices in Dubai, Economics Seminar Series, 15 October 2019
Industrial Similarity, Education, and Migration, 11th Global Conference, 25 May 2019

Grants and sponsorships

Sponsored Research, Scale and Scope Economies and the Organization of the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services Industry, Center for Economic Studies (CES), 2007 - 2012
Fellowship, Research Fellowship, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, August 2007 - August 2008

Awards and Honors

Ranked 19 among Economists in the UAE, IDEAS/RePEc, May 2022
Research Fellow, Economic Research Forum, 2021
Ranked 18 among Economists in the UAE, IDEAS/RePEc, May 2021
Summer Research Grant, SBA, May 2014
Ranked 54 in the IDEAS/RePEc rankings of the Top 100 Young Economist, IDEAS/RePEc, 1 November 2009
Research Fellowship and Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, August 2007
Research Associate, Economic Research Forum, 2006
Burgess Fellowship in International Affairs, 1 August 2003
Compton Fellowships, 1 August 2002
Compton Fellowships, 1 August 2001

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