Mehrdad Esfahani

mehrdad.esfahani@asu.edu
Office: CRTVC 412, Department of Economics http://m-esfahani.com
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-9801

Employment

Arizona State University Tempe, AZ

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Clinical Assistant Professor 2022 - present
Roanoke College Salem, VA
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Assistant Professor 2021 - 2022

Education

Arizona State University Tempe, AZ

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Ph.D. Economics 2015 - 2021
University of Tehran Tehran, Iran
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Masters Degree, Economics 2011 - 2013
Sharif University of Technology Tehran, Iran
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Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering 2006 - 2011

Research Fields

• Macroeconomics, Income and Wealth Inequality

• U.S. and Global Productivity Trends, Economic Growth and Development

Working Papers

• World Productivity (1996-2014). (joint with and John G. Fernald and Bart Hobijn), Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco Working Paper 2020-17. Revision requested at American
Economic Journal: Macroecnomics

• Investment in Skills, Managerial Quality and Economic Development. Revision

requested at Review of Economic Dynamics

• Normative Growth Accounting: The Distorted-Planner Approach. (joint with and John
G. Fernald and Bart Hobijn).

• Inequality Over the Life-Cycle: U.S. vs Europe.

Work in Progress

• Lifetime Earnings Inequality Across U.S. and Europe: Males, Females, and Households.

• Subjective Expectations and Earnings Dynamics in the U.S.

• Who Benefits From College Subsidies? A Cross-country Analysis.

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 Teaching Experience

Arizona State University

• ECN 211: Macroeconomic Principles

• ECN 221: Business Statistics

• ECN 313: Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

Roanoke College
• ECON 121: Principles of Macroeconomics

• ECON 232: Money and Banking

Conference Presentations (* scheduled)

• 2022 - *Western Economic Association

• 2021 - Southern Economic Association

• 2020 - Southern Economic Association, Economics Graduate Student Conference

• 2019 - Society for Economic Dynamics,Midwest Macroeconomics Meeting

Awards and Grants

Faculty Starter Grant, $2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2021

Distinguished Economics Graduate Instructor Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2019
Best Written Third-Year Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2018
Hardison Award for Best Performance in Microeconomics Qualifying Exam . . . . . . . . . . 2016
Hardison Award for Best Performance in Macroeconomics Qualifying Exam . . . . . . . . . 2016
Graduate Research Assistance Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015

Skills

• Statistical Analysis, Econometrics, Data Visualization, Scientific Computing

– Expert: Python, MATLAB

– Intermediate: C++, Julia