KAZEM YAVARI

Department of Economics

Tarbiat Modarres University

 kyavari@gmail.com

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Education

Ph .D.  In Economics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 1996.

PhD Dissertation "Oil Shocks, Exchange Rates and Resource Allocation in Iran 1960 - 92" Supervisor:  Prof. G. K. Helleiner

M.A. In Economics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 1991.

M.A.  In Islamic Teachings and Economics, University of Imam  Sadiq (a.s), Tehran, Iran, 1989.

Research Interests:    Macroeconomics, International Trade, Islamic Economics, International Finance

Teaching Interests:  Macroeconomics, International Trade, International Finance, Petroleum in the World Economy, Islamic Economics, Choice under Uncertainty, Game Theory, Asset Pricing Models

Working Papers 

"Financial Stability and Early Warning Systems: Implications for Islamic Finance", the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), IDB, forthcoming, 2010.

Book

"Trade Potential and Cooperation among OIC Member States: Theoretical Underpinnings and Empirical Analysis", the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), IDB, forthcoming, 2010.
Book Translated
"Islamic Banking: Answers to Some Frequently Asked Questions",  Written by Mabid Ali Al Garhi and Monavar Iqbal, IRTI, Islamic Development Bank, forthcoming.
Published Papers

1. "Inflation and Welfare in Latin America", Open Economic Reviews,  2010.
2. "On the Welfare Cost of Inflation in Europe", Journal of Applied Economics Letters, 2007, 14, 111-113.
3. "The Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Iran's Trade:  The Case Study of Terms of Trade and Tradeable-Non-Tradeable Relative Prices", Quarterly Journal of Economic Research 2007, spring, Vol. 5, pp. 94-115.
4. "Estimation of Level and Distribution of Households' Human Capital:  The Case of Iran", Journal of Economic Research, University of Tehran, No. 71 - winter 2004, 211-239.
5. "Economic Integration Among Developing Countries: Applying Panel Data Gravity Equation with Cointegration and GMM Estimation of Dynamic Panel Data",  Iranian Journal of Trade Studies,  Vol. 9, No. 36, Autumn 2005,  1-29.
6. "The Welfare Cost of Inflation in Iran", Iranian Economic Review, Vol. 10,  No. 14, Fall 2005, 111-17.
7. "A Critical Discussion about Demand for Money Studies in the Iranian Economy", Iranian Economic Review, Vol. 10, No. 14, fall 2005, 111-17.
8. "Characteristics of Exchange Rate Systems", Economic Research Review, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring 2005.
9. "The Welfare Cost of Inflation in Italy", Journal of Applied Economics Letters, 2005, 12, 165-168.
10. "The Welfare Cost of Inflation in Canada and the United states", Economics Letters 84 (2004) 199-204.
11. "Economic Analysis of Vaghf: The Case of South of Tehran", Mofid Letters, Vol. 10, Dec-Jan 2004-2005.
12. "External and Domestic Growth forces in the Performance of European Union Economies", Economia Internationale/International Economics, Vol. LVII, No. 1 - February 2004, 42-57.
13. "Political and Economic Dimensions of the European Union Expansion", Economia Internationale/International Economics, Vol. LVI, No. 3 - August 2003, 383-96.
14. "Estimation of Level and Distribution of Households' Human Capital:  The Case of East Azerbaijan Province", Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, No. 7-8 Spring & Summer 2003.
15. "Trade Policy and Economic Growth: The Case of Oil Exporting Countries", Iranian Journal of Trade Studies (ISTR), Vol. 8, No. 30 - Spring 2004.
16. "Long-run Movements of the Parallel market Premium in the Pre-Exchange Rate Unification Period in Iran, Iranian Economic Review, University of Tehran No. 8 - Spring 2003, 99-116.
17. "Real and Nominal Determinants of Inflation Rates in Iran: Vector Autoregressive Approach VAR)", Quarterly Iranian Economic Research, Allameh Tabatabaee University, No. 16 - Fall 2003, 69-99.
18. "Capital Flows in Iranian Agricultural Sector", Quarterly Agricultural Economics and Development, No. 41/42 - 2003, 53-69.
19. "Exchange Rate Overshooting in Iran", Mofid Letters, N0. 35 - Spring 2003, 99-128.
20. "Output Lag, Monetary Policy and Price Dynamics", Journal of Economic Research,              University of Tehran, Vol. 60 - Spring/Summer 2002, 209-33.
21. "Human Capital and Economic Growth", Economic Research, University of Tarbiat Modarres, No. 5-6, Winter 2002, 31-41.
22. "Productivity of Foreign Capital and Domestic Output in Iran", Mofid Letters, Vol. 27 - Fall 2001, 99-144.
23. "Determinants of Life Expectancy: A Cross-Country Analysis", Modarres, Vol. 2 - Summer 2001, 35-46.

Papers Presented at National and International Conferences:

"A Perspective on Globalization and Economic Justice", International Symposium on Globalization, Economic Justice and Privatization", January 6 - 8, Tehran, 2008.

"Trade Potential among the TPS/OIC Participating Countries", Seminar on the OIC Free Area as a Step for the Establishment of an Islamic Common Market, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain 8^th February 2005.

"The Effects of Exchange Rate Unification Policy on Black Market Premium, Inflation and Real Exchange Rates in Iran", ERC/METU VI. International Conference on Economics, Ankara, Turkey, 2002 (September).

"Choice of a Relevant Exchange Rate System for Iran:  Decreasing Inflation or Promoting Competitiveness", Tenth Annual Conference on Monetary and Foreign Exchange Policies, Tehran, Iran, May 2000.

"Estimation of Import Smuggling and Overinvoicing by Statistical Trade Discrepancy: the Case of Iran", presented at the First Annual Conference on Smuggling, University of Tarbiat Modarres,  Tehran, Iran,  Nov., 1999.

"Factors of Sluggishness of Iran's Non-oil Exports: Relative Prices, Capacity Underutilization, and Rent-seeking Import Policies", Second Annual Conference on Trade Policies, Tehran, Iran, October, 1999.

"Exchange Rate Unification, Post-unification Official Exchange Rate Policies, and Future Growth of Non-oil Exports", Seventh Annual Conference on Monetary and Foreign Exchange Policies, Tehran, Iran, May 1997.

"Symmetric and Asymmetric Effects of Oil Shocks on Public Expenditures in Iran", Sixth Annual Conference on Monetary and Foreign Exchange Policies, Tehran, Iran, May 1996.

"Determinants of the Real Exchange Rate in Pre-and-Post Revolutionary Iran", Canadian Economic Association, Calgary, June 1994 and Fifth Annual Conference on Monetary and Foreign Exchange Policies, Tehran, Iran, May 1995.

"Oil Shocks, Construction Boom and Exchange Rate Policy in Iran", Fifth Annual Conference on Monetary and Foreign Exchange Policies, Tehran, Iran, May 1995.

Teaching Interests:    Macroeconomics, Asset Pricing Models, Choice under Uncertainty,

Game Theory, Microeconomics, International Trade,

International Finance, Economic Development,

Petroleum in the World Economy, Financial Economics                              

Teaching Experience: 

Department of Economics, University of Calgary: Macroeconomics (I, II), Microeconomics (I,II), International Trade, International Macroeconomics, Petroleum in the World Economy, 2003, 2004

Department of Economics, University of Toronto: Macroeconomics, 1995-96.

Department of Economics, University of Tarbiat Modarres: M.A. Macroeconomics,

Ph.D. Macroeconomics, International Trade, International Finance, Microeconomics, Topics in Economics, Game Theory, Choice under Uncertainty, Islamic Economics, 1997-2005.

Department of Economics, University of Imam Sadiq (a.s),  Intermediate Micro and Macro.  Economic Development, PhD Macroeconomics, 1998-2005

Language Ability:   English and Arabic