Northwestern University June 2014
Ph.D. in Economics
Sharif University June 2008
B.S. in Mathematics
Gold Medal at the Iranian Mathematics Olympiad 2002
Silver Medal at the 44th International Mathematical Olympiad, Japan 2003
First Prize at the 12th International Math Competition for University Students, Bulgaria 2005
First Prize at the 13th International Math Competition for University Students, Ukraine 2006
Northwestern Fellowship 2008
Distinction in PhD Preliminary Examinations 2009
Software Engineering May 2019 - Present
Visiting Assistant Professor August 2018 - May 2019
Finance Department, Elie Broad College of Business, Michigan State University
Assistant Professor August 2014 - 2018
Risk and Insurance Management , J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University
One-Sided Matching with Limited Complementarities, 2016
Journal of Economic Theory
with Thanh Ngyuen and Rakesh Vohra
Capacity Allocation In Vertically Integrated Rail Systems: A Bargaining Approach, 2018
Transportation Research Part B
with Ahmadreza Talebian and Bo Zou
Participation and Unbiased Pricing in CDS Settlement Mechanisms, 2014
Extended Abstract is Published at 2015 AMMA Conference Proceedings and ACM DL
Instability of Centralized Markets, revise and resubmit, Econometrica 2015
with Rakesh Vohra
Effects of Information Transmission by High Frequency Traders on Market Quality, 2017
with Mohammad A Rezaei
Aggregate Risk, Bank Competition and Regulation in a General Equilibrium Model, 2017
with Mohammad A Rezaei and Ajay Subramanian
Rewarding Disagreement: Optimal Contracts for Collective Decision Making
with Naveen Khana and Mark Schroder
Mechanism Design with Finders Reward
with Jeffrey Ely and Nima Haghpanah
A General Equilibrium Model of the CDS Market
with Ajay Subramanian
University of Cincinati Finance Department, October 2018
International Monetary Fund, February 2018
Georgia Institute of Technology, Finance Department, October 2017
University of Pennsylvania, Economics Department, October 2017
California Institute of Technology, July 2017
Midwest Economic Theory Meeting, University of Kentucky at Lexington May, 2017
NBER Market Design Workshop, Stanford University, October 2016
FMA Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, October 2016
Midwest Finance Association Conference, Atlanta, March 2015
The Third Conference on Auctions, Market Mechanisms and Their Applications, University of Chicago, August 2015
Kansas Workshop On Economic Theory, University of Kansas, May 2014
NSF/NBER/CEME Seminar in Mathematical Economics and General Equilibrium at Columbia Business School, October 2013
Game Theory Festival of the Game Theory Society,
Stony Brook University, July 2013
Conference on Economic Design, Lund University, June 2013
Instructor at Georgia State University 2014-2018
Stochastic Risk Management Models
Introduction to Stochastic Risk Models
Teaching Assistant at Northwestern University 2009-2013
Intermediate Microeconomics I & II
Principle of Macroeconomics
Corporate Finance
Ad hoc referee for Econometrica, Games and Economic Behavior, Economic Theory
and Journal of Mathematical Economics
Georgia State University
Organizer of the Workshop on Financial Market Design 2017
Organizer of the RMI Weekly Research Seminar Series 2015 & 2016
Member of the Hiring Committee Fall 2014 & Spring 2015
Ajay Subramanian
Email: asubramanian@gsu.edu
Phone Number: 4044137483
Georgia State University, Risk and Insurance Management
Rakesh Vohra
Email: rvohra@sas.upenn.edu
Phone Number: 215-898-6777
Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Ely
Email: letters@jeffely.com
Phone Number: 847-491-8208
Department of Economics, Northwestern University