CV
POSITION :
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics, University of York, June 2023-present
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics, Huddersfield Business School, January 2021- May 2023
Marie Skłodowska-Curie (Postdoctoral) Experienced Research Fellow, University of York, November 2017- November 2019
Project: ''Heterogeneous Effects of Fiscal Consolidation on Firms' Balance Sheets''
Lecturer (teaching) in Economics and Finance, University of Milan, 2016-2017
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Economics, University of Milan, Italy, 2016
Thesis: Essays in Tax Policy, Macroeconomics, and Corporate Policies
Advisors: Roberto Perotti, Valerie A. Ramey, Emanuele Bacchiocchi
Visiting Ph.D. Student, Università Bocconi, Italy, March 2015-December 2015
Visiting Ph.D. Student, University of California, San Diego, March 2014-Feb 2015
MPhil Economics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, 2011
MSc Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2007
BSc Economics, Allameh Tabatabaee University, Tehran, Iran, 2005
PUBLICATIONS:
Heterogeneous Responses to Corporate Marginal Tax Rates: Evidence from Small and Large Firms (with Morteza Zamanian) [Journal of Applied Econometrics, July 2023] [Online Appendix]
Cost of carry, financial constraints, and dynamics of corporate cash holdings (with Morteza Zamanian) [Journal of Corporate Finance, Volume 74, June 2022, 102216]
WORKING PAPERS:
State-Dependent Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Changes [Rej.&R AEJ: Economic Policy]
Fiscal Consolidation and Firm Dynamics: Theory and Evidence (with Gulcin Ozkan, and Paulo Santos Monteiro)
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS:
Financial Constraints and the Effect of the Corporation Income Tax: Average vs. Marginal?
The Cleansing Effect of Corporate Taxation: Resource Reallocation and Productivity in the UK
The Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) on US Firms: Insights from Small and Large Firms
Post-Crisis Heterogeneity in US Corporate Cash and Debt Trends
The Impact of Uncertainty on Real and Financial Activities of US Firms (with Emanuele Bacchiocchi)
