Sasan Bakhtiari ساسان بختیاری
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
email : sasan.bakhtiari@xjtlu.edu.cn
Research Interests
Microeconometrics,
Business Dynamics,
R&D and Innovation,
Productivity.
Not So Short Bio
I started as an engineer, receiving my bachelor's in Electronics and then my Master's in Control and System Theory From the University of Tehran. However, my interests shifted and I completed my doctorate in economics at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2007. My expertise is in the production and analysis of huge firm-level data matched from various sources. I am currently interested in the mechanics of growth, innovation and networking among firms. I have experience of working in both government and academia and use it to specially make policy relevant studies.
Different topics I have been studying over the past years include outsourcing decisions and their effect on the business performance, R&D and knowledge spillover, and innovation, networking and patenting among firms. Currently, I am using patent data from different countries to study patterns of business collaborations and their impact on innovation and its quality.
Last Update June 7, 2024