About Me

I am a final-year Ph.D. student in Economics and Finance at the University of Verona.

Research Interests

Machine Learning and NLP in Economics and Finance

·      Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods

·      Natural Language Processing and Unstructured Data Analysis

·      Dictionary-Based, Discriminative Transformer-Based, and Generative LLM Methods

·      Sentiment Analysis (document-, sentence-, aspect-, and target-level)

·      Predictive Modeling

·      Asset Pricing

Energy and Environmental Economics

·  Renewable Energy and Energy Transition

·  Environmental Sustainability and Sustainable Development

·  Green Growth and Climate Policy

Econometrics and Quantitative Methods

·      Time Series Econometrics

·      Dynamic Panel Data Models

·      Discrete Choice and Limited Dependent Variable Models

·      Causal Inference and Identification Strategies

Please find the latest version of my CV here.

Email Address: iftikhar.muhammad@univr.it