Mohsen Omarnaji Khezri

Overview

I received my BSc in Economics from Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran in 2008; my MSc with Economics from Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran in 2010, and my Ph.D. with Economics from Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran 2015. The title of my MSc thesis is “Assessing the asymmetric effects of crude oil shocks on the Iranian economy: Wavelet decomposition and regime shifts”. In my dissertation, I tried to focus on the role of institutional quality and good governance indicators on how oil rents affect the economy. In addition, the title of my Ph.D. thesis is “assessing the dynamics of inflation in Iran economy and modeling inflation using dynamic models”. In my dissertation, I tried to address the role of government structures in chronically accelerated inflation in Iran.

In terms of research, my research focus is to use applied econometrics to analyze issues in environment and energy economics to answer policy-relevant questions. I’ve published many different peer-reviewed papers with practical insight for oil-exporting countries and other various scopes such as environment, sustainable development, energy, natural resources, and monetary economics. I have been working on articles with some advanced econometrics including Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE), Bayesian Econometrics, advanced Time-Series Econometrics (GVAR, TVP-DMA, TVP-FAVAR, TVP-VAR, Markov Switching Models), Panel Data models, and spatial econometrics. Additionally, I am a professional in software such as Matlab, Eviews, and Stata. I am also fluent in the MATLAB programming language and have developed an econometric software containing 42 econometrics models for my personal use purposes. I was able to publish my research in international journals such as the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, the Journal of Energy Economics, the Journal of Applied Energy.

Concerning teaching, I gained teaching experience at all study levels particularly with Applied Microeconomics and Advanced Econometrics, which, I taught at the Ph.D. level. I have the knowledge and experience to practically teach some advanced econometrics books such as Bayesian econometrics by Gary Koop, Space-State Models with Regime Switching by Kim and Nelson.

Education

• - PhD Economics Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
• - MSc Economics Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
• - BSc Economics Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

Publications

Khezri, Mohsen, Mohammad Sharif Karimi, Y. A. Khan, and S. Z. Abbas. "The spillover of financial development on CO2 emission: A spatial econometric analysis of Asia-Pacific countries." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 145 (2021): 111110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111110

Karimi, Mohammad Sharif, Mohsen Khezri, and Somayeh Razzaghi. "Impacts of regional conflicts on tourism in Africa and the Middle East: a spatial panel data approach." Current Issues in Tourism (2021): 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2021.1931054

Khezri, Mohsen, Almas Heshmati, and Mehdi Khodaei. "The role of R&D in the effectiveness of renewable energy determinants: A spatial econometric analysis." Energy Economics 99 (2021): 105287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105287

Karimi, Mohammad Sharif, Mohsen Khezri, Y. A. Khan, Somayeh Razaghi. “Investigating the Effect of Economic Freedom Indexes on Fishing Grounds Footprint in Asia and The Pacific”. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16110-8

Khezri, Mohsen, Almas Heshmati, and Mehdi Khodaei. “Environmental Implications of Economic Complexity and its Role in Determining How Renewable Energies Affect CO2 Emissions”. Applied Energy (2021), Manuscript ID= APEN-D-21-04484. (Accepted and in Press).

Professional Qualification

• - I worked as an advisor to the Minister of Agriculture of Iran, and then as a senior scientific researcher in the project on Iranian economic development for three years. I was working as an assistant professor in Economics at Bu-Ali Sina University which is one of the state universities and a high-ranking university in Iran, where I was teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels and I have supervised 6 MSc students.