Mahdi Heidari

Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance

Bio

Mahdi Heidari is Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance at Tehran Institute for Advanced Studies and Khatam University. Before joining TeIAS in 2017, he obtained his PhD in Finance from Stockholm School of Economics. He has master degree in Economics and Finance from University of Naples and MBA from Sharif University of Technology.

His main research interests are in empirical asset pricing and corporate finance areas, especially corporate governance, institutional investors and business groups. He is active in policy-oriented research in Iranian Financial Markets. Thesis Advisor: Magnus Dahlquist

Research Interests

  • Empirical Asset Pricing
  • Market Micro structure
  • Behavioral Finance
  • Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden 2010-2016,Ph.D. in Finance
  • Columbia University, USA 2013-2014, Visiting Ph.D. Student in Finance
  • University of Naples Federico II, Italy 2009-2010, Master in Economics and Finance, MEF
  • Sharif University of Technology, Iran 2006-2009,MBA
  • Sharif University of Technology, Iran 2002-2006, B.Sc., Electrical Engineering