Almas Heshmati

Research Fellow

Jönköping University

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Almas Heshmati is Professor of Economics at the Jönköping University (Sweden). He was professor of Economics at the Sogang University, Korea University, Seoul National University, University of Kurdistan at Hawler, RATIO Institute, Stockholm and MTT Agrifood Research, Helsinki and Research Fellow at the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), The United Nations University, Helsinki during 2001-2004. From 1998 until 2001, he was an Associate Professor of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics.

He has a Ph.D. degree from the University of Gothenburg (1994), where he held a Senior Researcher position until 1998. His research interests include agricultural economics, development economics, energy economics, industrial organization, labor, globalization, income distribution, productivity, efficiency, growth, health care and capital structure. He is member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Panel Data. His publications include papers in the Agricultural Economics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Applied Economics, Applied Financial Economics, Econometric Reviews, Economic Theory, Empirical Economics, European Journal of Operational Research, Global Economy Journal, International Journal of Industrial Organization, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Journal of the World System Research, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, and Structural Change and Economic Dynamics.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in April 2000.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8145
A Review of Renewable Energy Supply and Energy Efficiency Technologies
Shahrouz Abolhosseini, Almas Heshmati, Jörn Altmann
published as 'Alternative Renewable Energy Production Technologies' in: The Development of Renewable Energy Sources and its Significance for the Environment, 2015, 31-64
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8119
A Survey of the Role of Fiscal Policy in Addressing Income Inequality, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth
Almas Heshmati, Jungsuk Kim
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8081
Production Risk, Energy Use Efficiency and Productivity of Korean Industries
Nabaz T. Khayyat, Almas Heshmati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8080
How ICT Investment and Energy Use Influence the Productivity of Korean Industries
Nabaz T. Khayyat, Jongsu Lee, Almas Heshmati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8078
An Empirical Survey of the Ramifications of a Green Economy
Almas Heshmati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8003
Can the UAE Avoid the Oil Curse by Economic Diversification?
Ilham Haouas, Almas Heshmati
forthcoming in: International Research Journal of Finance and Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7989
The Effect of Renewable Energy Development on Carbon Emission Reduction: An Empirical Analysis for the EU-15 Countries
Shahrouz Abolhosseini, Almas Heshmati, Jörn Altmann
published as 'Impact of Renewable Energy Development on Carbon Dioxide Emission Reduction' in: The Development of Renewable Energy Sources and its Significance for the Environment, 2015, pp. 119-146
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7851
The Effect of Credit Guarantees on R&D Investment of SMEs in Korea
Almas Heshmati
Published in: Asian Journal of Technology Innovation, 2015, 23(3), 407-421.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7731
Income vs. Consumption Inequality in South Korea: Evaluating Stochastic Dominance Rankings by Various Household Attributes
Almas Heshmati, Robert Rudolf
published in: Asian Economic Journal, 2014, 28(4), 413-436.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7708
What If You Had Been Less Fortunate: The Effects of Poor Family Background on Current Labor Market Outcomes
Sungwook Cho, Almas Heshmati
Published in: Journal of Economic Studies, 2015, 42(1), 20-33.
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