Ph.D. in Finance Sept 2018 - May 2024
McMaster University Hamilton, ON., Canada
• Dissertation: Three Essays on Stock Markets
M.A. in Accounting Feb 2011 - Sep 2013
University of Tehran Tehran, Iran
• Thesis: Earnings Restatements and Capital Market Reaction: Evidence from Iranian Listed Firms
B.A. in Accounting Feb 2007 - Jul 2010
Mazandaran University Babolsar, Iran
Household Finance, Behavioral Finance, Empirical Asset Pricing, Investments
Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Investments, Fixed Income, Derivatives, Corporate Finance, Financial Modelling, Financial Statements Analysis, Behavioral Finance, Introduction to Finance
The Value Relevance of Corporate Tax Expense In the Presence of Partisanship: International Evidence
• Published in Global Finance Journal, Aug 2023
• Coauthored with Mella, J. DOI: 10.1016/j.gfj.2023.100832
• Presented at The Southwestern Finance Association annual conference, March 2021
Look Behind the Curtain: The Direct and Indirect Impact of Non-cognitive Skills on Stock Market Participation
• Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Banking and Finance
• Coauthored with Deaves, R., Stivers, A. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4418694
• Presented at The Current Innovations in Probability-based Household Internet Panel Research (CIPHER) Conference, March 2023
Those Who Know, Do: Market Literacy and Stock Market Participation
• Job Market Paper DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4418694
• Accepted and Presented at the FMA European Conference, June 2024
Global Stock Returns, Technological Innovations Spillover, and Industrial Espionage
• Presented at Brown Bag Lunch (BBL) Seminars at McMaster University
Sessional Instructor May 2022 - Present
McMaster University
• Course: BCommerce: Security Analysis
• Evaluations: Mean 9.21/10, Median:10
Teaching Assistant Sep 2018 - Present
McMaster University
• Courses: Financial Econometrics, Statistics for Financial Applications, Security Analysis, Corporate Finance, Intermediate Finance, Behavioral Finance, International Finance, Financial Statements Analysis, Introduction to Finance
• Evaluations: Exceeds Expectations
Programming: MatLab, Stata, Python
Miscellaneous: LATEX, Technical Microsoft Office
Languages: English (Fluent), Farsi (Native)
Teaching Award for a Ph.D. student with excellent teaching evaluations, 2021-2022
McMaster University- Finance and Business Economics Area Canada
Sandra M. Stephens Memorial Award for Global Research Leaders, 2020
McMaster University
McMaster University Graduate Scholarship, 2018-2022
McMaster University
DeGroote School of Business Department Scholarship, 2022-2024
McMaster University
Ph.D. Candidate Sept 2018 - Present
McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario
• Working as a Research Assistant
• Organizing Finance Area’s Research Seminars
• Mentoring Lower-year Ph.D. Students
Senior Financial Analyst Jun 2013 - Sept 2017
Finance Department-MiddleEast Bank Tehran, Iran
Accountant Nov 2012 - May 2013
Finance Department- Donya-e-Eqtesad Press Company Tehran, Iran
Auditor Sept 2010 - Oct 2012
Modaberan-e- Mostaghel Audit Service Firm Tehran, Iran
Ronald Balvers (Ph.D. Co-advisor)
Professor/Chair of Finance
DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
balvers@mcmaster.ca, (+1) 905-525-9140 ext. 23969
Richard Deaves (Ph.D. Co-advisor)
Professor Emeritus of Finance
DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
Narat Charupat
Professor of Finance
DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
charupat@mcmaster.ca, (+1) 905-525-9140 ext
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