APPOINTMENTS,, 2013-present., University of New Hampshire, 2010-2013. Georg W. Leitner Post Doctoral Associate, Yale University, 2009-2010. Visiting, Purdue University, 2008-2009. EDUCATION Ph.D., Economics, Vanderbilt University (August 2008). Dissertation Title: Essays on Institutions of International Trade. M.A., Economics, Vanderbilt University (August 2006). M.Sc., Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (2003). B.S., Industrial Engineering, Amir Kabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (2001). RESEARCH INTERESTS International Trade, Applied Microeconomics, Law and Economics. PUBLICATIONS: Cap and Escape in Trade Agreements. (Forthcoming) (with Eric Bond) American Economic Journal Microeconomics. Estimating a Model of Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization. (Forthcoming) (with Mahdi Majbouri) The WTO and Economic Development, Ed. Ben Zissimos. The Escape Clause in Trade Agreements. (2017) (with Eric Bond) Handbook of Commercial Policy. Ed. K. Bagwell and R. Staiger. Elsevier B.V. Arbitration and Renegotiation in Trade Agreements. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization. 32 (2016). Revisiting Procedure and Precedent in the WTO: An Analysis of US Countervailing and AntiDumping Measures (China). (2016) (with Adam Chilton) World Trade Review, 15(02), 375-395. Tariff Binding and Overhang: Theory and Evidence. (2015) With Eric Bond and Youngwoo Rho. Journal of International Economics. 97 (1), 1-13. (Lead Article) Safeguards and Investigations. (2014) With Eric Bond, in Trade, Globalization and Development. Ed. Rajat Acharyya, Springer. 1
Trade Skirmishes and Safeguards: A Theory of the WTO Dispute Settlement Process. (2010) Journal of International Economics 82 (1), 35-48. Reprinted in Economics of International Trade Law, edited by Alan Sykes, Elgar, Edward Publishing, Inc. (2013). Optimal Remedies in International Trade Agreements. European Economic Review 54 (3), April 2010, pp. 455-466. The Theory of Dispute Resolution with Application to Intellectual Property Rights. (2008) Joint with Eric Bond, in Intellectual Property, Growth and Trade, Ed. Keith Maskus, Elsevier B.V. WORKING PAPERS Imperfect Monitoring and Settlement: Private vs. Public. (2016) (with Jee-Hyeong Park) Interdependence of Trade Policy Across Industries (2016) (with Ahmad Lashkaripour) WORK IN PROGRESS Trade Liberalization Priorities and Design of Trade Agreements. (2016) Noncooperation under the WTO. (2016) (with Volodymyr Lugovskyy) Delegation with Costly State Verification. (2016) (with Eric Bond). Optimal Design of Arbitration Process at the Presence of Pre-Arbitration Negotiations. (2015). Political Commitment vs. Flexibility in Trade Policy Setting. (2013). BOOK REVIEWS Schropp, Simon A.B., Trade Policy Flexibility and Enforcement in the WTO. In World Trade Review (2010), 9: 542-545, Cambridge University Press. TEACHING EXPERIENCE International Trade, Graduate level,, University of New Hampshire. International Economics. Undergraduate Level., University of New Hampshire, Purdue University. Principles of Microeconomics. University of New Hampshire and Vanderbilt. Intermediate Microeconomics. Purdue University. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS 2
Faculty Research Support Program, (2014-2015) Peter T. Paul Research Fellow, University of New Hampshire (2010-2013). First runner up, WTO Essay Competition for Young Economists (2009) (Press release: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres09_e/pr572_e.htm). Graduate Fellowship, Vanderbilt University (2003-2008). Kirk Dornbush Summer Research Award, Vanderbilt University (2005 and 2006). PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH (*: Invited Presentations) 2016 Midwest International Trade Conference, December 2-4. Midwest Economic Theory Conference, December 2-4. Southern Economic Association Meeting, November 20. UECE Lisbon Meetings on Game Theory and Applications, November 3-5. *Lund University, November 2. Stoney Brook Game Theory Festival, July 20. *Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics Workshop on Trade Policy, June 27-29. 2015 UECE Lisbon Meetings on Game Theory and Applications, November 5-7. * Universitat de Valencia, November 2-3. Chicago Workshop on International Economics, Chicago Federal Reserve, October 16. * CESifo Venice Summer Institute: The World Trade Organization and Economic Development, July 20-21. * Conference of the Handbook of Commercial Policy, Dartmouth College, June 4-6. * The WTO Case Law Project Conference. European University Institute, Florence, Italy, May 13,14. 2014: * Southern Methodist University, October 10. InsTED Workshop, University of Oregon, August 12-14. Midwest Economic Theory Meeting, May 30-June 1. * Dartmouth/SNU Workshop on International Trade Policy and Institutions, Tuck School of Business, May 16-17. 2013: *Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, October. *DISSTTLE Workshop, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, September. Society for Advancement of Economic Theory, Paris, July. *Exeter University Trade/Development Workshop, Exeter, United Kingdom, May. *University of Melbourne, February. The 6th Annual Conference on the Political Economy of International Organization, Universities of Mannheim and Heidelberg, February. *-Bloomington, January. *Drexel University, January. 2012: Midwest International Trade Meeting, October. American Economic Association Meetings, Chicago, January. 3
2011: *Seoul National University, South Korea, November. *George Washington University, Washington D.C., October. Workshop on Game Theory in Trade and Development, Game Theory Festival in Stony Brook University, July. Econometric Society s North American Summer Meeting, Washington University in St. Louis, June. 2010: *Stanford University, October. *Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics, Stanford University, July *Yale University, April. *Vanderbilt University, February. 2009: *University of New Hampshire, February and November. Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, University of Southern California Law School, November. Midwest International Trade Meeting, Penn State University, October-November. *Yale University Conference on the Economics, Law and Politics of the GATT/WTO, April. UCLA International Economic Law Research Colloquium, February. 2008: Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings, November. Purdue University,, November. Midwest Economic Theory Meeting, October. Midwest International Trade Meeting, October. Purdue University,, September. 18th Annual Meeting of the American Law and Economics Association, May. *University of Delaware,, April. *Waterloo University,, February. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Referee for: American Economic Review American Law and Economics Review American Political Science Review Berkley s Electronic Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy Canadian Journal of Economics Economic Journal European Economic Review Economica Economic Bulletin Economic Inquiry Economic Record International Review of Economics and Finance International Review of Economics International Economic Review Journal of Asia-Pacific Business Journal of International Economics 4
Journal of Economic Literature Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Journal of Conflict Resolution Journal of Economics and Management Strategy National Science Foundation Public Choice Review of International Economics Review of Law and Economics PhD dissertation committee member for: : ByeongHwa Choi (2016), Ariel Knudsen (2017), Ryan Lee (2017). University of New Hampshire: Olesia Kozlova (2014), Onur Baycan (2013), Josh Stillwagon (2013). Other services: 2016: Organizer and Chair, Trade Policy Sessions at the Lisbon Conference on Game Theory. Co-organizer, InsTED Workshop,, May 13-15. 2015: Organizer and Chair, Trade Policy Sessions at the Lisbon Conference on Game Theory. Chair and Discussant: CESifo summer Institute, Venice, Italy. Discussant: Conference of the Handbook of Commercial Policy, Dartmouth College. 2012: Organizer and Chair, International Trade Agreements Session, American Economic Association Meetings, Chicago, January. Discussant: Uncertainty and Trade Agreements, by Nuno Limao and Giovanni Maggi, American Economic Association Meetings, Chicago, January. 2009: Discussant: Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. 2008: Discussant: Southern Economic Association Meetings, Washington D.C. 5