Ali Shourideh

PHONE

412-268-3920

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Economics

EDUCATION

University of Minnesota - Ph D (Economics) - 2012
University of British Columbia - MA (Economics) - 2005
Sharif University of Technology - BS (Mechanical Engineering) - 2004

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Macroeconomics, Public Finance, Financial Markets, Contract Theory, Dynamic Games

USEFUL LINKS

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PUBLICATIONS

• Reputation and Persistence of Adverse Selection in Secondary Loan Markets

(author(s): Ali Shourideh, V. Chari, Ariel Zetlin-Jones) American Economic Review, 2014

• Optimal Contracting and Dynamic Altruism: Consumption and Family Size

(author(s): Ali Shourideh, Roozbeh Hosseini, Larry Jones) Journal of Economic Theory, 2013

• Optimal Pension Systems with Simple Instruments

(author(s): Ali Shourideh, Mikhail Golosov, Aleh Tsyvinski, Maxim Troshkin) American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 3, 2013; 502–507

WORKING PAPERS

• Efficiency and Adverse Selection: On the Role of Mutual Contracts

(author(s): Ali Shourideh, V. Chari, Ariel Zetlin-Jones)

• Financial Frictions and the Reallocation of Capital over the Business Cycle: Measurement and Theory

(author(s): Ali Shourideh, Ariel Zetlin-Jones)

• Optimal Taxation of Wealthy Individuals

• Political Economy of Sovereign Debt: Cycles of Debt Crisis and Inequality Overhang

(author(s): Ali Shourideh, Alessandro Dovis, Mikhail Golosov)

• Providing Efficient Incentives toWork: Retirement Ages and the Pension System

(author(s): Ali Shourideh, Maxim Troshkin)

• Retirement Financing: An Optimal Reform Approach

(author(s): Ali Shourideh, Roozbeh Hosseini)

• Screening and Adverse Selection in Frictional Markets

(author(s): Ali Shourideh, Ben Lester, Venky Venkatweswaran, Ariel Zetlin-Jones) Journal of Political Economy

• Taxation, Sorting and Redistribution: Theory and Evidence

(author(s): Ali Shourideh, Mikhail Golosov, Arash Nekoei)

AWARDS AND HONORS

• American Economic Review - Excellence in Refereeing Award (2012)
• University of Minnesota - Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (2010)
• Romania - Gold Medal in International Mathematics Competition for University Students (2003)
• Silver Medals in International Mathematical Olympiad (2000)
• Silver Medals in International Mathematical Olympiad (1999)