Farrokh Zandi

EDUCATION

• PhD, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada (1982)
• Master of Arts, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada (1975)
• Bachelor of Arts, Pahlavi University, Shiraz, Iran

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Faculty at SP Jain School of Global Management
• Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs, Sessional Lecturer, Economics
• Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada (2008 – Present)
• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management
• McGill University, Assistant Professor, Brock University, Canada

BOOKS

• Managerial Economics and Business Strategy, McGraw Hill and Ryerson, Co-authoring with Michael Baye, 2005
• Managerial Economics, Commonwealth of Learning, 2004
• Economics Environment of Business, Commonwealth of Learning, 2002
• Study Guide, to accompany Principles of Microeconomics by Case, Fair, Strains and Veall, Prentice Hall, 2002
• Study Guide, to accompany Macroeconomics by Blanchard & Melino, Prentice Hall, 2000
• Instructor’s Manual to accompany “Canada and the New Economic Order”, edited by Tom Wesson, 1999
• WORKING PAPERS, REFEREED JOURNALS, PRESENTATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS
• “Commodity Currencies and the Real Exchange Rates in Developing Countries,” Working Paper, 2014
• “Tourism and Growth: The Case of Turkey Versus Dubai,” Working Paper, 2012
• “Dual and Multiple Exchange Rates in Iran,” Working Paper, 2011
• “Cost Models and Pricing Strategies for e-Learning in Universities,” Working Paper, 2010
• “Canada’s Vulnerability to the U.S. Subprime Mortgage Markets,” Working Paper, July 2008
• “Retail Gasoline Prices In Canada: An End To The Cycle Behaviour,” Working Paper, 2007
• “Integration of Turkey into European Union: The impact on Tourist Industry,” Working Paper, 2006
• “Price cycles in Retail Gasoline Markets in Ontario’s market,” Working Paper, 2005
• “Game-Theoretic Analysis of the Canada-US Lumber Trade Dispute,” Working Paper, 2005
• “Siddiqi Fine Leather Unlimited – Competing For Greater Exports in Pakistan,” Case Study, 2004
• “Tan Bien Cashews in Vietnam,” Case Study, 2004
• Warung Pojok: Going from Corner Stall to Mainstream in Indonesia, Case Study, 2004
• “WTO and the Future of the world Trade,” Central European University, Budapest, May 2004
• “Canada and the New World Economic Order,” presented to Canadian Association of Iranian Accountants, September 2003
• “An Overview of Monetary Policy Framework of Bank of Canada,” Executive Lectures Series: senior banking delegation from China, Toronto, Canada, March 2003
• “Building a Business In Bhutan – Where To Begin?” Case Study, 2003
• “Monas Jute: Rising to the Challenge In Bangladesh,” Case Study, 2003
• “The Canadian Halal Poultry Business – Fatima Foods,” Case Study, 2003
• “Flores de Cali: The Cut Flower Industry of Colombia,” Case Study, 2003
• “The Manjula Plantation’s Monsoon Malabar Dilemma,” Case Study, 2003
• “The Regulation of Financial Institutions in a Global Context,” Executive Lectures Series: senior banking delegation from China, Toronto, Canada, April 2001
• “The Global Competitiveness Ranking: Where Does Canada Stand?” Canadian Graduate Business Schools Council, Toronto, Canada, February 2000
• “The NAFTA, Chapter 11: Investment- A Review and Discussion,” edited in North American Free Trade Agreement: Canada’s Perspective, McCarthy Tetrault, December 1999
• “Reinterpretations of the Short-Run Demand for Money,” Eastern Economic Journal, August-October 1991
• “Restructuring: Implications for Political Economy.” Invited paper to International Workshop, Organized by Eastern Economic Journal, May 1991
• “Immiserizing Factor Growth and the Non-Equivalence of Quotas and VERs,” with M. Anam, International Economics Journal, Fall 1989
• “Real Interest Rate Differentials and Foreign Exchange Markets in Canada,” with S. Rahman, Atlantic Economic Journal, July 1986
• “Does Money Matter?” paper discussed at the Canadian Economics Association, Windsor, Ontario, June 1988
• “Money, Working Capital and Production in Developing Countries: A Disequilibrium Approach,” paper discussed at the Canadian Economics Association, Windsor, Ontario, June 1988
• “The Demand for Money and the Term Structure of Interest Rates in Canada,” paper presented at the Twenty Third International Atlantic Economic Conference, Munich, West Germany, April 1987
• “On the Canadian Dollar: Real Interest Rate Differentials and Foreign Exchange Markets in Canada,” paper presented at the Nineteenth International Atlantic Economic Conference, Rome, Italy, March 1985
• “The Dynamic Adjustment to an Oil Price Rise,” paper presented at the Tenth Annual Meeting Of The Eastern Economic Association, New York, U.S.A, March 1984
• “The Demand for Money: Some Evidence on Egypt and Canada,” paper discussed at the Tenth Annual Meeting of The Canadian Atlantic Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 1983