Seyed Mohammed Heshmati's cv

PERSONAL:
Year of Birth: 1988
Citizenship: Swedish
Born: Kurdish
Sex: Male
Children: 3

LANGUAGES:
Swedish, English, Kurdish, Persian

EDUCATION:
Associate Professor in Economics, Gothenburg University, February 1998.
Doctor of Economics (in Econometrics), Gothenburg University, May 1994.
BSc in Business Administration and Economics, Uppsala University, 1984.

EMPLOYMENT AND FELLOWSHIPS:
Feb. 2002-Present Research Professor, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin.
April 2001-Present Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn.
Sept. 2001-Present Research Fellow, UNU/WIDER, Helsinki.
Jan. 1999-June 2003 Research Fellow, Service Research Forum, Univ. College of Gävle.
Aug.1998-Sept. 2001 Research Fellow, Stockholm School of Economics.
July 1994-June 1998 Research Fellow, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University.
July 1994-Dec. 1998 Research Fellow, Center for Public Sector Research, Gothenburg Univ.
July 1994-June 1998 Lecturer, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University
July 1995-June 1996 Lecturer, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University.
July 1993-June 1994 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University.
July 1990-June 1993 Doctoral Scholarship, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University.
July 1988-June 1990 Postgraduate Scholarship,Department of Economics, Gothenburg University.

RESEARCH GRANTS:

The Swedish National Social Insurance Board (RFV), 2000-2001.
Service Research Forum (TjänsteForum), 1999-2001.
The Swedish Council for Research in Humanities and Social Sciences (HSFR), 1998-2000.
The Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS), 1994-1998.
The Swedish Council for Forestry and Agricultural Research (SJFR), 1993/4-1995/6.

MAJOR FIELDS OF INTEREST:

Agricultural Economics, Industrial Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Applied Micro-econometrics, Panel Data Analysis, Labour Studies, Income Inequality, Globalization, Foreign Direct Investment, Innovation, Information and Communication Technology, Performance (Efficiency, Productivity and Growth) Studies with applications to various private and public sectors producers of goods and services.

VISITING RESEARCHER:

German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin, July 2001
University of St. Gallen, October 1999.
University of Gothenburg, June 1999, June 2000, August 2001.
University of Salerno, Italy, April 1999.
Southern Methodist University, December 1996, October 2000.
University of Texas at Austin, short periods during 1992 to 1997.

PUBLICATIONS

A. Doctoral Thesis

• Heshmati A. (1994), “Estimating Technical Efficiency, Productivity Growth and Selectivity Bias Using Rotating Panel Data: An Application to Swedish Agriculture”, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, Doctoral Thesis No. 50, May 1994.

B. Papers in Refereed Journals

• Banerjee S., A. Heshmati and C. Wihlborg (2004), “The Dynamics of Capital Structure”, Research in Banking and Finance, forthcoming.
• Addison T. and A. Heshmati (2004), “The New Global Determinants of FDI Flows to Developing Countries: The Impacts of ICT and Democratization”, Research in Banking and Finance, forthcoming.
• Frölich M., A. Heshmati and M. Lechner (2004), “A Microeconometric Evaluation of Rehabilitation of Long-term Sickness in Sweden”, Journal of Applied Econometrics, forthcoming.
• Haouas I., M. Yagoubi and A. Heshmati (2003), “Labour-Use efficiency in the Tunisian’s Manufacturing Industries: A Flexible Adjustment Model”, The Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, forthcoming.
• Lööf H., A. Heshmati, R. Asplund and S-O. Nås (2003), “Innovation and Performance in Manufacturing Industries: A Comparison of the Nordic Countries”, ICFAI Journal of Management Research, forthcoming.
• Lööf H. and A. Heshmati (2003), “On the Relationship between Innovation and Performance: A Sensitivity Analysis”, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, forthcoming.
• Lööf H. and A. Heshmati (2003), “The Link Between Firm-Level Innovation and Aggregate Productivity Growth: A Cross-Country Examination”, Research Evaluation 12(2), 131-147.
• Heshmati A. (2003), “Productivity Growth, Efficiency and Outsourcing in Manufacturing and Services”, Journal of Economic Surveys 17(1), 79-112.
• Tveterås R. and A. Heshmati (2002), “Patterns of Productivity Growth in the Norwegian Salmon Farming Industry”, International Review of Economics and Business 50(3), 367-394.
• Heshmati A. (2002), “Productivity Measurement in Swedish Departments of Gynecology and Obstetrics”, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 13(1), 315-336.
• Kumbhakar S.C., Hjalmarsson L. and A. Heshmati (2002), “How Fast Do Banks Adjust? A Dynamic Model of Labour-Use with an Application to Swedish Banks”, Journal of Productivity Analysis 18(1), 79-102.
• Heshmati A. (2002), “The Dynamics of Capital Structure: Evidence from Swedish Micro and Small Firms”, Research in Banking and Finance 2, 199-241.
• Lööf H. and A. Heshmati (2002), “Knowledge Capital and Performance Heterogeneity: An Innovation Study at Firm Level”, International Journal of Production Economics 76(1), 61-85.
• Heshmati A. (2002), “Quality Adjusted Measures of Services in Public Schools”, European Journal of Operational Research 136(3), 655-670.
• Heshmati A. (2001), “On the Growth Micro and Small Firms: Evidence from Sweden”, Small Business Economics 17(3), 213-228.
• Heshmati A. (2001), “Labour Demand and Efficiency in Swedish Saving Banks”, Applied Financial Economics 11, 423-433.
• Heshmati A. and H. Lööf (2001), “On the Impacts of Innovation on a Firm’s Performance”, Economic Policy Papers (Wirtschafts Politische Blätter) 28(2-3), 171-178.
• Heshmati A. and L-G. Engström (2001), “Estimating the Effects of Vocational Rehabilitation Programs in Sweden”, in Pfeiffer F. and M. Lechner (eds), “Econometric Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies”, pp. 183-210, Springer-Verlag Company.
• Färe R., F. Førsund, S. Grosskopf, K. Hays and A. Heshmati (2001), “A Note on Decomposing the Malmquist Productivity Index by Means of Subvector Homotheticity”, Economic Theory 17(1), 239-245.
• Battese G.E., A. Heshmati and L. Hjalmarsson (2000), “Efficiency of Labour Use in the Swedish Banking Industry: A Stochastic Frontier Approach”, Empirical Economics 25(4), 623-640.
• Frölich M., A. Heshmati and M. Lechner (2000), “Mikroökonometrische Evaluierung berufsbezogner Rehabilitation in Schweden ”, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 136(3), 433-461.
• Kumbhakar S.C., S. Nakamura and A. Heshmati (2000), “Estimation of Firm-Specific Technological Bias, Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity: A Dual Approach”, Econometric Reviews 19(4), 493-515.
• Maasoumi E. and A. Heshmati (2000), “Stochastic Dominance Amongst Swedish Income Distributions”, Econometric Reviews 19(3), 287-320.
• Heshmati A. and G. Ljunggren (1999), “Determinants of Production and Cost in Swedish Short Term Geriatric Rehabilitation”, International Review of Economics and Business 46(2), 325-354.
• Kumbhakar S.C., A. Heshmati and L. Hjalmarsson (1999), “Parametric Approaches to Productivity Measurement: A Comparison Among Alternative Models”, Scandinavian Journal of Economics 101(3), 405-424.
• Heshmati A. and N. Nafar (1998), “A Production Analysis of the Manufacturing Industries in Iran”, Technological Forecasting and Social Change 59(2), 183-196.
• Heshmati A. (1998), “Efficiency Measurement in Rotating Panel Data”, Applied Economics 30(7), 919-930.
• Kumbhakar S.C., A. Heshmati and L. Hjalmarsson (1997), “Temporal Patterns of Technical Efficiency: Results from Competing Models”, International Journal of Industrial Organization 15, 597-616.
• Heshmati A. and S.C. Kumbhakar (1997), “Estimation of Technical Efficiency in Swedish Crop Farms: A Pseudo Panel Data Approach”, Journal of Agricultural Economics 48(1), 22-37.
• Heshmati A. and S.C. Kumbhakar (1997), “Efficiency of the Primary and Secondary Schools in Sweden”, Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 41(1), 33-52.
• Cantarelli D., T. Di Fonzo and A. Heshmati (1997), “Testing an Inhomogeneous VES Production Function with Means of Panel Data”, International Review of Economics and Business 44(3), 485-507. "Errata, International Review of Economics and Business 44(4), 925.
• Heshmati A. (1997), “Estimating Panel Models with Selectivity Bias: An Application to Swedish Agriculture”, International Review of Economics and Business 44(4), 893-924.
• Kumbhakar S.C. and A. Heshmati (1996), “Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity Growth in Swedish Manufacturing Industries”, Econometric Reviews 15(3), 275-298.
• Hjalmarsson L., S.C. Kumbhakar and A. Heshmati (1996), “DEA, DFA, and SFA: A Comparison”, Journal of Productivity Analysis 7(2-3), 303-327.
• Heshmati A. and Y. Mulugeta (1996), “Technical Efficiency of the Ugandan Matoke Farms”, Applied Economics Letters 3, 491-494.
• Heshmati A. (1996), “On the Single and Multiple Time Trends Representation of Technical Change”, Applied Economics Letters 3, 495-499.
• Kumbhakar S.C. and A. Heshmati (1995), “Efficiency Measurement in Swedish Dairy Farms: An Application of Rotating Panel Data, 1976-1988”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics 77(August), 660-674.
• Heshmati A., S.C. Kumbhakar and L. Hjalmarsson (1995), “Efficiency of the Swedish Pork Industry: A Farm Level Study Using Rotating Panel Data, 1976-1988”, European Journal of Operational Research 80(3), 519-533.
• Heshmati A. and S.C. Kumbhakar (1994), “Farm Heterogeneity and Technical Efficiency: Some Results from Swedish Dairy Farms”, Journal of Productivity Analysis 5(1), 45-61.
• Heshmati A. (1994), “Estimating Random Effects Production Function Models with Selectivity Bias: An Application to Swedish Crop Producer Farms”, Agricultural Economics 11, 171-189.

C. Work under Review for Publication

• Heshmati A. (2003), “Measurement of a Multidimentional Index of Globalization and its Impact on Income Inequality”, Global Economy Quarterly.
• Masso J. and A. Heshmati (2003), “Optimality and Overuse of Labour in Estonian Manufacturing Enterprises”, Economics of Transition.
• Arranz-Aperte L. and A. Heshmati (2003), “Determinants of Profit Sharing in the Finnish Corporate Sector”, Indian Economic Review.
• Heshmati A. and M. Ncube (2003), “An Econometric Model of Employment in Zimbabwe’s Manufacturing Industries”, Journal of Economic Development.
• Haouas I., M. Yagoubi and A. Heshmati (2002), “The Impacts of Trade Liberalization on Employment and Wages in the Tunisian Industries”, Journal of International Development.
• Gholami R., Tom Lee S-Y. and A. Heshmati (2003), “The Causal Relationship Between Information and Communication Technology and Foreign Direct Investment”, Submitted.
• Heshmati A. and M. Ncube (2003), “A Flexible Adjustment Model of Employment with An Application to Zimbabwe’s Manufacturing Industries”, Submitted.
• Heshmati A. and I. Haouas (2002), “The Effects of Union Wage-Settings on Firms Production Factor Decisions”, Economic Theory.
• Heshmati A. (2002), “On the Causality between GDP and Health Care Expenditure in Augmented Solow Growth Models”, Submitted.
• Färe R., F. Førsund, S. Grosskopf, K. Hays and A. Heshmati (2001), “Productivity and Quality in Swedish Schools”, Quality Assurance in Education, Revision requested.
• Cotfas M., L. Hjalmarsson and A. Heshmati (2001), “Dynamics of Technical Efficiency and Productivity Change under Central Planning: The Romanian Cement Industry 1966-1989”, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Revision requested.

D. Recent Working Papers, 2002-2003

• Heshmati A. (2003), “Measurement of a Multidimentional Index of Globalization and its Impact on Income Inequality”, WIDER Discussion Paper 2003:69, 36 pages.
• Masso J. and A. Heshmati (2003), “Optimality and Overuse of Labour in Estonian Manufacturing Enterprises”, WIDER Discussion Paper 2003:51, 32 pages, and University of Tartu, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Working Paper 2003:20, 57 pages and IZA Discussion Paper 2003:884, 37 pages.
• Addison T. and A. Heshmati (2003), “The New Global Determinants of FDI Flows to Developing Countries: The Impacts of ICT and Democratization”, WIDER Discussion Papers 2003:45, 31 pages.
• Arranz-Aperte L. and A. Heshmati (2003), “Determinants of Profit Sharing in the Finnish Corporate Sector”, IZA Discussion Paper 2003:776, 25 pages.
• Gholami R., Tom Lee S-Y. and A. Heshmati (2003), “The Causal Relationship Between Information and Communication Technology and Foreign Direct Investment”, WIDER Discussion Paper 2003:30, 15 pages.
• Lööf H. and A. Heshmati (2003), “The Link Between Firm Level Innovation and Aggregate Productivity Growth: A Cross Country Examination”, ZEW Discussion Papers 2003:07, 28 pages.
• Heshmati A. and I. Haouas (2002), “The Effects of Union Wage-Settings on Firms Production Factor Decisions”, IZA Discussion Paper 2003:689, 13 pages.
• Haouas I., M. Yagoubi and A. Heshmati (2002), “The Impacts of Trade Liberalization on Employment and Wages in the Tunisian Industries”, WIDER Discussion Papers 2002:102, 29 pages, and IZA Discussion Paper 2003:688, 27 pages.
• Haouas I., M. Yagoubi and A. Heshmati (2002), “Labour-Use efficiency in the Tunisian’s Manufacturing Industries: A Flexible Adjustment Model”, WIDER Discussion Papers 2002:103, 19 pages, and IZA Discussion Paper 2003:687, 19 pages.

E. Earlier Working Papers, 1991-2001

• Lööf H., A. Heshmati, R. Asplund and S-O. Nås (2001), “Innovation and Performance in Manufacturing Industries: A Comparison of the Nordic Countries”, Swedish Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 2001:457, Stockholm School of Economics, 38 pages.
• Lööf H. and A. Heshmati (2001), “On the Relationship between Innovation and Performance: A Sensitivity Analysis”, Swedish Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 2001:446, Stockholm School of Economics, 33 pages.
• Heshmati A. (2001), “The Dynamics of Capital Structure: Evidence from Swedish Micro and Small Firms”, Swedish Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 2001:440, Stockholm School of Economics, 36 pages.
• Heshmati A. (2001), “On the Causality between GDP and Health Care Expenditure in the Augmented Solow Growth Models”, Swedish Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 2001:423, Stockholm School of Economics, 20 pages.
• Kumbhakar S.C., Hjalmarsson L. and A. Heshmati (2000), “How Fast Do Banks Adjust? A Dynamic Model of Labour-Use with an Application to Swedish Banks”, Swedish Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 2000:411, Stockholm School of Economics, 27 pages.
• Cotfas M., L. Hjalmarsson and A. Heshmati (2000), “Dynamics of Technical Efficiency and Productivity Change under Central Planning: The Romanian Cement Industry 1966-1989”, Swedish Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 2000:405, Stockholm School of Economics, 22 pages.
• Heshmati A. (2000), “On the Growth Micro and Small Firms”, Swedish Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 2000:396, Stockholm School of Economics, 27 pages.
• Heshmati A. (2000), “Productivity Growth, Efficiency and Outsourcing in Manufacturing and Services”, Swedish Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 2000:394, Stockholm School of Economics, 32 pages.
• Lööf H. and A. Heshmati (2000), “Knowledge Capital and Performance Heterogeneity: An Innovation Study at Firm Level”, Swedish Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 2000:387, Stockholm School of Economics, 40 pages.
• Frölich M., A. Heshmati and M. Lechner (2000), “A Microeconometric Evaluation of Rehabilitation of Long-term Sickness in Sweden”, Swedish Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 2000:373, Stockholm School of Economics, 62 pages, and University of St. Gallen, Department of Economics, Discussion paper 2000:04.
• Banerjee S., A. Heshmati and C. Wihlborg (1999), "The Dynamics of Capital Structure", Swedish Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 1998:333, Stockholm School of Economics, 23 pages.
• Heshmati A. and L-G. Engström (1999), "Estimating the Effects of Vocational Rehabilitation Programs in Sweden", Swedish Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 1998:293, Stockholm School of Economics, 20 pages.
• Maasoumi E. and A. Heshmati (1998), "Stochastic Dominance Amongst Swedish Income Distributions", Swedish Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 1998:279, Stockholm School of Economics, 37 pages and Working Paper 1998:19, Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS), Gothenburg University, June 1998, 44 pages.
• Heshmati A. and M. Ncube (1998), "A Flexible Adjustment Model of Employment with An Application to Zimbabwe’s Manufacturing Industries", Swedish Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 1998:278, Stockholm School of Economics, 20 pages.
• Heshmati A. and M. Ncube (1998), "An Econometric Model of Employment in Zimbabwe’s Manufacturing Industries", Swedish Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 1998:277, Stockholm School of Economics, 23 pages.
• Battese G.E., A. Heshmati and L. Hjalmarsson (1998), "Efficiency of Labour Use in the Swedish Banking Industry: A Stochastic Frontier Approach", CEPA Working Papers 1998:6, Department of Econometrics, University of New England, Armidale, 29 pages and Swedish Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 1998:289, Stockholm School of Economics, 26 pages.
• Heshmati A. (1998), "Productivity Measurement in Swedish Departments of Gynecology and Obstetrics", Working Paper 1998:18, Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS), Gothenburg University, April 1997, 44 pages.
• Heshmati A. (1998), "Labor Demand, Efficiency and Risk in Swedish Saving Banks", Working Paper 1998:17, Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS), Gothenburg University, April 1997, 33 pages.
• Tveterås R. and A. Heshmati (1997), "Patterns of Productivity Growth in the Norwegian Salmon Farming Industry 1985-93", SNF Report No. 1997:92, Department of Economics and Centre for Fisheries Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, December 1997, 57 pages, and Swedish Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 1999:301, Stockholm School of Economics, 24 pages.
• Kumbhakar S.C., S. Nakamura and A. Heshmati (1997), "Total Factor Productivity Growth and Technical Change: The Japanese Chemical Industry 1968-1987", Working Paper No. 1997:244, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, November 1997, 29 pages.
• Heshmati A. (1997), "Labor Demand, Labor-Use, Efficiency and Risk in Swedish Saving Banks" Working Paper No. 1997:243, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, October 1997, 28 pages.
• Kumbhakar S.C., A. Heshmati and L. Hjalmarsson (1997), "Parametric Approaches to Productivity Measurement: A Comparison Among Alternative Models", Working Paper No. 1997:240, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, August 1997, 31 pages
• Cantarelli D., T. DiFonzo and A. Heshmati (1997), "Testing an Inhomogeneous VES Production Function with Means of Panel Data", Working Paper No. 1997:239, Department of Economics, Götebrog University, May 1997, 19 pages.
• Heshmati A. and G. Ljunggren (1997), "Resource Use and Cost Heterogeneity in Swedish Geriatric Rehabilitation", Working Paper 1997:16, Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS), Gothenburg University, April 1997, 46 pages.
• Heshmati A. (1997), "Quality Adjusted Measures of Services in Public Schools", Working Paper No. 1997:15, Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS), Gothenburg University, April 1997, 43 pages.
• Färe R., F. Førsund, S. Grosskopf, K. Hays and A. Heshmati (1997), "Productivity and Quality in Swedish Schools", Working Paper No. 1997:238, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, April 1997, 19 pages.
• Heshmati A. and N. Nafar (1997), "A Production Analysis of the Manufacturing Industries in Iran", Working Paper No. 1997:237, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, April 1997, 32 pages.
• Heshmati A. and G. Ljunggren (1997), "Determinants of Production and Cost in Swedish Short Term Geriatric Rehabilitation", Working Paper No. 1997:235, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, April 1997, 32 pages.
• Heshmati A. (1997), "A Comparison of Parametric and Non-Parametric Approaches to the Adjustment of Output for Service Quality: With Application to Swedish Schools", Working Paper No. 1997:234, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, April 1997, 29 pages.
• Heshmati A., U. Andersson and K. Ingstrand (1995), "Den Svenska grundskolans effektivitet", Working Paper No. 1995:9, Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS), Gothenburg University, September 1995, 58 pages.
• Hjalmarsson L., S.C. Kumbhakar and A. Heshmati (1995), "DEA, DFA, and SFA: A Comparison", Working Paper No. 1995:215, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, October 1995, 39 pages.
• Kumbhakar S.C. and A. Heshmati (1995), "Efficiency Measurement in Swedish Dairy Farms: An Application of Rotating Panel Data", Working Paper No. 1995:214, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, May 1995, 28 pages.
• Heshmati A. and S.C. Kumbhakar (1995), "Estimation and Decomposition of Technical Efficiency with Pseudo Panel Data", Working Paper No. 1995:213, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, May 1995, 30 pages.
• Heshmati A. (1993), "Estimating Random Effects Production Function Models with Selectivity Bias: An Application to Swedish Crop Producer Farms", Working Paper No. 1993:191, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, September 1993, 36 pages.
• Kumbhakar S.C. and A. Heshmati (1993), "Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity Growth in Swedish Manufacturing Industries", Working Paper No. 1993:182, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, January 1993, 26 pages.
• Heshmati A., S.C. Kumbhakar and L. Hjalmarsson (1992), "Efficiency of the Swedish Pork Industry: A Farm Level Study Using Rotating Panel Data, 1976-1988", Working Paper No. 1992:161, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, March 1992, 25 pages.
• Heshmati A. and S.C. Kumbhakar (1991), "Farm Heterogeneity and Technical Efficiency: A Panel Data Model of Swedish Dairy Farms", Working Paper No. 1991:155, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, August 1991, 25 pages.
• Kumbhakar S.C. and A. Heshmati (1991), "Efficiency Measurement Using Rotating Panel Data: An Application to Swedish Dairy Farms, 1976-1988", Working Paper No. 1991:154, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, August 1991, 31 pages.

F. Unpublished Papers

• Heshmati A. (2003), “Global, International and Regional Trends in Income Inequality”, Book Manuscript, 9 Chapters, September 2003.
• Lindström O. and A. Heshmati (2003), “Interaction of Real and Financial Flexibility: An Empirical Analysis”, September 2003, 33 pages.
• Maasoumi E. and A. Heshmati (2003), “Evaluating Dominance Ranking of PSID Incomes by Various Household Attributes”, May 2003.
• Berghäll E. and A. Heshmati (2003), “Productivity Growth in the Finnish Economy Post Economic Crisis”, March 2003.
• Heshmati A. and R. Baltander (2001), “The Determinants of Income for the Disables”, September 2001.
• Heshmati A. (1994), “The Econometric Approach to Efficiency Analysis Using Panel Data”, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, March 1994, 28 pages.
• Kumbhakar S.C. and A. Heshmati (1994), “Estimation of Persistent and Residual Components of Technical Efficiency with Panel Data”, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, February 1994, 11 pages.

PRESENTATIONS

A. International Conferences and Workshops

• The UNU/WIDER Conference on Sharing Global Prosperity, Helsinki, September 2003.
• The UNU/WIDER Conference on Inequality, Poverty and Human Well-being, Helsinki, May 2003.
• The XI International Tor Vergata Conference on Banking and Finance, Rome December 2002.
• The New Economy in Development, WIDER, May 2002.
• Keynote Speaker at The 1st Hellenic Workshop on Productivity and Efficiency Measurement, University of Patras, Greece, December 2001.
• The 7th European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity, Oviedo, Spain, September 2001.
• The 16th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 2001.
• The 56th European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 2001.
• The 9th International Conference on Panel Data, Geneva, Switzerland, June 2000.
• The 6th European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity, Copenhagen, October 1999.
• Taipei International Conference on Efficiency and Productivity Growth, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, July 1999.
• Econometric Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies in Europe, ZEW Research Conference, University of Mannheim, Germany, June 1999.
• The 3rd Georgia Productivity Workshop, Terry College of Business, The University of Georgia, Athens, October 1998.
• The 13th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, Berlin, Germany, September 1998.
• The 53rd Econometric Society European Meeting, Berlin, Germany, August-September 1998.
• The 8th International Conference on Panel Data, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 1998.
• The 67th Annual Conference of the Southern Economic Association Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1997.
• The 5th European Workshop on Productivity Analysis, Copenhagen, October 1997.
• The Econometric Society European Meeting, Toulouse, August 1997.
• The 7th International Conference on Panel Data, University of Paris, ERUDITE, Paris, France, June 1997.
• The 6th Biennial International Conference on Panel Data, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 1996.
• The 4th European Productivity Workshop, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, October 1995.
• Konferensen Kvalitet i kommuner och landsting, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 1995.
• The Nordic Workshop on Productivity and Efficiency, Gothenburg University, Sweden, September 1995.
• The Econometric Society Seventh World Congress, University of Tokyo, Japan, August 1995.
• The Georgia Productivity Workshop, University of Georgia, Athens, U.S.A., October 1994.
• The Econometric Society European Meeting, ESEM94, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands, August-Sept.1994.
• The 5th Conference on Panel Data, University of Paris, ERUDITE, Paris, France, June 1994.
• The Econometric Days 1994, Uppsala University, Sweden, May 1994.
• The Nordic Workshop on Productivity Growth, Gothenburg University, Sweden, January 1994.
• The 8th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, EEA93, University of Helsinki, Finland, August 1993.
• The Econometric Society European Meeting, ESEM93, Uppsala University, Sweden, August 1993.
• The Econometric Days 1993, Stockholm University, Lovik, Sweden, May 1993.
• The 1992 India and South-East Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society, The Indira Ghandi Institute of Development Research, Bombay, India, December 1992.
• The Nordic Workshop on Productivity Growth, Gothenburg University, Sweden, November 1992.
• The 4th Conference on Panel Data, Budapest University, Budapest, Hungary, June 1992.
• The Conference on Current Issues in Productivity, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, U.S.A., December 1991.

B. Professional Seminars

• Institute of Transport Economics, Oslo, June 2003.
• The UNU/WIDER, Helsinki, May 2003.
• The UNU/WIDER, Helsinki, January 2003.
• Government Institute for Economic Research (VATT), Helsinki, September 2002.
• University of Helsinki, Helsinki, May 2002.
• Helsinki University of Technology, VTT Group for technology studies, Helsinki, January 2002.
• German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin, July 2001.
• The Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research (IUI), Stockholm, April 2001.
• The Swedish National Board for Industrial Technical Development (NUTEK/VINNOVA), Stockholm, March 2001.
• Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), December 2000.
• Department of Economics, University College of Borlänge, November 2000.
• Department of Economics, University College of Gävle, November 2000.
• Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, U.S.A., October 2000.
• The Office of Labor Market Policy Evaluation, Uppsala University, April 2000.
• Department of Economic Statistics, Stockholm School of Economics, April 2000.
• The Swedish National Social Insurance Board (RFV), February 2000.
• Department of Economic Statistics, Stockholm School of Economics, November 1999.
• Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen, October 1999.
• Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS), Gothenburg University, October 1999.
• Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Salerno, Italy, April 1999.
• The Swedish National Social Insurance Board (RFV), February 1999.
• The Office of Labor Market Policy Evaluation, Uppsala University, February 1999.
• The Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University, February 1999.
• The Swedish National Social Insurance Board (RFV), January 1999.
• Department of Economic Statistics, Stockholm School of Economics, December 1998.
• Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS), Gothenburg University, May 1998.
• Department of Economics, Lund University, April 1998.
• Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, March 1998.
• Department of Economic Statistics, Stockholm School of Economics, January 1998.
• Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, December 1997.
• Department of Health Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, November 1997.
• The Swedish National Board for Industrial Technical Development (NUTEK), Stockholm, November 1997.
• Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, October 1997.
• Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS), Gothenburg University, September 1997.
• Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, April 1997.
• Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, February 1997.
• Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, U.S.A., December 1996.
• National Board for School Education (Skolverket), Stockholm, November 1996.
• Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS), Gothenburg University, November 1996.
• Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, October 1996.
• Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS), Gothenburg University, September 1996.
• Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS), Gothenburg University, May 1996.
• Department of Economics, Stockholm University, February 1996.
• National Board for School Education (Skolverket), Stockholm, October 1995.
• Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS), Gothenburg University, September 1995.
• Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, November 1991.
• Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, October 1991.
• Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, November 1990.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

A. Co-editor

• Econometric Reviews, Volume 19, Number 4, November 2000.
• Econometric Reviews, Volume 19, Number 3, September 2000.

B. Referee for Journals

American Journal of Agricultural Economics (since 1998), Annales d Economie et de Statistique (since 1997), Applied Economics (since 1997), Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics (since 2001), Comparative Economic Studies (since 2003), Econometric Reviews (since 1997), Economics of Governance (since 2002), Empirica (since 2003), Empirical Economics (since 1998), European Journal of Operational Research (since 2002), International Economic Review (since 1993), International Review of Economics and Business (since 1997), Iran Agricultural Research (since 2000), Journal of Agricultural Economics (since 2000), Journal of Agricultural Resource Economics (since 2003), Journal of Econometrics (since 2000), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (since 2002), Journal of Economic Inequality (since 2003), Journal of Industrial Economics (since 1999), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (since 2001), Journal of Productivity Analysis (since 1994), Oxford Economic Papers (since 1999), Technological Forecasting and Social Change (since 2001).

C. Organizer of Workshops/Conferences

• UNU/WIDER Conference on Inequality, Poverty and Human Well-being, Helsinki, May 30-31, 2003, co-organized.
• Workshop on Topics in Applied Microeconometrics, The United Nations University, WIDER, March 15, 2003.
• Workshop on Topics in Applied Microeconometrics, Stockholm School of Economics, March 12, 2001.
• Workshop on Microdata Econometrics, Stockholm School of Economics, October 5, 2000.
• Workshop on Microdata Econometrics - Panel Data and Discrete Choice Analysis, Stockholm School of Economics, September 15, 1999.
• The Eighth International Conference on Panel Data, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, June 10-12, 1998, Co-organized with Lennart Hjalmarsson.
• Workshop on the Econometric Analysis of Panel Data, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, February 5-6, 1997.
• Workshop on the Econometric Analysis of Panel Data, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, May 14, 1996.

D. Membership of Professional Associations

• Member of Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Panel Data, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004.
• Member of Scientific Committee of the Service Research Forum, University College of Gävle, Sweden, 1999-2003.
• The Swedish Economic Club.
• The Econometric Society.
• The European Economic Association.

E. Consulting

• The Swedish Institute, in relation with the “Evaluation of the needs of a Higher Education System”, August 2002, and Teaching Microeconometrics at Postgraduate level, December 2003.
• The National Social Insurance Board (Riksförsäkringsverket), in relation with the "Evaluation of Dental Care Reform", December 1999 - February 2000.
• The National Social Insurance Board (Riksförsäkringsverket), in relation with an investigation concerning "Cost Effectiveness of the Local Social Insurance Offices", March 1999.
• The Swedish Agency for Administrative Development (Statskontoret), in relation with "Analysis of organization and costs in production of school education, elderly care, day care and health care services by municipalities", August-December 1996.
• The National Social Insurance Board (Riksförsäkringsverket), in relation with an investigation concerning "Introduction of a new system of sharing pensions between married couples", February-May 1993.

F. Teaching Experience

Since 1994 I have outlined, taught and examined a number of advanced elective courses in Economics and econometrics given at various Scandinavian Ph.D programmes in Economics, Statistics and Finance. As examination of the courses the students were asked to write term papers. The term papers which are part of the candidates’ Ph.D. thesis were instructed by me and presented by the participants at Workshops organized as examination part of the course. In total about 150 Ph.D. students successfully completed the course requirements.

• Topics in Applied Microeconometrics, 2000 (Stockholm School of Economics, attended by 22 Ph.D. students), 2002 (Helsinki University, Ph.D. attended by 26 Scandinavian students), 2002 (Dohuk University, attended by 16 Master and Ph.D. students).
• Microdata Econometrics, 1999 and 2000 (Stockholm School of Economics, attended by 15-20 Ph.D. students each year).
• Productivity Analysis, 1994 (Gothenburg University) and 1999 (Stockholm School of Economics).
• Econometric Analysis of Panel Data, 1996, 1997 and 1998 (Gothenburg University, attended by 15-20 Ph.D. students each year), 2000 and 2001 (Stockholm School of Economics, attended by 15-20 Ph.D. students each year), 2003 (Helsinki University, attended by 48 Ph.D. students from Northern Europe).
• Econometric Analysis, 1996 (Jönköping University, attended by 6 Ph.D. students).
• Basic Statistics, 1995 (Jönköping University, attended by undergraduate students).

G. Supervision of Ph.D. Students

• Advisor of the Ph.D. candidate Kiumars Aghaie, “Production of Steel in Iran”, Department of Economics, University of Isfahan, Iran, April 2003.
• Member of the Evaluation Committee of the Ph.D. candidate Henrik Jaldell, “Essays on the Performance of Fire and Rescue Services”, Gothenburg University, Sweden, June 2002.
• Advisor of the Ph.D. candidate Hans Lööf, “The Knowledge Production Function: Evidence from New Micro Data”, Royal Institute of Technology, Industrial Economics and Management, Stockholm, Sweden, February 2002.
• External Examiner of the Ph.D. candidate Sabtir Singh, “Performance of Dairy Cooperatives and Private Dairies at the Milk Plant Level in India”, University of New England, Australia, June 2000.
• Member of the Advisory Committee of the Ph.D. candidate Aziz Ponary Mlima, “Four Essays on Efficiency and Productivity in Swedish Banking”, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, Sweden, December 1999.
• Member of the Advisory Committee of the Ph.D. candidate Alimorad Sharifi, “The Electricity Supply Industry in Iran: Organization, Performance and Future Development”, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, Sweden, February 1999.
• Member of the Evaluation Committee of the Ph.D. candidate Peter Jochumzen, “Essays in Econometric Theory”, University of Lund, Sweden, October 1998.
• Member of the Advisory Committee of the Ph.D. candidate Mkhululi Ncube, “Analysis of Employment Behaviour in Zimbabwe”, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, Sweden, June 1998.
• Member of the Evaluation Committee of the Ph.D. candidate Ragnar Tveterås, “Econometric Modeling of Production Technology under Risk: The Case of the Norwegian Salmon Aquaculture Industry”, Department of Economics and Centre for Fisheries Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen-Sandviken, Norway, January 1998.
• Member of the Advisory Committee of the Ph.D. candidate Nosratollah Nafar, “Efficiency and Productivity in Iranian Manufacturing Industries”, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, Sweden, October 1997.
• Member of the Advisory Committee of the Ph.D. candidate Mihai Cotfas, “Essays on Productivity and Efficiency in the Romanian Cement Industry”, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, Sweden, June, 1997.