The power of the media is unique. That is why I am trying to use this magic tool to have a better society. I write in newspapers, magazines, social media, and so on. The channel that I and my friends have created in the telegram to inform about policymaking and behavioral economics has more than 5,000 members. Following is some of my articles published in newspapers. I have not included policy research on this page. You can go to Policy Research page to see my policy research.
Charitable organizations can use insights from behavioral economics to help people follow through on their impulsive intentions to give. In this article, I have described ways of fundraising from donors through the use of behavioral economics insights. This article published in Donya-e-Eqtesad (the Persian-language Donya-e-Eqtesad newspaper is the leading economic daily in Iran).
In this article, I discuss the reasons for the rise in the price of the automotive market using the insights of behavioral economics. This article published in Donya-e-Eqtesad.
The rise in the rate of obesity in school-aged children, adolescents, and young adults is a clear healthcare crisis that needs to be addressed. The major factors affecting weight regulation and the development of obesity in children are the result of a large number of biological, behavioral, social, environmental, and economic factors and the complex interactions between them. I described insights of behavioral economics to promoting lifestyle and behavior change in overweight children. This article published in Donya-e-Eqtesad.
Herd Behavior and Anchoring are common biases in our daily decision. In this article, I try to shed light the meaning of these phenomena and describe ways to prevent them. This article published in Donya-e-Eqtesad.
My master thesis was about "Intraday Stock Price and Insider Trading Pattern on the Tehran Stock Exchange" by using high-frequency data (more than 80 million records) which is supervised by Dr. Sayyid Mahdi Barakchian & Dr. Ali Ebrahimnezhad. I Used SAS programming language and STATA. I understood how to deal with econometrics issues of large panel data, especially high-frequency financial data and the microstructure of the financial market.
We study intraday patterns of trading volume, size, return, and volatility using the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) high frequency data from 2008 to 2015. We first document the intradaily patterns in stock returns, volatility, and trading value and volume. We subsequently examine the insider trading hypothesis by identifying the contribution of large, medium, and small order sizes to price changes. Our results indicate that trade size and volume follow a J-shape pattern, whereas return and return volatility exhibit an L-shape behavior. To examine the behavior of informed traders, we examine midsize trades and, consistent with the predictions of Barclay and Warner’s (1993) stealth-trading hypothesis, we find that they have higher price impact compared to other trade sizes. However, our findings do not support the intraday stealth trading pattern, as insiders prefer to trade in low and medium trade size to avoid revealing their information. This may be due to the low liquidity of the TSE. Our findings are relevant for both policy-makers and traders. From the policy perspective, trading halts imposed by the regulatory body may have implications for trading behavior at the time of market open. Further, traders can use our findings to better understand the intra-daily behavior of the TSE and hence, execute large orders more efficiently.
The aim of this article, which is written in Farsi, is that an understanding of behavioral and cognitive science methods. It can inform the effectiveness of the economic tools traditionally extended in carrying out the functions of government, which include solving market failures, redistributing income, and collecting tax revenue. A knowledge of psychology can also lead to the expansion of different policy tools that better drive desired behavior change or that are more cost-effective than traditional policy tools. This research describes the study on the effects of a variety of interventions rooted in knowledge of psychology that has policy-relevant uses.
My book, Behavioral Insights for Public Policy, will be published soon in Persian.
