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Weekend of Feb. 21–22

We look forward to welcoming students and families to our Scholarship Competition on Sunday. The event will take place as scheduled. Attendees, please refer to your email for the complete itinerary and additional information.

Due to the upcoming high-impact winter storm, UHart will be closed on Monday, Feb. 23. There will be no in-person classes held on Monday. Please note that when a campus closing prevents an in-person class from meeting at its scheduled time, faculty may opt to conduct classes or provide assignments online. Students should check Blackboard and their email regularly on such days to learn of any alternate arrangements. Online and remote courses are not affected by campus closings and meet as scheduled.

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Farhad Rassekh

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Professor of Economics

Economics, Finance, and Insurance

Barney School of Business
860.768.5007 Auerbach Hall 411A
Education

PhD in Economics, University of Houston

MA in Economics, University of North Texas

BS in Economics, National University of Iran

Farhad Rassekh is a professor of Economics in the Barney School of Business. He is the author of Four Central Theories of the Market Economy (2016). HE has published numerous articles in academic journals including in the American Economic Review, Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Inquiry, Review of International Economics, and History of Economic Ideas.

In 2007, he received James E. and Frances W. Bent Award for Scholarly and/or Artistic Creativity. He teaches courses in Managerial Economics and International Economics.

Rassekh's research interests include: 

  • International trade
  • History of economic thought

Four Central Theories of the Market Economy: Conceptions, Evolution, and Applications, Routledge, July 2016.

“The Impact of Financial Development on Income Convergence:  An Application of Two Exogenous Growth Models” (with Omid Ranjbar), July 2017, International Review of Economics and Finance.

Comparative Advantage in Smith’s Wealth of Nations and Ricardo’s Principles:   A Brief History of its Early Development” History of Economic Ideas XXIII (1), 2015, 59-75.

“An Empirical Investigation of the Ratchet Effect in the OECD, 1985-2009,” (with Omid Ranjbar) International Economic Journal 28, 1, 2014, 183-190.