Hashem Pesaran

  • John Elliot Distinguished Chair in Economics and Professor of Economics, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
  • Director, USC Center for Applied Financial Economics
Office: (213) 740-6017

Expertise Summary

Expert in macroeconomic forecasting, credit risk analysis, and Middle Eastern economics

Expertise

  • Macroeconomic modeling and forecasting
  • Financial econometrics
  • Global macroeconomic modeling
  • Credit risk analysis and portfolio optimization
  • Economics of oil
  • Iranian economy
  • Global economic and financial interdependence

Languages

  • Farsi

Additional Information

  • Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge, and Professorial Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
  • Fellow: British Academy, Econometric Society
  • Founding Editor, Journal of Applied Econometrics
  • Honorary Doctorate from Maastricht University, January 2013
  • Doctor Oeconomiae Honoris Causa, University of Economics Prague, May 2016
  • Recipient: Royal Economic Society Prize, 1992; Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa, Salford University; Honorary Doctorate, University of Goethe
  • Member: Royal Economic Society, American Economic Association