Almas Heshmati

Almas Heshmati is a Swedish-Kurdish economist. Currently, he is professor of economics at Sogang University and Jönköping International Business School. He is a member of IZA, the Bonn-based Institute for the Study of Labour.^[1]

His publications include papers in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Econometric Reviews, Economic Theory, Empirical Economics, European Journal of Operational Research, Global Economy Journal, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of the World System Research, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, and the Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research.

IDEAS and REPEC list Prof. Heshmati among the top 1% global economists according to these criteria:

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In February 2010, Prof. Heshmati was listed as global economist Rank Number 287, and number 2 in the Republic of Korea.^[2]

Selected papers

• Chung Y. and A. Heshmati (2014), “Measurement of Environmentally Sensitive Productivity

Growth in Korean Industries”, Journal of Cleaner Production, forthcoming (SCI).

• Heshmati A. and N.T. Khayyat (2014), “Statistical Analysis of Landmine Fatalities in

Kurdistan”, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, forthcoming (SSCI).

• Tausch A. and A. Heshmati (2014), “Labour migration and ‘Smart Public Health’, History

and Mathematics, forthcoming.

• Oh I., S. Oh, A. Heshmati and J.D. Lee (2014), “Can Energy Service Companies promote

‘green’ growth? The Korean case”, Energy and Environment, forthcoming (SSCI).

• Heshmati A. (2014), “Demand, Customer Base-Line and Demand Response in the Electricity

Market: A Survey”, Journal of Economics Surveys28(2), 000-000 (SSCI).

• Heshmati, A. and B. Su (2014), “Development and Sources of Labor Productivity in China”,

China Economic Policy Review2(2), 1-30.

• Oh D-H., A. Heshmati and H. Lööf (2014), “Total Factor Productivity of Korean

Manufacturing Industries: Comparison of Competing Models with Firm-Level Data”, Japan and The World Economy30, 25-36 (SSCI).

• Yeo M.Y. and A. Heshmati (2014), “Healthy Residential Environment for Elderly People: A

Comparison of Japan, Korea and Sweden”, Journal of Housing for Elderly28(1), 1-20.

• Heshmati A. and S.C. Kumbhakar (2014), “A General Model of Technical Change with an

Application to the OECD Countries”, Economics of Innovation and New Technology23(1), 25-48.

• Su B. and A. Heshmati (2013), “Analysis of the Determinants of Income and Income Gap

between Urban and Rural China”, China Economic Policy Review2(1), 1-29.

• Khayyat N. and A. Heshmati (2013), “Determinants of Mobile Telecommunication Adoption

in Kurdistan Region”, International Journal of Communication7, 2285-2311 (SSCI).

• Heshmati A., N. Karlson and M. Box (2013), “Generality, State Neutrality and

Unemployment in the OECD”, Global Economy Journal13(3), 333-358.

• Heshmati A. (2013), “Globalization and EU’s Development Strategy, 1970-2007”, Journal of

Globalization Studies4(2), 3-57.

• Heshmati A., Al-Hammadany F.H. and A. Bany-Mohammed (2013), “Analysis of Internet

Usage Intensity in Iraq: An Ordered Logit Model”, Journal of Knowledge Management, Economics and Information Technology3(3), 1-21.

• Heshmati A. (2013), “Efficiency and Productivity Impacts of Restructuring the Korean

Electricity Generation”, Korea and the World Economy14(1), 57-89.

• Tausch A. and A. Heshmati (2013), “Worker remittances and the global preconditions of

‘smart development’”, Society and Economy35(1), 25-50.

• Tausch A., A. Heshmati, P. Jourdon and H. Karoui (2013), “Are we still in the age of silent

surrender?”, En sommes-nous encore à la période de capitulation silencieuse?, Entelequia Revista Interdisciplinar15, 125-152.

• Heshmati A. and F. Lenz-Cesar (2013), “Agent-based Simulation of cooperative Innovation

in R&D”, Research Evaluation22(1), 15-29 (SSCI).

• Su B., A. Heshmati, Y. Geng and X. Yu (2013), “A Review of the Circular Economy in

China: Moving from Rhetoric to Implementation”, Journal of Cleaner Production42, 215-227 (SCI).

• Heshmati A. and M.Y. Yeo (2013), “Healthy Residential Environments for the Elderly in

Japan, Korea and Sweden”, World Health Design, January 58-73.

• Haouas I. and A. Heshmati (2013), “Economies of Scale in the Tunisian Industries”,

International Journal of Economics and Finance5(1), 48-64.

• Tausch A. and A. Heshmati (2012), “Migration, Openness and the Global Preconditions of

‘Smart Development’ ”, Boğaziçi Journal, Review of Social, Economic and Administrative Studies26(2), 27-89.

• Heshmati A. and S. Peng (2012), "International Trade and its Effects on Economic Growth in

China", China Economic Policy Review1(2), 35-60.

• Khayyat N. and A. Heshmati (2012), “Determinants of Mobile Phone Customer Satisfaction

in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq” Journal of Knowledge Management, Economics and Information Technology3, 91-121.

• Heshmati A. and Y. Kim (2012), “Time Series Analysis of Interdependent Phases of the

Electricity Industry in South Korea”, OPEC Energy Review36(3), 319-348.

• Heshmati A., S.C. Lee and W.S. Hwang (2012), “Performance Analysis of Power Plants

under Heterogeneous Technologies with Metafrontier Framework”, International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering2(1), 5-14.

• Tausch A. and A. Heshmati (2012), “The Effects of Multinational Corporation (MNC)

Penetration on the Global Political Economy. A Re-analysis of a Recurrent Sociological Proposition with Contemporary Data”, Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review44(3), 1-20 SSCI).

• Oh D.H., A. Heshmati and H. Lööf (2012), “Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity

Growth for Swedish Manufacturing and Service Industries”, Applied Economics 44(18), 2373-2391 (SSCI).

• Lenz-Cesar F. and A. Heshmati (2012), “An Econometric Approach to Identify Determinants

of Cooperation for Innovation Among Firms”, Applied Economics Letters 19(3), 227-235 (SSCI).

• Choi E.H., A. Heshmati and Y.S. Cho (2011), "An Empirical Studyof Relationships between

CO2 Emissions, Economic Growth and Openness", Korean Journal of Environmental Policy 10(4), 3-37.

• Al-Hammadany F.H. and A. Heshmati (2011), “Determinants of Internet Use in Iraq”,

International Journal of Communication5, 1967-1989 (SSCI).

• Tausch A. and A. Heshmati (2011), “Re-Orient? Understanding Contemporary Shifts in the

Global Political Economy”, Journal of Globalization Studies2(2), 89-128.

• Al-Hammadany F.H. and A. Heshmati (2011), “Analysis of the Purpose of Using Internet in

Iraq: A Multinomial Logit Model”, Journal of Knowledge Management, Economics and Information Technology, 1(6), 1-30.

• Heshmati A. and H.S, Kim (2011), “The R&D and Productivity Relationship of Korean

Listed Firms”, Journal of Productivity Analysis36(2), 125-142 (SSCI).

• Heshmati A. and S.C. Kumbhakar (2011), “Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity

Growth: The Case of Chinese Provinces”, Technological Forecasting and Social Change 78(4), 575-590 (SSCI).

• Oh D.H. and A. Heshmati (2010), “A Sequential Malmquist-Luenberger Productivity Index:

Environmentally Sensitive Productivity Growth Considering the Progressive Nature of Technology”, Energy Economics32(6), 1345-1355 (SSCI).

• Heshmati A. and S. Lee (2010), “The Relationship between Globalization, Economic Growth

and Income Inequality”, Journal of Globalization Studies1(2), 87-117.

• Tausch A. and A. Heshmati (2010), “Learning from Dependency andWorld System Theory:

Explaining Europe’s Failure in the ‘Lisbon Process”, Alternatives, Turkish Journal of International Relations9(4), 3-90.

• Heshmati A., D. Johansson and C.M. Bjuggren (2010), “Effective Corporate Tax Rates and

the Size Distribution of Firms”, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade10(3), 297-317.

• Tausch A., A. Heshmati and C. Bajalan (2010), “On the Multivariate Analysis of the “Lisbon

Process”, History and Mathematics: Processes and Models of Global Dynamics1, 92–137.

• Kim Y.H. and A. Heshmati (2010), “Analysis of Korean IT Start-up’s Initial Public Offering

and Their Post-IPO Performance”, Journal of Productivity Analysis34(2), 133-149 (SSCI).

• Bhandari A.K. and A. Heshmati (2010), “Willingness to Pay for Biodiversity Conservation”,

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing27(6), 612-623 (SSCI).

• Kim T.Y., A. Heshmati and J. Park (2010), “Decelerating Agricultural Society:

Theoretical and Historical Perspectives”, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, forthcoming.

• Tausch A., A. Heshmati and C. Bajalan (2010), “On the Multivariate Analysis of

the “Lisbon Process”, History and Mathematics (Moscow), forthcoming.

• Herrmann P., A. Tausch, A. Heshmati and C. Bajalan (2009), “Efficiency and

Effectiveness of Social Spending”, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, 35, 1, 2009

• Oh I., J-D. Lee, S. Hwang and A. Heshmati (2009), “Analysis of Product Efficiency

in the Korean Automobile Market from a Consumer’s Perspective”, Empirical Economics, forthcoming.

• Oh I., A. Heshmati, C. Baek and J-D. Lee (2009), “Comparative Analysis of Firm

Dynamics by Size: The Korean Manufacturing”, Japanese Economic Review, forthcoming.

• Lee M. and A. Heshmati (2009), “A Dynamic Flexible Partial-Adjustment Model

of International Diffusion of the Internet”, Telecommunication Policy, forthcoming.

• Oh I., J.D. Lee, A. Heshmati and G.G. Choi (2009), “Evaluation of Credit

Guarantee Policy using Propensity Score Matching”, Small Business Economics 33, 335-351.

• Al-Mutavkkil A, A. Heshmati and J-S Hwang (2009), “Development of

Telecommunication and Broadcasting Infrastructure Indices at the Global Level”, Telecommunication Policy 33, 176-179.

• Heshmati A. (2009), “A Generalized Knowledge Production Function”, IFCAI

Journal of Industrial Economics 6(1), 7-39.

• Heshmati A., A. Tausch and C. Bajalan (2008), “Measurement and Analysis of

Child Well-Being in Middle and High Income Countries”, European Journal of Comparative Economics 5(2), 227-249.

• Kang J.W., A. Heshmati and G.G. Choi (2008), “The Effects of Credit Guarantees

on Survival and Performance of SMEs in Korea”, Small Business Economics 31(4), 445-462.

• Heshmati A. and H. Lööf (2008), “Investment and Performance of Firms:

Correlation or Causality?”, Corporate Ownership and Control 6(2), 268-282.

• Aoun A. and A. Heshmati (2008), “International Diversification, Capital Structure

and Cost of Capital: Evidence from ICT Firms Listed at NASDAQ”, Applied Financial Economics 18, 1021-1032.

• Oh I., J-D. Lee and A. Heshmati (2008), “Total Factor Productivity in Korean

Manufacturing Industries”, Global Economic Review 37(1), 23-50.

• Bhandari A. and A. Heshmati (2008), “Wage Inequality and Job Insecurity among
• Permanent and Contract Workers in India: Evidence from Organized

Manufacturing Industries”, ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics 7(1), 80-111.

• Heshmati A. (2008), “Recent developments in commercialization and transfer of

technology”, Technology Transfer & Commercialization Magazine, Winter Volume 08, 86-87.

• Lee J.D. and A. Heshmati (2007), Guest Editors, Introduction to“Special Issue on

Manufacturing Productivity Growth in the Asia Pacific Region”, Global Economic Review 36(4), 301-303 (SSCI).

• Kang H.J. and A. Heshmati (2007), “An Evaluation of the Korean M&A Policy in the Post

Asian Crisis”, ICFAI Journal of Mergers and Acquisitions4(1), 21-42.

• Saggay A, A. Heshmati and M.A. Dhif (2007), “Effects of Trade Liberalization on Domestic

Prices: Some Evidence from Tunisian Manufacturing”, International Review of Economics 54(1), 148-175.

• Heshmati A. and H. Lööf (2006), “R&D Investment and Performance: Is there Correlation or

Causality?”, ICFAI Journal of Industrial Economics3(4), 43-59.

• Heshmati A. and J-E. Oh (2006), “Alternative Composite Lisbon Development Strategy

Indices: A Comparison of EU, USA, Japan and Korea”, The European Journal of Comparative Economics3(2), 133-170.

• Heshmati A. (2006), “Conditional and Unconditional Inequality and Growth Relationships”,

Applied Economics Letters13, 925-931 (SSCI).

• Kim H.S., A. Heshmati and D. Aoun (2006), “Dynamics of Capital Structure: The Case of

Korean Listed Manufacturing Companies”, Asian Economic Journal20(3), 275-303 (SSCI).

• Tausch A. and A. Heshmati (2006), “Turkey and the Lisbon process. A Short Research Note

on the Position of Turkey on a New Lisbon Strategy Index”, Insight Turkey8(2), 7-18.

• Heshmati A. (2006), “The World Distribution of Income and Income Inequality: A Review of

the Economic Literature”, Journal of World Systems Research12(1), 60-107.

• Lööf H. and A. Heshmati (2006), “On the Relationship between Innovation and Performance:

A Sensitivity Analysis”, Economics of Innovation and New Technology15(4/5), 317-344.

• Heshmati A. (2006), “Measurement of a Multidimensional Index ofGlobalization”, Global

Economy Journal6(2), Paper 1.

• Färe R., F. Førsund, S. Grosskopf, K. Hays and A. Heshmati (2006), “Productivity and

Quality in Swedish Schools”, Quality Assurance in Education14(1), 21-36.

• Gholami R., Tom Lee S.Y. and A. Heshmati (2006), “The Causal Relationship between

Information and Communication Technology and Foreign Direct Investment”,The World Economy29(1), 43-62 (SSCI).

• Heshmati A. (2006), “Continental and Sub-continental Income Inequality”, ICFAI Journal of

Applied Economics5(1), 7-52.

• Bhandari A. K. and A. Heshmati (2005), “Labour Use and its Adjustment in Indian

Manufacturing”, Global Economic Review34(3), 261-290 (SSCI).

• Haouas I., M. Yagoubi and A. Heshmati (2005), “The Impacts of Trade Liberalization on

Employment and Wages in the Tunisian Industries”,Journal of International Development 17, 527-551 (SSCI).

• Arranz-Aperte L. and A. Heshmati (2004), “Determinants of Profit Sharing in the Finnish

Corporate Sector”, Indian Economic Review39(1), 55-79.

• Heshmati A. and M. Ncube (2004), “An Econometric Model of Employment in Zimbabwe’s

Manufacturing Industries”, Journal of Economic Development29(2), 107-130.

• Masso J. and A. Heshmati (2004), “Optimality and Overuse of Labour in Estonian

Manufacturing Enterprises”, Economics of Transition12(4), 683-720 (SSCI).

• Banerjee S., A. Heshmati and C. Wihlborg (2004), “The Dynamics of Capital Structure”,

Research in Banking and Finance4, 275-297.

• 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 Finance4, 151-186.

• Frölich M., A. Heshmati and M. Lechner (2004), “A Microeconometric Evaluation of

Rehabilitation of Long-term Sickness in Sweden”, Journal of Applied Econometrics 19(3), 375-396 (SSCI).

• Heshmati A. and I. Haouas (2004), “The Effects of Union Wage-Settings on Firms

Production Factor Decisions”, Applied Economics Letters 11, 415-420 (SSCI).

• 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, May 2003.

• 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 1(3), 195-214.

• 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 (SSCI).

• Heshmati A. (2003), “Productivity Growth, Efficiency and Outsourcing in Manufacturing

and Services”, Journal of Economic Surveys 17(1), 79-112 (SSCI).

• Tveterås R. and A. Heshmati (2002), “Patterns of Productivity Growth in the Norwegian

Salmon Farming Industry”, International Review of Economics and Business 49(3), 367-393.

• Heshmati A. (2002), “Productivity Measurement in Swedish Departments of Gynecology and

Obstetrics”, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics13(3), 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 (SSCI).

• 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 (SCI).

• Heshmati A. (2002), “Quality Adjusted Measures of Services in Public Schools”, European

Journal of Operational Research 136(3), 655-670 (SCI).

• Heshmati A. (2001), “On the Growth of Micro and Small Firms: Evidence from Sweden”,

Small Business Economics 17(3), 213-228 (SSCI).

• Heshmati A. (2001), “Labour Demand and Efficiency in Swedish Saving Banks”, Applied

Financial Economics11, 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.

• 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 Theory17(1), 239-245 (SSCI).

• 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 (SSCI).

• 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 Reviews19(4), 493-515 (SSCI).

• Maasoumi E. and A. Heshmati (2000), “Stochastic Dominance amongst Swedish Income

Distributions”, Econometric Reviews19(3), 287-320 (SSCI).

• Heshmati A. and G. Ljunggren (1999), “Determinants of Production and Cost in Swedish

Short Term Geriatric Rehabilitation”, International Review of Economics and Business46(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 Economics101(3), 405-424 (SSCI).

• Heshmati A. and N. Nafar (1998), “A Production Analysis of the Manufacturing Industries in

Iran”, Technological Forecasting and Social Change59(2), 183-196 (SSCI).

• Heshmati A. (1998), “Efficiency Measurement in Rotating Panel Data”, Applied Economics

30(7), 919-930 (SSCI).

• Kumbhakar S.C., A. Heshmati and L. Hjalmarsson (1997), “Temporal Patterns of Technical

Efficiency: Results from Competing Models”, International Journal of Industrial Organization15, 597-616 (SSCI).

• Heshmati A. and S.C. Kumbhakar (1997), “Estimation of TechnicalEfficiency in Swedish

Crop Farms: A Pseudo Panel Data Approach”, Journal of Agricultural Economics48(1), 22-37 (SSCI).

• Heshmati A. and S.C. Kumbhakar (1997), “Efficiency of the Primary and Secondary Schools

in Sweden”, Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research41(1), 33-52 (SSCI).

• 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 Business44(4), 893-924.

• Kumbhakar S.C. and A. Heshmati (1996), “Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity

Growth in Swedish Manufacturing Industries”, Econometric Reviews15(3), 275-298 (SSCI).

• Hjalmarsson L., S.C. Kumbhakar and A. Heshmati (1996), “DEA, DFA, and SFA: A Comparison”, Journal of Productivity Analysis7(2-3), 303-327 (SSCI).
• Heshmati A. and Y. Mulugeta (1996), “Technical Efficiency of the Ugandan Matoke Farms”,

Applied Economics Letters3, 491-494 (SSCI).

• Heshmati A. (1996), “On the Single and Multiple Time Trends Representation of Technical

Change”, Applied Economics Letters3, 495-499 (SSCI).

• 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 Economics77(August), 660-674 (SSCI).

• 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 (SCI).

• 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 (SSCI).

• Heshmati A. (1994), “Estimating Random Effects Production Function Models with

Selectivity Bias: An Application to Swedish Crop Producer Farms”, Agricultural Economics 11, 171-189 (SSCI).

Books

• Tausch A., A. Heshmati and H. Karoui (2014), “The political algebra of global value

change: General models and implications for the Muslim world”, Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, forthcoming.

• Kim T.Y. and A. Heshmati (2014), “Economic Growth: The New Perspectives for Theory

and Policy”, Springer.

• Heshmati A., A. Dilani and S. Baban, (2013), Eds. “Perspectives on Kurdistan Economy and

Society in Transition, Volume II”, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

• Heshmati A. and N.T. Khayyat (2013), “Socio-Economic Impacts of Landmines in Southern

Kurdistan”, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

• Heshmati A., A. Dilani and S. Baban, (2012), Eds. “Perspectives on Kurdistan Economy and

Society in Transition, Volume I”, Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

• Tausch A. and A. Heshmati (2012), “Globalization, the Human Condition and Sustainable

Development in the 21st Century: Cross-national Perspectives and European Implications”, London: Anthem Press.

• Heshmati A. (2012), “Economic Fundamentals of Power Plants Performance”, Routledge

Studies in the Modern World Economy #97, London: Routledge.

• Heshmati A. (2010), “Analysis of Power Plants’ Performance in the Korean Electricity

Industry”, Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), 490 pages.

• Heshmati A. (2010), “The Economy of Southern Kurdistan”, Nova Science

Publishers, October 2009, 313 pages.

• Heshmati A. and P. Sun (2010), “Information and Communication Technology

Policies and Practices”, Nova Science Publishers, 270 pages.

• Heshmati A. (2009) “Integrated Water Resources Management in the Kurdistan

Region”, Nova Science Publishers, November 2008, 250 pages.

• Heshmati A. (2008), “Review of the Recent Trends in Development Economics

Research: With Experience from the Federal Region of Kurdistan”, Nova Science Publishers, 63 pages.

• Lee J.D. and A. Heshmati (2008), Eds. “Productivity, Efficiency, and Economic

Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region”, Springer.

• Heshmati A. and J.D. Lee (2008), Eds. “Micro-Evidence for the Dynamics of

Industrial Evolution: The Case of the Manufacturing Industry in Japan and Korea”, Nova Science Publishers.

• Lee J.D. and A. Heshmati (2007), Guest Editors, “Special Issue on Manufacturing

Productivity Growth in the Asia Pacific Region”, Global Economic Review, 36(4), 301-405.

• Heshmati A., Y-B. Sohn and Y-R. Kim (2007), Eds. “Commercialization and

Transfer of Technology: Major Country Case Studies”, Nova Science Publishers.

• Heshmati A. and A. Tausch (2007), Eds. “Roadmap to Bangalore? Globalization,

the EU's Lisbon Heshmati A. (2007), Ed., “Recent Developments in the Chinese Economy: Analysis of Science Parks, FDI, Economic Growth, Bilateral Trade and Income Inequality”, Nova Science Publishers.

• Heshmati A. (2007), “Global Trends in Income Inequality”, Nova Science

Publishers.

Referee for journals/publishers

Elsevier (since 2013), Routledge (since 2012), Oxford University Press (since 2014), American Journal of Agricultural Economics (since 1998), Annales d Economie et de Statistique (since 1997), The Annals of Regional Science (since 2006), Applied Economics (since 1997), Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics (since 2001), Australian Economics Papers (since 2004), Comparative Economic Studies (since 2003), Econometric Reviews (since 1997), Economic Research International (since 2010), Economic Research International (since 2000), Economics of Governance (since 2002), Economics of Innovation and New Technology (since 2006), Empirica (since 2003), Empirical Economics (since 1998), Energy Economics (since 2009), Energy Efficiency (since 2014), European Journal of Comparative Economics (since 2008), European Journal of Operational Research (since 2002), European Review of Agricultural Economics (since 2004), International Economic Journal (since 2004), International Economics and Finance Journal (since 2008), 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 Applied Economics (since 2011), Journal of Development Economics (since 2007), Journal of Development Studies (since 2006), 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 ofInstitutional and Theoretical Economics (since 2001), Journal of Productivity Analysis (since 1994), Korean Economic Review (since 2014), National Center of Science and Technology Evaluation, Kazakhstan (since 2012), Oxford Economic Papers (since 1999), Research in Applied Economics (since 2009), Research Policy (since 2007), Review of World Economics (since 2009), Routledge (since 2013), Scandinavian Journal of Economics (since 2004), Small Business Economics (since 2002), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (since 2009), Technological Forecasting and Social Change (since 2001), United Nations University Press (since 2008), and World Development (since 2009).

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