Mohammad Akbarpour
Associate Professor of Economics
Associate Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy), School of Engineering
Kevin J. O’Donohue Family Faculty Scholar for 2023-2024
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Research Statement
I work on market design, the interaction of design and inequality, as well as networked markets. I’m particularly interested in understanding how the kidney exchange markets, school choice systems, and the labor markets evolve, and to improve their designs.
Research Interests
- Microeconomic Theory
- Matching/Auction Market Design
- Social and Economic Networks
- Over-the-Counter Financial Markets
Academic Degrees
- PhD in Economics, Stanford University, 2015
- MS in Economics, Stanford University, 2014
- BS in Electrical Engineering; Sharif University of Technology, Iran; 2009
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Economics, Stanford GSB, 2020–present
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy), School of Engineering, 2019–present
- Assistant Professor of Economics, Stanford GSB, 2016–20
Awards and Honors
- Botha-Chan Faculty Scholar, 2022–23
- Botha-Chan Faculty Scholar, 2021–22
- Philip F. Maritz Faculty Scholar, 2020–21
- Philip F. Maritz Faculty Scholar, 2019–20
- Philip F. Maritz Faculty Scholar, 2018–19
- Research Fellow, Becker-Friedman Institute, University of Chicago, 2015–16
- Review of Economic Studies Tour, 2015
- B.F. Haley and E.S Shaw Fellowship for Economics (SIEPR Dissertation Fellowship), 2014
- Sean Buckley Memorial Award, Best 2nd Year Paper Prize, Stanford University Economics Department and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, 2012
- Department of Economics Graduate Full-year Fellowship, 2011