Dr Maria Jahromi
Areas of expertise
- Financial Economics 140207
- Applied Economics 1402
- International Economics And International Finance 140210
- Financial Econometrics 150202
- Time Series Analysis 140305
- Finance 150201
- Economics Of Education 380104
- Labour Economics 380111
Biography
Dr Maria Jahromi is a Lecturer and an Applied Economist at the Centre for Social Research and Methods (CSRM) at the Australian National University. She received her PhD in Finance from University of Sydney in 2015 and now works across several areas of applied finance and economics.
Her current projects cover various topics including the impact of financial crises on financial asset returns and volatility, economic sanctions, the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, Islamic finance, risk and returns to education, and costing of remote and regional schools.
Maria’s research has been presented at local and international conferences and published in highly ranked academic journals. She is the recipient of multiple scholarships and awards including the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Prize for the best paper on derivatives/quantitative finance presented at the 24th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference in Sydney.
She taught courses in econometrics, statistics, microeconomics and finance at the Australian National University since 2010. Since 2019 she has been co-convening EMET8002 Case Studies in Applied Economic Analysis and Econometrics through the Research School of Economics.
Website: https://www.maria-jahromi.com
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=lCnixhcAAAAJ&hl=en
Publications
- Abbasi Shavazi, A, Biddle, N, Edwards, B et al. 2022, 'Observed effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the life satisfaction, psychological distress and loneliness of Australian carers and non-carers', International Journal of Care and Caring, vol. 6, no. 1-2, pp. 179-209.
- Biddle, N, Gray, M, Jahromi, M et al. 2020, 'Changes in paid and unpaid activities during the COVID-19 pandemic: Exploring labour supply and labour demand'.
- Akhtar, S & Jahromi, M 2017, 'Risk, return and mean‐variance efficiency of Islamic and non‐Islamic stocks: evidence from a unique Malaysian data set', Accounting & Finance, vol. 57, pp. 3-46.
- Akhtar, S & Jahromi, M 2017, 'Impact of the global financial crisis on Islamic and conventional stocks and bonds', Accounting & Finance, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 623-655.
- Akhtar, S, Akhtar, F, Jahromi, M et al. 2017, 'Impact of interest rate surprises on Islamic and conventional stocks and bonds', Journal of International Money and Finance, vol. 79, pp. 218-231.
- Akhtar, S & Jahromi, M 2017, 'Quantitative studies of Islamic and conventional assets', in M Kabir Hassan (ed.), Handbook of Empirical Research on Islam and Economic Life, Edward Elgar Publishing Inc., UK.
- Jahromi, M 2014, 'Essays on Islamic Assets'.
- Jahromi, M 2013, 'Risk, Return, and Mean-Variance-Efficiency of Islamic and Non-Islamic Stocks.', 26th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference (2013), UNSW Press, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-79.
- Akhtar, S, Akhtar, F, Jahromi, M et al. 2012, 'Intensity of volatility linkages in Islamic and conventional markets.', AFA 2012 CHICAGO MEETINGS - SEVENTY SECOND ANNUAL MEETING AMERICAN FINANCE ASSOCIATION, ed. N/A, THE AMERICAN FINANCE ASSOCIATION, Chicago.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Support for the How Families are Faring project (Secondary Investigator)
- Costing regional and remote education for the National School Resourcing Board's Review of Regional Schooling Resource Standard Loadings (Secondary Investigator)
- Independent Evaluation of the Integrated Carer Support Service (baseline evaluation) (Secondary Investigator)
