Javad Shamsi

PhD Student

Expertise: development economics, political economy, public economics

Email:

m.shamsi@lse.ac.uk

Room:

SAL 4.06 I

Connect:

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Website

Links:

Political Science and Political Economy
Development
Department of Economics

Biography

Javad is a PhD candidate in Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he received his MRes in 2020. Before joining LSE, he received my BSc and MSc from the Sharif University of Technology. His research interests lie in the field of applied econometrics. He is interested in using empirical methods to answer questions across a broad range of topics. Currently, Javad studies the political economy effects of immigration.

Latest

CEP discussion papers

Immigration and political realignment

04 March 2024

Javad Shamsi

This paper examines how immigration reshapes political landscapes, centring on the influx of immigrants from the EU's 2004 enlargement and its implications for the UK. I use a new variation in exposure to immigration bas... Read more...

Blog

Unravelling the complexities of sanctions

14 November 2023

Javad Shamsi

Sanctions have become a linchpin of foreign policy. But as they have grown more complex, understanding their true impact on targeted economies has become increasingly difficult, and evidence of their firm-level effects i... Read more...

CEP discussion papers

Understanding multi-layered sanctions: A firm-level analysis

07 November 2023

Javad Shamsi

This paper examines which types of firms are hit by multi-layered sanctions, quantifies the extent of the economic impact on the affected firms, and identifies the channels through which these effects are propagated. To ... Read more...