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Akbar Marvasti, Ph.D.

Economist, Social Science Research Group

Contact

• Akbar.Marvasti@noaa.gov
• 305-361-4243

Education

• Ph.D. Economics, Louisiana State University
• M.S. MBA, Louisiana State University

Research

• Commercial fishing

Selected Publications

• Marvasti, A. An Analysis of Barter in Broadcasting Industry. Journal of Economic Studies, Forthcoming.
  

• Marvasti, A. and D. Smyth. 2011. Barter and Business Cycles: Further Empirical Evidence. The American Economist 56(2) 85-97.

• Marvasti, A. 2010. Occupational Safety and English Language Proficiency. Journal of Labor Research 31(4): 332-347.

• Marvasti, A. 2010. A Welfare Estimation of Beach Recreation with Aggregate Data. Applied Economics 42(1-3): 291-96.

• Marvasti, A. 2006. A Contingent Valuation of Customer Delay in Medical Services. Eastern Economic Journal 32(1): 31-45.

• Marvasti, A. and R. E. Canterbery 2005. Cultural and Other Barriers to Motion Pictures Trade. Economic Inquiry 43(1): 39-54.

• Marvasti, A. 2000. Resource Characteristics, Extraction Costs, and Optimal Exploitation of Mineral Resources. Environmental and Resource Economics. 17(4): 395-408.

• Marvasti, A. 1998. An assessment of the international technology transfer systems and the new Law of the Sea. Ocean & Coastal Management 39(3):197-210.

• Additional publications from the social science research group

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