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Nasser Daneshvary, Ph.D.

Professor

Dr. Nasser Daneshvary is a Professor of Economics in the College of Business at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His prior positions at UNLV include: Associate (Vice) Provost for Academic Resources, Associate Dean of the College of Business, Director of MBA Programs, and Chair of Economics Department. He has been at UNLV since 1990. Professor Daneshvary received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Tennessee Knoxville. He has taught undergraduate and graduate classes in International, Urban and Regional Economics, Econometrics, and in quantitative areas of Business and Economics. Professor Daneshvarys main areas of research are: models of earnings and wage differentials, causes and effects of immigration to U.S., U.S. Immigrants economic assimilation, and housing markets. In addition he published in many professional and academic journals. His areas of research concentrate on applied and empirical microeconomics and on public policy issues. He is the author to more than 20 journal articles. His articles have appeared in journals such as The Review of Economics and Statistics, Southern Economic Journal, The Review of Regional Studies, Social Science Quarterly, The Journal of Economic Education, Applied Economics, and Economics of Education Review.

Selected Research
"Educational Attainment and the Lesbian Wage Premium" Journal of Labor Research, forthcoming Nasser Daneshvary, Terrence M. Clauretie, Finance, UNLV "Gender Differences in the Valuation of Employer-Provided Health Insurance" Economic Inquiry Vol. 45, No. 4, October 2007, pp.800-816 "Principal-Agent Conflict and Broker Effort Near Listing Contract Expiration: The Case of Residential Properties" Journal of Real Estate and Economics, forthcoming
Contact Information
College of Business Department of Economics 4505 Maryland Parkway Box 456005 Las Vegas, NV 89154-6005 Phone: (702) 895-1660 Fax: (702) 895-1354 Email: nasser.daneshvary@unlv.edu Website: http://www.unlv.edu/faculty/nasser/

Class Schedule
ECON 102-3 MW 2:30PM-3:45PM BEH 119 ECO 770-1 MW 5:30PM-6:45PM WRI C308
Office Hours
MW 4:00PM-5:00-M By Appointment