Romel S. Mostafa
Visiting Assistant Professor of Strategy
Areas of Expertise:
Behavioral Science; Business Policy and Strategy; Economics - Economic Development; Economics - International Economics; Economics - Microeconomics/ Industrial Organization; Entrepreneurism; Management Strategy; Organizational Behavior; Technology Management
Research interests:
Entrepreneurship, Corporate Strategy, Industry Evolution, Economic Development and Behavioral Economics
Selected Publications:
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"Industrial Development through Tacit Knowledge Seeding: Evidence from the Bangladesh Garment Industry," with S. Klepper, working paper
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"A Quantitative Test for the Stochastic Theory of Submarkets," working paper
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"Myopic Risk-Seeking: The Impact of Narrow Decision Bracketing on Lottery Play," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Issue 37, with E. Haisley, G. Loewenstein, 2008
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"Subjective Relative Income and Lottery Ticket Purchases," Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Issue 21 (1), with E. Haisley, G. Loewenstein, 2008
Academic/professional activities:
Advisory Editor, The Executive Times
Awards/honors:
Ewing Marion Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship, 2007-2008
Personal interests:
Professor Mostafa is a native of Bangladesh and enjoys traveling, cooking, and playing soccer and chess.
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Professor Mostafa's primary area of research investigates the mechanisms that foster birth and growth of competitive industries especially in the context of less developed nations, while his secondary area of research explores how behavioral biases affect decision making, leading to suboptimal financial outcomes.
Romel S. Mostafa's curriculum vitae (pdf *)
Email: mostafa@olin.wustl.edu
Phone: (314) 935-4934
Ph.D. 2009, Carnegie Mellon University
B.A. 2001, Lawrence University
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