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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:

  • "Industrial Development through Tacit Knowledge Seeding: Evidence from the Bangladesh Garment Industry," with S. Klepper, working paper
  • "A Quantitative Test for the Stochastic Theory of Submarkets," working paper
  • "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
  • "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.

Romel S. Mostafa

  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