Faculty Profile

Nima Ebrahimi

Title
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law
College
College of Business

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of Houston, 2019. 
Major: Business Administration
Degree Specialization: Finance - Asset and Derivatives Pricing
Dissertation Title: Essays on Oil Risk and Financial Markets
MS, Georgia State University, 2013. 
Major: Economics
Degree Specialization: Economics
MS, Sharif University of Technology, 2011. 
Major: Socio-Economic Systems Engineering
Degree Specialization: Economics
Dissertation Title: Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment using Panel Data
BS, KNTU, 2008. 
Major: Industrial Engineering
Degree Specialization: System Analysis
Dissertation Title: International Freight and Shipping Company in Iran





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
FINA 4210.001, Introduction to Derivatives, Spring 2024 Syllabus
FINA 4200.001, Investments, Spring 2024 Syllabus
FINA 5220.001, Theory and Application of Financial Derivatives, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  


    

    

      


        


          


            
Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    FINA 4210.001, Introduction to Derivatives, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 4200.001, Investments, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 4200.501, Investments, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 4210.001, Introduction to Derivatives, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 4200.001, Investments, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 5220.001, Theory and Application of Financial Derivatives, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 4210.001, Introduction to Derivatives, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 4200.001, Investments, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    FINA 4200.501, Investments, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Journal Article
Ebrahimi, N., Pirrong, C.  (2020). Oil Jump Risk. Journal of Futures Markets. 40(8), . 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
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			This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
				
      
					
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