Explore work on investment under uncertain emissions information, adaptive environmental policy, corporate governance and the measurement of energy use and emissions.
Studies portfolio decisions when emissions information is affected by reporting bias and measurement noise. Combines learning about emissions with dynamic allocation, and examines the consequences of misspecified reporting assumptions.
Uses an agent-based economy and multi-agent reinforcement learning to study adaptive environmental policy. Compares combinations of pollution taxes, green subsidies and emissions caps with a non-adaptive benchmark in simulated economic and environmental conditions.
Azin Sharifi; Shiva Zamani; Luis A. Seco (2026). The Adaptive Sustainability Policy (ASP) Framework: Designing Eco-Economic Policy with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning. SSRN working paper. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6222980
Journal of Risk and Financial Management · 18(10), 566
Develops a composite measure of board structure and examines firm profitability around the COVID-19 crisis using a difference-in-differences design. Focuses on governance and financial resilience, a related strand of ESG research.
Azin Sharifi; Shiva Zamani; Luis Seco (2025). The Causal Impact of Board Structure on Firm Profitability: Evidence from a Crisis. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 18(10), 566. https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm18100566
Amir Abbas Bakhtiari · Amir Hematian · Azin Sharifi
Environmental Science and Pollution Research · 22(20), 16184–16201
Examines energy inputs and greenhouse-gas emissions over a five-year saffron-production cycle in Iran. Uses farm-survey data to investigate the contribution of production inputs to energy use and emissions.
Amir Abbas Bakhtiari; Amir Hematian; Azin Sharifi (2015). Energy analyses and greenhouse gas emissions assessment for saffron production cycle. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22(20), 16184–16201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-4843-6
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CONNECT THE QUESTION TO THE MODEL
What changes when sustainability enters the model?
A portfolio constraint and a flood-appraisal case show why cash flows, resource consequences and environmental conditions need careful interpretation.
A carbon budget changes the available allocations. Emissions reporting adds a separate question: how reliable is the information used to make the choice?
A project changes private cash flows, resource requirements and environmental conditions. Follow those accounts before interpreting an aggregate score.
