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I am a Teaching Fellow in Finance at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ School of Business (ULSB), UK. Before joining Leicester, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Adam Smith Business School (ASBS), University of Glasgow, UK (2023–2025). I also hold a visiting position at the Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University, the Netherlands. I earned my PhD in Finance from the Adam Smith Business School, fully funded by the College of Social Sciences (CoSS) Scholarship. Prior to my doctoral studies, I obtained both my MSc and BSc degrees in Statistics from Tarbiat Modares University and Razi University, Iran, respectively. In April 2025, my research on machine learning applications in finance was endorsed by the British Academy. I was also the recipient of the 2024 PhD Excellence Award from the Adam Smith Business School.

Movaghari, H., & Sermpinis, G. (2025). Heterogeneous impact of cost of carry on corporate money demand. European Financial Management, 31(1), 400-426. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/eufm.12507 . 


Elyasiani, E. and Movaghari, H. (2024). Time-varying coefficients for cash holdings, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 98, 101914. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2024.101914


Movaghari, H., Tsoukas, S., Vagenas-Nanos, E. (2024). Corporate cash policy and double machine learning, International Journal of Finance and Economics, doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.3039

Movaghari, H., Serletis, A., & Sermpinis, G. (2024). Money demand stability: New evidence from transfer entropy. International Economics, 179, 100524. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inteco.2024.100524  


Elyasiani, E., and Movaghari, H. (2022). Determinants of Corporate Cash Holdings: An Application of robust variable selection technique, International Review of Economics and Finance, 80, 967-993. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2022.03.003 

Sohrabi, N., & Movaghari, H. (2020). Reliable factors of Capital structure: Stability selection approach. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 77, 296-310. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2019.11.001 


Elyasiani, E., Jia, J. and Movaghari, H. (2019). Determinants of Dividend Payout and Dividend Propensity in an Emerging Market, Iran: An Application of the LASSO, Applied Economics, 51(42), 4576-4596. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2019.1593315 

2025-2027:  UK Global Talent, Endorsed by British Academy

2025-2025: PhD Excellence Award, University of Glasgow, UK.