ALOOSH Arash

Finance

PhD, Economics, Social and Management Sciences, Finance

Arash Aloosh holds a PhD in Finance from BI Norwegian Business School and spent two years at Columbia Business School as a Visiting Scholar. He is the coordinator and instructor of Blockchain and FinTech courses at NEOMA BS. Arash's research are threefold: First, International Asset Pricing, a conventional subject covering currency risk factors, international asset management, and currency risk management. Second, CryptoCurrencies, DeFi (Decentralized Finance), and FinTech, which are of an unconventional and fast growing nature. Third, Public Health, which is highly impactful. Arash has published in Management Science (forthcoming), Lancet, and Nature among others. He has served as a cryptocurrency advisor of Consilience Ventures, and is currently a research associate at the Digital Finance Chair and an affiliate researcher at the Cardiff FinTech Research Group.

Areas of research

International Finance
Crypto and DeFi
Social Finance
Public Health

Recent academic contributions

ALOOSH, A., G. BEKAERT, "Currency Factors", Management Science, June 2022, vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 4042–4064
DOI : 10.1287/mnsc.2021.4023
ALOOSH, A., S. OUZAN, S. J. H. SHAHZAD, "Bubbles across Meme Stocks and Cryptocurrencies", Finance Research Letters, October 2022, vol. 49
DOI : 10.1016/j.frl.2022.103155
ALOOSH, A., "Direct Evidence of Bitcoin Wash Trading" in World Finance Conference, 2021, Kristiansand/Online, Norway

Article

ALOOSH, A., G. BEKAERT, "Currency Factors", Management Science, June 2022, vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 4042–4064
DOI : 10.1287/mnsc.2021.4023
ALOOSH, A., S. OUZAN, S. J. H. SHAHZAD, "Bubbles across Meme Stocks and Cryptocurrencies", Finance Research Letters, October 2022, vol. 49
DOI : 10.1016/j.frl.2022.103155
ALOOSH, A., S.OUZAN, "The Psychology of Cryptocurrency Prices", Finance Research Letters, March 2020
DOI : 10.1016/j.frl.2019.05.010
ALOOSH, M., A.SALAVATI, A.ALOOSH, "Economic sanctions threaten population health: the case of Iran", Public Health, April 2019, vol. 169, pp. 10-13
ALOOSH, M., A.ALOOSH, "Lift sanctions now to save public health", Nature, April 2015, vol. 520, no. 157, pp. 623
DOI : 10.1038/520623c
ALOOSH, M., A.ALOOSH, "Iran: the health cost of a political order", Lancet, November 2014, vol. 384, no. 9958, pp. 1926-1927
DOI : 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62277-7

Academic conferences

ALOOSH, A., "Direct Evidence of Bitcoin Wash Trading" in World Finance Conference, 2021, Kristiansand/Online, Norway
ALOOSH, A., J.LI, "Bitcoin Wash Trading" in 3rd Cryptocurrency Research Conference, 2020, Held virtually, United Kingdom
ALOOSH, A., "Direct Evidence of Bitcoin Wash Trading" in European Alternative Finance Research Conference, 2020, Utrecht/Online, Netherlands
ALOOSH, A., "The Price of a Digital Currency" in 3rd Abbe Gregoire Innovation Days - Session Fintech and Blockchain, 2018, Paris, France
ALOOSH, A., G.BEKAERT, "Currency Factors" in European Financial Management Association, 2018, Milan, Italy
ALOOSH, A., "The Price of a Digital Currency" in 5th Crowdinvesting Symposium, 2017, Berlin, Germany

Participation at an academic or professional conference

ALOOSH, A., J. LI, "Direct Evidence of Bitcoin Wash Trading" in 24th at ICMA center at University of Reading, 2021, Reading, United Kingdom
ALOOSH, A., "DISCUSSION on : Does Digital Finance Make it a Better Residence? Evidence from Rural-Urban Migrants by S. ZHANG, S. JIANG, and S.C. HSUEH" in World Finance Conference, 2021, Kristiansand/Online, Norway
ALOOSH, A., "Direct Evidence of Bitcoin Wash Trading" ICMA Centre, Henley Business School. 2021, Reading/Online, United Kingdom
ALOOSH, A., "DISCUSSION on : "Investing with Cryptocurrencies - On the Informative Effects of Experts Sentiment" by S. TRIMBORN, Y.CHEN, and Y.LI" in European Alternative Finance Research Conference, 2020, Utrecht/Online, Netherlands
ALOOSH, A., "The future of banking" in EMEA IT Spotlight by NetEvents, 2019, Barcelona, Spain
ALOOSH, A., "DISCUSSION on : "The Term Structure of Equity Factor Diversification" by J.FOUQUAU" in 5th edition of the Inter-Business Schools Finance Seminar, 2019, Reims, France
ALOOSH, A., "Off-chain Trading Puzzle" Université Paris 2-Digital Finance Chair. 2019, Paris, France
ALOOSH, A., "Off-chain Trading Puzzle" Nankai Business School. 2019, Tianjin, China
ALOOSH, A., "Off-chain Trading Puzzle" Chinese University of Finance and Economics. 2019, Beijing, China
ALOOSH, A., "The Price of a Digital Currency" Montpellier Business School. 2018, Montpellier, France
ALOOSH, A., "DISCUSSION on : "Decentralizing Market Infrastructures: The Case of Energy Micro Grids" by L.LÉGER and F.IMBAULT" in 3rd Abbe Gregoire Innovation Days - Session Fintech and Blockchain, 2018, Paris, France

Professional journals

ALOOSH, A., G.GIMENEZ ROCHE, "What impact does Brexit have on the pound?", International Finance, July 2019
ALOOSH, A., N.JANSON, "Fintech et Blockchain :place au grand boulversement !", Monde des Grandes Ecoles et Universités, April 2018