Mahdi Rastad

Mahdi Rastad is a Professor at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), where he has been affiliated since 2012. His academic work spans Finance and Economics, with a focus on corporate finance, corporate governance, fixed income investment, and energy economics.

• Ph.D. in Economics and M.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois
• Teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Advanced Corporate Finance, Merger and Acquisition, Fixed Income Securities Market, Financial Literacy, Energy Finance, Statistics, and Economics

His research has been published in journals like the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Energy Economics, and he has presented at various conferences. He also serves on the Cal Poly Corporation Investment Advisory Committee.