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Bijan Alagheband Ph.D has extensive experience in economic forecasting using Big Data, financial econometrics and risk analysis that affect a company’s revenue and net income. Bijan provides a wide range of business research, analysis and forecasting services.

Terence Yhip Ph.D and Bijan Alagheband Ph.D wrote the authoritative book on the Practice of Lending.
Expertise
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Bijan can provide a wide range of business research, analysis, and forecasting services. Some examples are:
- Analysis and forecast of demand for products/services in relation to key factors affecting it, such as income and prices, which is necessary for developing a business plan and marketing strategy
- Predicting spill-over benefits of a product development, which is useful information in attracting investment/ grants from parties benefiting from such development (e.g., government grant in view of additional tax revenues that such development would create)
- Impact analysis of a new development / legislation on market demand for a product
- Analysis of future demand for a product under alternative scenarios (e.g., different exchange rate assumptions)
- Forecasting various economic and demographic factors and their impact on a company’s financial statements
- Analyzing sensitivity of a companies’ financial statements with respect to economic / demographic factors
- Risk analysis of a company’s financial performance using quantitative (regression) methods
Data Software 
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Bijan is an expert in Big Data analytics, data analysis/cleaning and forecasting software including: EViews, MetixND, MetrixLT, STATA, R, and SAS. For example,
he uses VBA to estimate missing values in hourly weather data, and TSP+VBA to estimate missing hourly load data with presentation utilizing data visualization tools. He also uses Hourly Electric Load Model (HELM) and VBA for hourly load forecasting and visualization. 
Experience
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. Lecturer McMaster University 2010 – Present: 
Statistics, Econometrics, and Financial Econometrics.
 
. McGill University 1984 – 1989: 
Consultant for applied econometric analysis and computer programming

. Author: The Practice of Lending: A Guide to Credit Analysis and Credit Risk

. Hydro One (formerly Ontario Hydro) - 31 years
  • Economics and Load Forecasting
  • Energy Economist 
Education

​. McGill University - Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Field Of Study Economics; Econometrics & Economic Development

. CFA Institute - Charted Financial Analyst