Behzod Hoshimov
{{Short description|Uzbek economist (born 1993)}}
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{{Infobox economist
|name=Bekhzod Khoshimov
|image=Behzod Khoshimov.png
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1993|08|08}}
|birth_place=Tashkent, Uzbekistan
|institution={{ubl|University of Wisconsin-Madison (2016–2024)|Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (2016–2024)NYU Abu Dhabi (2024–present)}}
|field=Entrepreneurship, Human Capital, Economics of Innovation
|alma_mater={{ ubl| Nanyang Technological University (BA 2015)}}
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Behzod Hoshimov (also spelled Khoshimov; born August 8, 1993) is an Uzbek economist and researcher specializing in entrepreneurship, human capital, and the economics of innovation. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Business, Organizations, and Society at New York University Abu Dhabi.{{Cite web |title=Pedaling Possibilities |url=https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/news/latest-news/world-and-societies/2025/april/pedaling-possibilities.html |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=New York University Abu Dhabi |language=en}} Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Career
Behzod Hoshimov studied Applied Mathematics at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore (B.Sc.) and Economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (M.S.), before earning his Ph.D. at the Wisconsin School of Business.{{Cite web |title=Bekhzod Khoshimov |url=https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/academics/divisions/social-science/faculty/bekhzod-khoshimov.html |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=New York University Abu Dhabi |language=en}} His research focuses on the determinants of early-stage entrepreneurial success and the factors that influence the supply of entrepreneurs in society.{{Cite web |last=Becker |first=Clare |date=2019-01-25 |title=Entrepreneurship on Campus: Using Data to Identify Emerging Entrepreneurs |url=https://business.wisc.edu/news/entrepreneurship-on-campus-using-data-to-identify-emerging-entrepreneurs/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Wisconsin School of Business |language=en-US}}
Behzod Hoshimov initiated and played a key role in translating and publishing Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson into Uzbek.{{Cite news |date=2023-03-04 |title=Nima o'qiymiz? Iqtisodchi Behzod Hoshimov tavsiya qiladi |url=https://www.gazeta.uz/oz/2023/03/04/mutolaa-behzod-hoshimov/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240623121143/https://www.gazeta.uz/oz/2023/03/04/mutolaa-behzod-hoshimov/ |archive-date=2024-06-23 |access-date=2025-04-30 |work=Газета.uz |language=uz-Latn}} The 2023 release marked the first time the influential work was made available in the Uzbek language and was accompanied by James Robinson's visit to Tashkent, where he engaged in public discussions and academic events.{{Cite news |date=March 9, 2023 |title=Соавтор книги «Почему одни страны богатые, а другие бедные» Джеймс Робинсон выступит в Ташкенте |url=https://www.gazeta.uz/ru/2023/03/09/james-robinson/}}
In addition to his academic work, Hoshimov actively comments on economics and public policy. Through his Telegram blog, Iqtisodchi Kundaligi ("Diary of an Economist"), he writes about economics, social science research, and current economic and political developments in both Uzbekistan and the wider world.{{Cite web |title=Iqtisodchi Kundaligi |url=https://t.me/iqtisodchi_kundaligi |website=Telegram}}
Hoshimov is also the creator and host of the YouTube channel Hoshimov's Economics («Hoshimov Iqtisodiyoti»), a series of conversations covering topics such as economics, science, history, education, development, and Uzbekistan's future.{{Cite web |title=Hoshimov's Economics («Hoshimov Iqtisodiyoti») |url=https://www.youtube.com/@HoshimovIqtisodiyoti |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=YouTube |language=en}} His guests have included Nobel Prize laureates in Economic Sciences Daron Acemoglu{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq8OfyAaLrA |title=Daron Acemoglu - Our Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity |date=2024-09-09 |last=Hoshimov Iqtisodiyoti |access-date=2025-04-29 |via=YouTube}} and James Robinson,{{Cite av media |title=James Robinson: Institutions, development economics and modernization theory |publisher=Hoshimov's Economics («Hoshimov Iqtisodiyoti») |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx6cXZ38dkU |access-date=2025-04-29 |via=YouTube | date=20 March 2020 }} as well as policymakers and intellectuals such as Timur Ishmetov,{{Cite web |last=kunu.uz |title=Timur Ishmetov: «Aholiga to'g'ridan-to'g'ri pul tarqatishda oila tamoyili bo'yicha yondashish kerak» |url=https://kun.uz/news/2020/04/18/timur-ishmetov-aholiga-togridan-togri-pul-tarqatishda-oila-tamoyili-boyicha-yondashish-kerak?q=/uz/news/2020/04/18/timur-ishmetov-aholiga-togridan-togri-pul-tarqatishda-oila-tamoyili-boyicha-yondashish-kerak |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Kun.uz |language=uz}} Jo'rabek Mirzamahmudov, Sodiq Safoyev, Tymofiy Mylovanov, Michael McFaul, Francis Fukuyama, Jennifer Murtazashvili, Sergey Guriyev, and Natalya Zubarevich. His channel has been recognized as a valuable educational resource, notably recommended by Alisher Sadullayev, Chairperson of the Youth Union of Uzbekistan.{{Cite web |title=Alisher Sadullaev |url=https://t.me/alisher_sadullaev/1754 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Telegram}}
Hoshimov has contributed as an opinion columnist for Gazeta.uz, one of Uzbekistan's leading publications, where he wrote on economic and institutional reforms.{{Cite web |title=Gazeta.uz, authors, Behzod Khoshimov. |url=https://www.gazeta.uz/uz/authors/behzod-hoshimov/}} He is also a co-host of Uzbekonomics, a podcast focused on economics, development, and Uzbek society.{{Cite web |last=kunu.uz |title="Bu ketishda Toshkent Jakartaning holiga tushadi" - Behzod Hoshimov |url=https://kun.uz/41905449?q=/uz/41905449 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Kun.uz |language=uz}}
Publications and articles
- Jonathan T. Eckhardt, Clint Harris, Chuan Chen, Bekhzod Khoshimov & Brent Goldfarb (2022) Student regional origins and student entrepreneurship, Regional Studies, 56:6, 956-971, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2021.1987408{{Cite journal |last1=Eckhardt |first1=Jonathan T. |last2=Harris |first2=Clint |last3=Chen |first3=Chuan |last4=Khoshimov |first4=Bekhzod |last5=Goldfarb |first5=Brent |date=2022-06-03 |title=Student regional origins and student entrepreneurship |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343404.2021.1987408 |journal=Regional Studies |language=en |volume=56 |issue=6 |pages=956–971 |doi=10.1080/00343404.2021.1987408 |bibcode=2022RegSt..56..956E |s2cid=244876140 |issn=0034-3404}}
- Bekhzod Khoshimov, Jonathan Thomas Eckhardt, and Brent Goldfarb, 2019: Abandonment of the Applicants Signal: Grades and Entrepreneurship. Proceedings, 2019,{{Cite journal |last1=Khoshimov |first1=Bekhzod |last2=Eckhardt |first2=Jonathan Thomas |last3=Goldfarb |first3=Brent |date=2019-08-01 |title=Abandonment of the Applicants Signal: Grades and Entrepreneurship |url=http://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.12909abstract |journal=Academy of Management Proceedings |language=en |volume=2019 |issue=1 |page=12909 |doi=10.5465/AMBPP.2019.12909abstract |s2cid=201342617 |issn=0065-0668}}
- Entrepreneurs, Signaling and Education. Bekhzod Khoshimov, Brent Goldfarb and Jon Eckhardt Published Online:28 Jan 2019.{{Cite journal |last1=Khoshimov |first1=Bekhzod |last2=Goldfarb |first2=Brent |last3=Eckhardt |first3=Jon |date=December 2018 |title=Entrepreneurs, Signaling and Education |url=https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/amgblproc.telaviv.2018.00160.abs |url-access=subscription |journal=Academy of Management Global Proceedings |volume=Tel Aviv 2018 |page=160 |doi=10.5465/amgblproc.telaviv.2018.00160.abs |doi-broken-date=20 May 2025 |issn=2638-4892}}
- Vague Language, Founding Team Human Capital, and Resource Acquisition. By: Andy El-Zayaty , Martin Ganco , Bekhzod Khoshimov. Published Online:23 Apr 2025
https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2022.16367 {{Cite journal |last1=El-Zayaty |first1=Andy |last2=Ganco |first2=Martin |last3=Khoshimov |first3=Bekhzod |date=2025-04-23 |title=Vague Language, Founding Team Human Capital, and Resource Acquisition |url=https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/orsc.2022.16367 |journal=Organization Science |doi=10.1287/orsc.2022.16367 |issn=1047-7039}} - Three Essays on Behavioral Entrepreneurship by Khoshimov, Bekhzod. The University of Wisconsin - Madison ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2023. 30637297.{{Cite thesis |degree=PhD |last=Khoshimov |first=Bekhzod |date=2023 |title=Three Essays on Behavioral Entrepreneurship |publisher=University of Wisconsin - Madison |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/aec23e5769aa16d5c993943440eebc86/1?cbl=18750&diss=y&pq-origsite=gscholar |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-04-30 |via=ProQuest |language=en}}
- Consequences of Collective Turnover: A Matter of Time and Quality by Rakoon Piyanontalee and Bekhzod Khoshimov. Published Online:1 Aug 2019
https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.16026abstract {{Cite journal |last1=Piyanontalee |first1=Rakoon |last2=Khoshimov |first2=Bekhzod |date=August 2019 |title=Consequences of Collective Turnover: A Matter of Time and Quality |url=https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.16026abstract |journal=Academy of Management Proceedings |volume=2019 |issue=1 |page=16026 |doi=10.5465/AMBPP.2019.16026abstract |issn=0065-0668}} - Goldfarb, Brent D. and Khoshimov, Bekhzod and Eckhardt, Jonathan T and Eckhardt, Jonathan T, Grade Dispersion and Entrepreneurship: Divergent Strategies of Student-Seekers and Student-Entrepreneurs. Available at SSRN:
https://ssrn.com/abstract=5210947 orhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5210947 {{cite ssrn |last1=Goldfarb |first1=Brent |last2=Khoshimov |first2=Bekhzod |last3=Eckhardt |first3=Jon |title=Grade Dispersion and Entrepreneurship: Divergent Strategies of Student-Seekers and Student-Entrepreneurs |date=2025-04-09 |language=en |ssrn=5210947}}
Patents
- U.S. Patent No.US 11676053 B2, titled "Systems, methods, and media for automatically identifying entrepreneurial individuals in a population using individual and population level data." {{Cite web |date=2023-06-13 |title=Systems, methods, and media for automatically identifying entrepreneurial individuals in a population using individual and population level data |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US11676053B2/en}}
References
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External links
- [https://khoshimov.com Official Website]
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Category:Uzbekistani economists
Category:Nanyang Technological University alumni