Faculty

Name: John Tone

Title: Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, IAC; Interim Chair, School of Economics; Professor

Email Address: john.tone@iac.gatech.edu

Office Phone: 404/790-0644

Office Location: Old CE Building 117 (HSOC) and 208C (ECON)
Research Interests
- Agriculture, Health, and the Environment
- Modern Global History/Science, Technology, and Nationalism
Name: Willie Belton

Title: Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs

Email Address: willie.belton@econ.gatech.edu

Office Phone: 404/894-4388

Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 238
Research Interests
- Economic Development
- Economic Growth and Institutions
- Entrepreneurship
- Macroeconomics
- Monetary Economics
Name: Tibor Besedes

Title: Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs

Email Address: tibor.besedes@econ.gatech.edu

Office Phone: 404/385-0512

Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 321
Research Interests
- Behavioral Economics
- Experimental Economics
- International Trade
Name: Shatakshee Dhongde

Title: Associate Professor

Email Address: shatakshee.dhongde@econ.gatech.edu

Office Phone: 404/894-4913

Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 221
Research Interests
- Applied Econometrics
- Development Economics
- Economic Measurement
- Health, Inequality, and Poverty
- International Economics
- Policy Analysis
Name: Danny Hughes

Title: Visiting Professor

Email Address: danny.hughes@econ.gatech.edu

Office Phone:

Office Location:
Name: Mikhail Klimenko

Title: Associate Professor

Email Address: mikhail.klimenko@econ.gatech.edu

Office Phone: 404/894-0353

Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 320
Research Interests
- Economic Growth and Institutions
- Economics of Innovation
- Economics of Telecommunications Networks
- Firm Strategy
- Industrial Organization
- International Trade
- International Trade Policy
- International Trade Theory
- Law and Economics
Name: Michael Kummer

Title: Assistant Professor

Email Address: michael.kummer@econ.gatech.edu

Office Phone:

Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 222
Research Interests
- Applied Econometrics
- Applied Microeconomics
- Digitization, InfoTechs, and Social Networks
- Economics of Telecommunications Networks
- Industrial Organization
Name: Levent Kutlu

Title: Visiting Assistant Professor

Email Address: levent.kutlu@gatech.edu

Office Phone:

Office Location: Old CE Building 224
Research Interests
- Applied Econometrics
- Applied Microeconomics
- Industrial Organization
Name: Seung Hoon Lee

Title: Assistant Professor

Email Address: seunghoon@econ.gatech.edu

Office Phone:

Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 220
Research Interests
- International Economics
- International Trade
- International Trade Policy
Name: Haizheng Li

Title: Professor

Email Address: haizheng.li@econ.gatech.edu

Office Phone: 404/894-3542

Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 218
Research Interests
- Behavioral Economics
- Chinese Economy
- Economic Development
- Economic Forecasting
- Industry Studies
- Labor Economics
- Technological Change
Name: Patrick McCarthy

Title: Professor

Email Address: mccarthy@gatech.edu

Office Phone: 404/894-4914

Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 216
Research Interests
- Applied Econometrics
- Applied Microeconomics
- Economic Development
- Economic Growth and Institutions
- Economics of the Firm
- Industrial Organization
- Industry Studies
- Paper and Pulp Industry
- Policy Analysis
- Regulations
- Regulatory Reform
- Transportation Economics
Name: Juan Moreno-Cruz

Title: Associate Professor

Email Address: juan.moreno-cruz@econ.gatech.edu

Office Phone:

Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 319
Research Interests
- Economic Growth and Institutions
- Economic History
- Energy Economics
- Environmental Economics
- International Trade
- Natural Resource Economics
- Policy Analysis
- Technological Change
- Uncertainty and Decision-Making
- Urban Economics
Name: Usha Nair-Reichert

Title: Associate Professor

Email Address: usha.nair@gatech.edu

Office Phone: 404/894-4903

Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 206
Research Interests
- Economic Development
- Economic Sustainability
- Economics of Innovation
- Energy, Climate and Environmental Policy
- Firm Strategy
- International Investment
- International Trade
- International Trade Policy
- Paper and Pulp Industry
- Policy Analysis
- Regional Economic Development
- Technological Change
- Technology and Innovation
Name: Matthew Oliver

Title: Assistant Professor

Email Address: matthew.oliver@econ.gatech.edu

Office Phone: 404/894-0491

Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 223
Research Interests
- Applied Econometrics
- Development Economics
- Energy Economics
- Environmental Economics
- Industrial Organization
- International Trade
- Natural Resource Economics
Name: Christine Ries

Title: Professor

Email Address: christine.ries@econ.gatech.edu

Office Phone: 404/894-9541

Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 323
Research Interests
- Economics of the Firm
- Global Corporate Finance
- Global Finance Economics
- Political Economy
- Public Economics
- Tax Reform
- Technology and Innovation
Name: Olga Shemyakina

Title: Associate Professor

Email Address: olga.shemyakina@econ.gatech.edu

Office Phone:

Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 322
Research Interests
- Conflict Research
- Development Economics
- Labor Economics