Faculty

Name: Laura Taylor

Title: Professor, School Chair

Email Address: laura.taylor@gatech.edu

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Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 208
Research Interests
- Environmental Economics
- Policy Analysis
Name: Nino Abashidze

Title: Postdoctoral Fellow

Email Address: nabashidze6@gatech.edu

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Research Interests
- Applied Econometrics
- Environmental Economics
- Health Economics
Name: Elena Antoniadou

Title: Lecturer

Email Address: elena.antoniadou@econ.gatech.edu

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Research Interests
- Microtheory
Name: Willie Belton

Title: Associate Professor

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

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

Title: Professor

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

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Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 321
Research Interests
- Behavioral Economics
- Experimental Economics
- International Trade
Faculty Development Mentor
Name: Dylan Brewer

Title: Assistant Professor

Email Address: brewer@gatech.edu

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Office Location: 224 Old CE Building
Research Interests
- Energy Economics
- Environmental Economics
- Industrial Organization
Name: Justin Burkett

Title: Associate Professor

Email Address: justin.burkett@gatech.edu

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Research Interests
- Game Theory
- Market Design, Auctions and Contract Theory
- Microtheory
Name: Whitney Buser

Title: Associate Director of Academic Programs and Academic Professional

Email Address: wbuser3@gatech.edu

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Research Interests
- Applied Microeconomics
- Behavioral Economics
- Economic Growth and Institutions
Name: Jie Chen

Title: Postdoctoral Fellow

Email Address: jchen955@gatech.edu

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Research Interests
- Applied Econometrics
- Health Economics
- Labor Economics
Name: Daniel Dench

Title: Assistant Professor

Email Address: dench@gatech.edu

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Research Interests
- Education Policy
- Health Economics
Name: Shatakshee Dhongde

Title: Associate Professor and Director for Graduate Teaching and Training

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

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Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 221
Research Interests
- Applied Econometrics
- Development Economics
- Economic Measurement
- Inequality and Poverty
Faculty Development Mentor
Name: Rick Fritz

Title: Lecturer

Email Address: richard.fritz@econ.gatech.edu

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Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 237
Research Interests
- Housing Market Fluctuations
- Monetary Policy
- Regional Economic Development
Name: Danny R. Hughes

Title: Professor, Dir. Health Economics Analytics Lab

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

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Research Interests
- Applied Econometrics
- Applied Microeconomics
- Health Economics
- Industrial Organization
Name: Mikhail Klimenko

Title: Associate Professor

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

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Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 320
Research Interests
- Economics of Telecommunications Networks
- Industrial Organization
- International Trade
- Microtheory
Name: Michael Kummer

Title: Adjunct Assistant Professor

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Research Interests
- Applied Econometrics
- Applied Microeconomics
- Economics of Telecommunications Networks
- Industrial Organization
Name: Seung Hoon Lee

Title: Assistant Professor

Email Address: seunghoon@econ.gatech.edu

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

Title: Professor

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

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Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 218
Research Interests
- Applied Econometrics
- Chinese Economy
- Economic Development
- Labor Economics
Name: Dennis Lockhart

Title: Professor of the Practice

Email Address: dennis.lockhart@inta.gatech.edu

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Research Interests
- Economic Policy
- International Finance
- Monetary Economics
Name: Patrick McCarthy

Title: Professor

Email Address: mccarthy@gatech.edu

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Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 216
Research Interests
- Applied Econometrics
- Industry Studies
- Paper and Pulp Industry
- Policy Analysis
- Transportation Economics
Name: Peter Meenan

Title: Lecturer

Email Address: pmeenan3@gatech.edu

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Research Interests
- Applied Microeconomics
- Firm Strategy
- Industrial Organization
Name: Usha Nair-Reichert

Title: Associate Professor and Director of Masters Program

Email Address: usha.nair@gatech.edu

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Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 206
Research Interests
- Development Economics
- Economic Sustainability
- Firm Strategy
- International Economics
- Policy Analysis
- Technology and Innovation
Name: Matthew Oliver

Title: Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs

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

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Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 223
Research Interests
- Applied Econometrics
- Applied Microeconomics
- Economic Sustainability
- Energy Economics
- Environmental Economics
Name: Christine Ries

Title: Professor

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

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Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 323
Research Interests
- Economics of the Firm
- Global Financial Economics
- Political Economy
- Public Economics
- Tax Reform
- Technology and Innovation
Name: Maxwell Rosenthal

Title: Assistant Professor

Email Address: rosenthal@gatech.edu

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Office Location: Old CE 219
Research Interests
- Behavioral Economics
- Game Theory
- Market Design, Auctions and Contract Theory
- Microtheory
Name: Olga Shemyakina

Title: Associate Professor and Director of Doctoral Programs

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

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Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 322
Research Interests
- Conflict Research
- Development Economics
Name: Aselia Urmanbetova

Title: Associate Academic Professional

Email Address: aselia@gatech.edu

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Office Location: Old Civil Engineering, Room 205
Research Interests
- Economic Policy
- Environmental Regulations
- Industry Studies
- International Economics
- Policy Analysis
- Transportation Economics
Name: Casey Wichman

Title: Assistant Professor

Email Address: wichman@gatech.edu

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Research Interests
- Applied Econometrics
- Environmental Economics
- Public Economics
Name: Karen Yan

Title: Assistant Professor

Email Address: karen.yan@gatech.edu

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Office Location: Old CE 217
Research Interests
- Econometrics
- Industrial Organization