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
- Natural Resource Economics
- Policy Analysis
Name: Elena Antoniadou

Title: Visiting Assistant Professor

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

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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: Justin Burkett

Title: Assistant Professor

Email Address: justin.burkett@gatech.edu

Office Phone: 404/385-4802

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Name: Shatakshee Dhongde

Title: Associate Professor and Director for Graduate Teaching and Training

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
Name: Parks Dodd

Title: Part-Time Associate Professor

Email Address: parks.dodd@econ.gatech.edu

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Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 136
Research Interests
- Economic Forecasting
- Statistics
- Time Series Economics
Name: Danny R. Hughes

Title: Professor

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

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Research Interests
- Applied Econometrics
- Applied Microeconomics
- Health, Inequality, and Poverty
- Industrial Organization
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
- Industrial Organization
- International Trade
Name: Michael Kummer

Title: Assistant Professor

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

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Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 222
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

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
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
- Economic Growth and Institutions
- Industry Studies
- Paper and Pulp Industry
- Policy Analysis
- Transportation Economics
Name: Juan Moreno-Cruz

Title: Adjunct Associate Professor

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

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Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 319
Research Interests
- Energy Economics
- Environmental Economics
- International Trade
- Natural Resource Economics
- Policy Analysis
- Uncertainty and Decision-Making
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
- Firm Strategy
- International Trade
- Policy Analysis
- Regional Economic Development
- 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
- Applied Microeconomics
- Development Economics
- Economic Sustainability
- Energy Economics
- Environmental Economics
- Environmental Regulations
- Industrial Organization
- Natural Resource Economics
- Regulations
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 Finance Economics
- Political Economy
- Public Economics
- Tax Reform
- Technology and Innovation
Name: Olga Shemyakina

Title: Associate Professor

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

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

Title: Associate Academic Professional

Email Address: aselia.urmanbetova@gatech.edu

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Office Location: School of Economics, OCE224
Research Interests
- Economic Development
- Industry Studies
- Transportation Economics