Faculty

  • Name: Laura Taylor

    Title: School Chair, Professor

    Email Address: ltaylor75@gatech.edu

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    Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 208

    Research Interests

    • Environmental Economics
    • Policy Analysis

  • 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: Mary S. and Richard B. Inman, Jr. Professor of Economics

    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
    Faculty Development Mentor

  • 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 Dean for Academic Affairs, Associate Professor

    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: Robert Gonzalez

    Title: Assistant Professor

    Email Address: robert.gonzalez@gatech.edu

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    Research Interests

    • Conflict Research
    • Development Economics
    • Public Economics
    • Urban Economics

  • Name: Danny R. Hughes

    Title: Professor, Dir. Health Economics and Analytics Lab (HEAL)

    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: 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: Distinguished 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 Emeritus

    Email Address: mccarthy@gatech.edu

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    Research Interests

    • Applied Econometrics
    • Applied Microeconomics
    • Chinese Economy
    • Econometrics
    • Economic Policy
    • Industry Studies
    • Paper and Pulp Industry
    • Transportation
    • Transportation Economics
    • Urban Economics

  • Name: Cici McNamara

    Title: Assistant Professor

    Email Address: cmcnamara30@gatech.edu

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    Research Interests

    • Health Economics
    • Industrial Organization

  • Name: Peter Meenan

    Title: Lecturer

    Email Address: pmeenan@gatech.edu

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    Research Interests

    • Applied Microeconomics
    • Firm Strategy
    • Industrial Organization

  • Name: Usha Nair-Reichert

    Title: Associate Professor and Director of Master's Programs

    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
    Faculty Development Mentor

  • Name: Mayra Pineda Torres

    Title: Assistant Professor

    Email Address: mpinedat@gatech.edu

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    Research Interests

    • Development Economics
    • Economic Policy
    • Health Economics
    • Inequality and Poverty

  • 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

    • Applied Microeconomics
    • Conflict Research
    • Development Economics
    • Economic Growth and Institutions
    • Economics of Developing Countries
    Faculty Development Mentor

  • Name: Zhentao Shi

    Title: Associate Professor

    Email Address: zhentao.shi@gatech.edu

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    Office Location: Old C.E Building 205

    Research Interests

    • Applied Econometrics
    • Econometrics
    • Economic Forecasting
    • Statistics
    • Time Series Economics

  • Name: Lenny Stendig

    Title: Visiting Lecturer

    Email Address: lstendig3@gatech.edu

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  • Name: Aselia Urmanbetova

    Title: Dr. U

    Email Address: aselia@gatech.edu

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    Office Location: Old Civil Engineering, Room 237

    Research Interests

    • Economic Growth and Institutions
    • Economic Policy
    • Paper and Pulp Industry
    • Policy Analysis
    • Political Economy

  • 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