Field of Specialization:
• Regional/International Economic Development

  Research Interests:
• Regional Economic Development
• Development Policies
• Policy and Program Evaluation

  Teaching:
• Information Economics (2005-2009)
• Econometrics and Statistics(2007-2009)
• Policy and Program Evaluation(2008-2009)

       Short BIO (EN)
       Short BIO (RU)

       Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
       References (PDF)

       Current Projects:

•  Impact Evaluation of the Social Assistance System Modernization in Ukraine (2007-2010)
•  Impact Evaluation of the Local economic Development Project in Ukraine (2008-2009)
•  Local Investment and National Competitiveness (LINC) in Ukraine (in collaboration with Chemonics International) (2009-2011)
•  Restructuring of Regional Economies in Ukraine
•  Hedonic Analysis of Air Pollution in Ukraine
•  The Sources of Regional Unemployment: A Decomposition Approach

       Recent Publications:

•  A conceptual framework for multi-regional climate change assessments for international market systems with long-term investments. (2010) Climatic Change, Published online: 14 January 2010. With Julie A. Winkler, Suzanne Thornsbury, et al.
•  Poverty in Michigan Small Communities: Demand versus Supply of Labor (2008). International Regional Science Review, 31(3), pp.275-303. With A. Allan Schmid.
•  Economically Distressed Areas in Ukraine: Methods and Examples of Delimitation. (2007) Regional Studies: Geography, Economics, Ecology, Tourism, pp.159-169. With Valentina Smal and Olena Nizalova. (published in Ukrainian)
•  Does Firm Size Distribution Matter? An Empirical Test of the Entrepreneurial Pipeline Hypothesis. (2007) Economic Development Quarterly, 21(3), pp.244-62. With Scott Loveridge.
•  Increasing the Equity and Efficiency of Tax Abatement Programs. (2007) The Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 37(1), pp. 10-14. With Scott Loveridge.
•  Regional Policies and Economic Growth: One Size Does Not Fit All. (2005) The Review of Regional Studies, 35(3), pp. 266-290. With Scott Loveridge.
• Municipal Economic Development Toolkit