Professor Dr. Mikhail Klimenko

Biography

Mikhail Klimenko is an Associate Professor in the School of Economics at Georgia Tech, where he has been a faculty member since 2004. He received his PhD in Business from Stanford University. His research specialties include international trade theory, telecommunications economics, and economic policy. Klimenko has authored multiple papers and book chapters and has presented numerous conference papers. His recent publication is titled “Global Digital Platforms, Technology Transfer FDI Policies Two-Sided Markets,” published in Economic Inquiry in 2023. Previously, he taught at the University of California, San Diego, and SKEMA Business School in France, and has held visiting appointments at Nankai University in China, European University in Russia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Spain, and St. Petersburg State University in Russia. Klimenko has received research funding from several institutions, including the National Science Foundation and the French Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques. He has served as a reviewer for several economics journals and as a consultant for the World Bank. His teaching includes courses on Microeconomics, International Trade Theory, and the Economics of the World Trading System. He also served as the Director of Graduate Studies at Georgia Tech from 2005 to 2011.

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