Office: McElhaney Hall, Room 213-C .jpg "Alexi Thompson")
Office Phone: 724-357-2641
E-mail: Alexi.Thompson@iup.edu
Personal website
Degrees/Schools:
PhD, Economics, Kansas State University
MS, Economics, Auburn University
BS, Economics, Auburn University
Areas of Expertise:
Resource Economics, International Trade, Tourism Economics, Time Series Econometrics
Biography:
Alexi Thompson is an assistant professor in the Department of
Economics. He has been a member of the Department of Economics since the fall
2013 semester. Thompson received his PhD degree in agricultural economics
from Kansas State University. He has taught Principles of Microeconomics,
Principles of Macroeconomics, International Finance, Industrial Organization,
and Tourism Economics at IUP.
Thompson’s research interests include open-economy
macroeconomics, environmental economics, and the economics of crime. Recent
research has led to publications in Economics
Bulletin, the Journal of
Environmental Protection, and the B.E. Journal of Economic Policy and Analysis.
In his spare time he enjoys traveling to Colombia (where his
wife is from) and Greece (where his mother is from) and playing soccer. Thompson grew up in Auburn, Alabama, and
is a diehard Auburn football fan. War
Eagle!