Welcome to my personal page!

Since October 2010 I am a Lecturer (USA equivalent of an Assistant Professor) at the Research School of Economics, College of Business and Economics at the Australian National University. At this page you will find detailed information about me, my published and working papers, and contact details.

Current undegraduate and graduate students might be interested in the Teaching section which contains materials that I have used in the past to teach various classes in economics and statistics.

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions regarding this page, please, feel free to write me an e-mail!

Short Bio and Research Interests.

I earned my Doctoral degree in Economics from the Pennsylvania State University  in August 2010. On my way to PhD I got Masters Degree in Economic Theory from New Economic School (2003) and Specialist Degree in Economics (BA + 1 year) from the State (Academic) University of Social Sciences in Moscow. I also held highly respected Russian Candidate of Science Degree in Economics, which I was awarded by Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences in January of 2005.

Besides building up my education I worked as a researcher (consultant) in a number of leading research organizations (e.g. The World Bank) and as intern in the leading  private sector economic consulting company (Bates White LLC, Washington, DC).

My choice of educational and employment institutions is mainly defined by my research interests: International Trade, Labor, Development Economics and topics in the Industrial Organization.

Beyond economics, photography is my major hobby and you can find some of my photos from different countries and continents in the personal section of this web-site!