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Luke Watson
Contact 711 Burcham Dr. Unit 5 Phone: 757-537-0991
Information East Lansing, MI 48823 Email: watso220@msu.edu
sites.google.com/site/clukewatson

Research Public Economics, Urban Economics,

Interests Political Economy, Business Cycle Fluctuations

Education Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Ph.D., Economics, Fall 2015

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

M.A., Economics, May 2015
B.A., Economics, May 2013

Research Research Assistant May 2013 to June 2015

Experience ODU Economic Forecasting Project,
Supervisors: Gary Wagner, Ph.D (Main) and Tim Komarek, Ph.D

Teaching Adjunct Instructor Old Dominion University

Experience Econ 201 - Principles of Microeconomics Summer 2015

Teaching Assistant Michigan State University

Urban Economics, Introductory Micro & Macro, Intermediate Macro

Awards & Old Dominion University

Scholarships Federal Reserve Challenge: First Place in Virginia Nov 2013
Federal Reserve Challenge: 5th District Second Place Dec 2013
Governors Technology Tuition Scholarship 2009-2013
Constant Dominion Business Scholarship 2013
Town-N-Gown Scholarship 2013
Graduate Student Fellowship 2013-2015
Outstanding Graduate Economics Student Award 2015

Skills Computer Programming:

R, STATA, LATEX, Matlab, Julia, Eviews, ArcGIS

Relevant Michigan State University:

Field Public Revenues, Public Expenditures, Adv Game Theory,
Classes Cross Section & Panel Methods 1&2, Empirical Labor, Empirical IO
Old Dominion University (if not listed above):
Masters: Time Series; Undergrad: Development, Intl Trade, Money & Banking

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References Prof. John Jay Wilson, Ph.D Gary Wagner, Ph.D
Professor Vice President & Senior Regional Officer
Department of Economics Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Michigan State University Email: gary.wagner@clev.frb.org
Email: wilsonjd@msu.edu

Prof. Michael Conlin, Ph.D Prof. Timmothy M. Komarek, Ph.D

Professor Assistant Professor
Department of Economics Department of Economics
Michigan State University Old Dominion University
Email: conlinmi@msu.edu Email: tkomarek@odu.edu

Last updated: February 1, 2017

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