Mikhail Pakhnin

Mikhail Pakhnin is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of the Balearic Islands (Palma, Spain), where he teaches courses including Economic Environment, Microeconomics, and supervises thesis work for Bachelor's degrees in Business Administration, Economics, and Tourism. He is also a CESifo Research Network Affiliate specializing in the Macro, Money, and International Finance area.

Dr. Pakhnin identifies himself as an economic theorist with primary research interests in economic growth theory and social choice and voting theory, with secondary interests in networks and economics of natural resources and environment. His scholarly work demonstrates a strong focus on time preferences, intergenerational dynamics, and decision-making processes in economic contexts.

His publication record shows consistent output in top economics journals, with recent work examining heterogeneous discounting, social inequalities, and network effects in economic behavior. The research demonstrates theoretical rigor with applications to environmental economics, growth theory, and social choice mechanisms.

As a member of the Economía Internacional (GREI) research group at UIB, Dr. Pakhnin collaborates with colleagues including Kirill Borissov, Ronald Wendner, and others on projects related to economic dynamics and decision theory. His teaching portfolio spans multiple undergraduate programs with a focus on foundational economic principles applied to business, tourism, and general economic environments.