Andrey Tkachenko

Andrey Tkachenko is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Nazarbayev University. He holds a Ph.D. from Bocconi University. His research focuses on Political Economy (public opinion in wartime, Russian media influence in Kazakhstan) and Industrial Organization (auctions, public procurement, mergers). He teaches applied econometrics.

Research Interests: He investigates wartime public opinion reliability, economic distress impacts on war attitudes, and vertical market behaviors. Ongoing projects include domestic producer preferences in Pharma and Entertainment industry mergers. Methodologies include causal inference, structural estimation, and online experiments.

Key Projects:

• Job Market Paper: Vertical mergers in pharmaceutical procurement
• Informal practices in public procurement under weak institutions
• Russian media’s role in shaping Kazakhstan’s war attitudes

Teaching: Teaches applied econometrics for bachelor and master students, emphasizing causal inference.