معرفی
Levon Barseghyan is the Robert Julius Thorne Professor of Economics at Cornell University, serving as Director of Graduate Studies for the Economics Field. He joined Cornell in 2003 after earning a PhD from Northwestern University, alongside earlier degrees from Yerevan State University, the American University of Armenia, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
His research focuses on
- Applied Microeconomics, particularly risk preferences and their stability across contexts
- Political Economy, including fiscal policy and institutional impacts on growth
- Public Finance, exploring taxation and public project financing
Recent work emphasizes risk preference heterogeneity, limited consideration in decision-making, and policy design in Tiebout models. His publications span top journals like the American Economic Review and Journal of Economic Theory.
Teaching includes graduate seminars (ECON 7850/7851) and specialized courses on risk/insurance (ECON 4600). His NSF-funded research addresses empirical risk preference estimation and behavioral economic modeling.
