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Michael Kofoed is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, holding a joint appointment in the Department of Economics and the Boyd Center for Business & Economic Research within the Haslam College of Business. Previously, he served as Associate Professor of Economics and Associate Economics Program Director at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics (2014) from the University of Georgia and a B.S. in Quantitative Economics (2009) from Weber State University.
His research expertise spans the economics of education, K-12 policy, higher education finance, health economics, and applied microeconometrics. He is an IZA Research Fellow, visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Consumer Finance Institute, and invited researcher at J-PAL North America. His work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Human Resources, and Journal of Health Economics, with media coverage in the Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine, and Yahoo! Finance.
Awards include the Superior Civilian Service Award and Meritorious Civilian Service Award (2023, Department of the Army), and the Swift Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship (2013, University of Georgia). His policy contributions address topics like veteran education benefits, financial aid administration, and online learning outcomes.
Advising and Grants: Kofoed has advised on policy matters related to education finance and contributed to research funded by institutions like the Boyd Center. His work often intersects with military personnel economics and charitable giving behavior.
