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Name Thomas LebesmuehlbacherPhD Candidate

Address Department of Economics

Terry College of Business

University of Georgia

Athens, GA 30602-6254, USA

Contact Info Mobile: (706)-979-1208

Email: lebes@uga.edu

Homepage: thomas-lebesmuehlbacher.com

Date of birth October 17, 1984 (Munich, Germany)

Education

PhD UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GA

Economics, 2011 - 2016(expected)

M.Sc. GOETHE UNIVERSITY, FRANKFURT, GERMANY

International Economics and Economic Policy, 2008 - 2010

BA OTTO-FRIEDRICH UNIVERSITY BAMBERG, GERMANY

European Economic Studies, 2005 - 2008

Working Papers

Lebesmuehlbacher, Thomas, "Understanding Technology Diffusion - The Role of

International Trade and Factor Movements" (August, 2015)

Bahadir, Berrak and Chatterjee, Santanu and Lebesmuehlbacher, Thomas,

"The Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances" (April, 2015: under re-

submission at Journal of International Economics). Available at SSRN:

http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2422901

Lebesmuehlbacher, Thomas, "Climbing atop of Giants’ Shoulders - The Effect of

Migration on Endogenous Growth" (August, 2015)

Teaching Experience

Instructor of Record Spring 2015: Econ 2106 - Principles of Microeconomics

Spring 2014: Econ 2106 - Principles of Microeconomics

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Teaching Assistant Undergraduate Courses: International Trade, Economic Growth & Development,

Introduction to Econometrics, Principles of Microeconomics (Honors Class),

Health Economics, Intermediate Macroeconomics

MBA: Business Microeconomics/Macroeconomics

PhD Level Courses: Topics in Economic Growth and Development

Conferences andSeminars

2015 Economics Summer Workshop at the University of Georgia, Economics Seminar

Series at the University of Georgia, 21st International Conference in Computing

in Economics and Finance (Taipei), 15th Meeting of the Association for Public

Economic Theory (Luxembourg), Conference on Development Economics and

Policy (Kiel, GER), W. W. Norton Professional Development Teaching Workshop

(Atlanta)

2014 Economics Summer Workshop at the University of Georgia, Economics Seminar

Series at the University of Georgia, 20th International Conference in Computing

in Economics and Finance (Oslo), 29th Annual Congress of the European Eco-

nomic Association (Toulouse), 84th Annual Meetings of the Southern Economics

Association (Atlanta), 8th Southeastern International/Development Economics

Conference (Atlanta)

Journal Referee

Journal of Macroeconomics, Southern Economics Journal

Awards

2015 Doctoral Research Fellowship (university-wide), Swift Award for Outstand-

ing Teaching in Undergraduate Economics (departmental), Office of the Vice

President for Research (OVPR) Foreign Travel Award, Office of the Vice Presi-

dent for Instruction Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

Dissertation Committee

Chair Santanu Chatterjee schatt@uga.edu 706-542-3696

Reader William D. Lastrapes last@uga.edu 706-542-3569

Reader David B. Mustard mustard@uga.edu 706-542-3624

Reader Julio Garin jgarin@uga.edu 706-542-1943

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