Misak G. Avetisyan, Ph.D.
Email: misak.avetisyan@ttu.edu
Phone: 806.834.6156
Faculty Office: 258 Holden Hall
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409-1014

Education
Ph.D., Economics, Purdue University, 2011
M.A., Applied Economics, Ohio University, 2006
M.S.,Environmental Studies, Ohio University, 2006
M.S.,Engineering Management, State Engineering University of Armenia, 2001
B.S.,Power Engineering, State Engineering University of Armenia, 1999
Research Interests
- Environmental and Resource Economics
- Energy Economics
- Economics Analysis of Natural and Man-made Hazards, and Energy Security
- International Economics
Courses Offered
ECO 5319 Adv. Topic in Environmental EconomicsECO 3336 Environmental Economics
ECO 5356 Advanced Topics in Energy Economics
ECO 3356 Energy Economics
ECO 3312 Intermediate Economic Theory
Selected Publications
Rose, A., M. Avetisyan, S. Chatterjee (2014). "A Framework for Analysing the Economic
Tradeoffs between Urban Commerce and Security against Terrorism," Risk Analysis 34(8):
1554-1579
Roberts, B., Rose, A. Heatwole, N., Wei, D., Avetisyan, M., Chan, O., I. Maya (2014).
"The Impact on the U.S. Economy of Changes in Wait Times at Ports of Entry," Transport
Policy 35: 162-175
Avetisyan, M., T. Hertel, G. Sampson (2014). "Is Local Food More Environmentally Friendly?
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impacts of Consuming Imported vs. Domestically Produced
Food," Environmental and Resource Economics 58(3): 415-462.
Avetisyan, M., T. Hertel, G. Sampson (2013), “Food Miles Debated,” Nature Climate
Change 3(9):781.
Cristea, A., D. Hummels, L. Puzzello, M. Avetisyan (2013). “Trade and the Greenhouse
Gas Emissions from International Freight Transport,” Journal of Environmental Economics
and Management 65(1): 153-173.
Avetisyan, M., A. Golub, T. Hertel, S. Rose, B. Henderson (2011). “Why a Global Carbon
Policy could Have a Dramatic Impact on the Pattern of the Worldwide Livestock Production,”
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 33(4): 584-605.
Avetisyan M., D. Bayless, T. Gnuni (2006). “Optimal Expansion of a Developing Power
System under the Conditions of Market Economy and Environmental Constraints,” Energy
Economics 28(4): 455-466.
Department of Economics
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