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Jessica Madariaga, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics
Education
North Carolina State University - Raleigh, North Carolina
Ph.D., Economics, 2012
Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, Georgia
M.S., Economics, 2004
B.S., Economics, 2001
B.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2001
Research Interests
International macroeconomics and trade, growth and development, energy economics, applied economics
Courses Taught
- Honors Principles of Microeconomics
- Honors Principles of Macroeconomics
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- International Trade
- Intermediate Macroeconomics
- Econometrics
- Honor's Bachelor Essay
Selected Publications
Madariaga, J. and A. Bekkerman. (2020). The Impact of Trade Openness on Relative Equipment Prices: Lessons from Latin America. Economica, doi:10.1111/ecca.12332.
Madariaga, J., N. Maynard and U. Nair-Reichert. (2019). Investment Specific Productivity and the Role of Imported Equipment in Latin America. Applied Economic Letters, doi:10.1080/13504851.2019.1679341
Burnett, J.W. and J. Madariaga. (2018). A Top Down Economic Efficiency Analysis Of U.S. House-hold Energy Consumption. The Energy Journal, 39(4), 1-31.
Honors & Awards
- Distinguished Teaching Award, School of Business, College of Charleston 2018-19