Research Interests for Michelle P. Connolly

Michelle Connolly received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 1996 with a concentration in international, growth, and development economics. Before joining the Duke faculty in 1997, she spent a year as an economist in international research at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. From 2006 to 2007, Michelle Connolly served a one year term as Chief Economist of the Federal Communications Commission. Professor Connolly's research interests focus on the implications of technological progress and diffusion, international trade, and human capital on growth and development. She also works on Telecommunications policy, with particular specialization in Media. Professor Connolly has taught advanced graduate macroeconomics and international trade, intermediate undergraduate macroeconomics, and is currently teaching an honors research workshop for seniors.

Keywords:

Growth, Technological Diffusion, International Trade, Human Capital, R&D, Telecommunications Policy, Media Policy

Areas of Interest:

Growth
Technological Diffusion
International Trade
Human Capital
R&D
Telecommunications Policy
Media Policy

Recent Publications

1. with Pietro Peretto, The Manhattan Metaphor, The Journal of Economic Growth, vol. 12 no. 4 (December, 2007), pp. 329-350 [pdf]
2. with Evan Kwerel, Economics at the Federal Communications Commission: 2006-2007, Review of Industrial Organization (Accepted, November, 2007)
3. with Diego Valderrama, North-South Technological Diffusion: A New Case for Dynamic Gains from Trade, European Economic Review (Submitted, October, 2007) [pdf]
4. M.P. Connolly, Review of "Intellectual Property and Development" ed. Fink and Maskus, Journal of Economic Literature, vol. June 2006 (Summer, 2006)
5. Michelle Connolly, "Human Capital in the Post-Bellum South: a Separate but Unequal Story", edited by Gavin Wright, Journal of Economic History, vol. 64 no. 2 (June, 2004), pp. 363-399 [pdf]