Patrick S. McCarthy
Professor and Chair
Curriculum Vitae [PDF]
Dr. McCarthy comes to the School of Economics from Purdue University, where he was professor of Economics and Civil Engineering. His general areas of research include applied econometrics, transportation economics, and government regulation with specific interests in transportation safety, discrete choice econometrics, public transit, and civil infrastructure. Professor McCarthy is widely published in economics and transportation journals.
Contact information
- Office: Room 202, Habersham Building
- Phone: 404.894.4914
- mccarthy@econ.gatech.edu
Dr. McCarthy has held a number of academic appointments, including visiting professor at the Athens Laboratory of Business Administration in Greece, visiting senior teaching fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and visiting associate professor economics at the University of Southern California.
He has published numerous articles in a variety of academic journals, including Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Inquiry, Economics Letters, Journal of Urban Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Transport Reviews, Transportation Research, and Environment and Planning.
Recent Papers
- “Economic Transition and Product Demand Pattern in China: Evidence from China’s Paper and Paperboard Industry” (with H. Li, J. Luo), China Economic Review (forthcoming).
- “Long Run Equilibrium and Short Run Dynamics Between Risk Exposure and Highway Safety” (with R. Kilic), Working Paper, School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, April 2005.
- “Road Safety, Alcohol, and Public Policy”, Special Issue Editorial (with R. Tay, co-editor), Transportation Research E 41, 373-76, 2005.
- “Industry Consolidation and Price-Cost Margins – Evidence from the Pulp and Paper Industry” (with H. Li, A. Urmanbetova), Working Paper, School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, October 2004.