Gordon Ford College of Business Staff
- Associate Dean | Professor - Economics
- alex.lebedinsky@wku.edu
- Grise Hall 445
- 270-745-3150
- Curriculum Vitae
Applied Macroeconomics Theory
Applied Statistical Methods
Financial Data Modeling
Data Methods in Economics
PhD, Economics, Georgetown University, 2004
MA, Economics, Western Kentucky University, 1997
BBA, Management, Ternopil Academy of National Economy, 1994
Dr. Lebedinsky is a Hays Watkins Research Fellow at Gordon Ford College of Business. His research interests include empirical finance, asset pricing, quantitative methods in economics, economic development, and education economics. His papers have appeared in Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, The Journal of Economics, and Contemporary Economic Policy. He has also published several papers outside economics discipline, including European Journal of Operational Research, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, and Journal of Difference Equations and Applications. He won the college Teaching Award in 2014 and a college Student Advisement Award in 2012. Before joining WKU he worked as a consultant at the World Bank.
“Can Changes in Sentiments Influence Consumer Behavior? Evidence from the Trump-Russia Investigation” (with C. Biolsi), Economic Inquiry, 2021, 59(4), 1569-92.
“A Re-Examination of Firm, Industry and Market Volatilities” (with N. Wilmes), Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2018, 67, 113-20.
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