Govind Hariharan, Ph.D.
Interim Chair, Dept. of Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis
Michael J. Coles College of Business
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Road, Box 0401
Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591
770-423-6580
govind_hariharan@kennesaw.edu

Dr. Hariharan specializes in the economics of regulations, health economics and revenue management. His research has been cited extensively including in the Regulatory Program of the United States and the Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health.

• M.A (Economics) 1984- Delhi School of Economics
  
• Ph.D. in Economics (1991)- State University of New York at Buffalo
  
• Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis, Kennesaw State University
  
• Assistant Professor (1993-2002)- State University of New York at Buffalo
  
• Former Co-director at the Baldy Center for Regulation and Public Policy
  
• Taught Economics at University at Buffalo, West Virginia University, Motorola University (China), Renmin University (China) and the Singapore Institute of Management (Singapore)
  
• Recipient of countless awards for his teaching
  
• Many seminal scientific papers on costs of regulations, health care and estate tax
  
• Research on the costs of regulations cited extensively in the media, scientific and government publications including the Regulatory Program of the United States, books on impact of regulations and numerous Environmental Protection Agency studies
  
• Highlighted in the Regulatory Program of the United States Government
  
• Chosen as among “key papers by leading scholars” and reprinted in a volume titled Classics in Risk Management edited by Profs. Gayer and Viscusi of Harvard University
  
• Cited in numerous U.S. Senate testimonies and The Surgeon General’s reports on Smoking and Health
  
• Former Member of the Board-Technology and Health Care Round tables, National Association of Business Economists
  
• Member of the American Economics Association, the Southern Economics Association and the International Health Economics Association
  
• Costs to Businesses from Obesity Control Programs - The CDC foundation
  
• Consultant, World Bank
  
• Served on numerous health care related task forces

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