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Economics

Mukti Upadhyay, Ph.D. Graduate Coordinator Phone: 217-581-5429 Fax: 217-581-5997 E-mail: mpupadhyay@eiu.edu Office: 2811 Coleman Hall Department Website: Click Here Catalog Description: Click Here Program Brochure: Click Here

Dr. Mukti Upadhyay, professor of economics, is the current coordinator of graduate study for the graduate program in economics. The graduate program offers the Master of Arts in Economics. Dr. Upadhyay
received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in 1995. His interests lie in:

• The areas of total productivity growth and its determinants globally.
• Fiscal policy interaction with rural-urban migration in developing countries.
• Regional integration in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
• Macroeconomic and political economy aspects of development. 

Admission to the graduate program in economics requires an application to The Graduate School as well as an additional application to the Department of Economics. Please contact Dr. Upadhyay or visit the program's website for program admission criteria.