Hovsep Patvakanyan, Ph.D.

Lecturer

Dr. Patvakanyan has joined MSCBE team in 2017. Dr. Patvakanyan taught several courses on Intermediate and Advanced Econometrics at Russian-Armenian University since 2013 and has published articles on monetary economics, migration, taxation in Austria, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia. In 2016, he published a book on “Inflation forecasting: how much should we care about external factors?” in Saarbrucken, Germany.

In parallel to his academic career, Hovsep Patvakanyan is working as an Economist-Consultant contracted by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and is the Founder and CEO of the platform Invest in Armenia. For 4 years he has been engaged with Washington based Jacobs, Cordova & Associates in the capacity of regulatory cost assessment expert engaged with Governments of Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. His short-term contracts cover working with German Federal Foreign Office, US Embassy of Armenia, International Visegrad Fund, World Federation of United Nations, etc.

Education:

  • Russian-Armenian University, PhD in Economics, 2016
  • Central European University, MA in Economics, 2013
  • Stockholm School of Economics, Erasmus+ Program, 2009

Courses taught: 

  • ECON 224-Introduction to Econometrics

Research activities: Monetary Economics, Migration Economics, SME Development

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: +37460 61 26 01

Office location: 223W (PAB)

Office hours: By appointment only via email

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