Curriculum Vitae
Matthew Braaksma
email: braak014@umn.edu | website: https://m-braaksma.github.io/
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Environment and Resource Economics | Land Use Economics | Development Economics | Applied Spatial Analysis | Economic Issues of Indigenous Communities
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy – Applied Economics
University of Minnesota Aug 2022 — Present
Master of Arts – Economics
San Diego State University Aug 2020 — May 2022
Bachelor of Arts – Business Administration
Eastern Washington University Sept 2013 — June 2017
- Minors in Economics and Visual Communication Design
CURRENT RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant
Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota June 2024 – Present
Supervised by Dr. Justin Johnson.
PREDOCTORAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Student Research Associate
Center for Health Economics and Policy Studies, San Diego State University Sept 2020 – Aug 2022
Supervised by Dr. Joseph Sabia (Director) and Dr. Yang Liang (Co-director).
Research Assistant
Department of Economics, San Diego State University Sept 2020 – Aug 2022
Supervised by Dr. Kangoh Lee and Dr. Jacob Penglase.
SKILLS
Administrative
G Suite, Git, LaTeX, Microsoft Office Suite
Statistical
Python (including spatial), R (including spatial), Stata
Teaching
Teaching Assistant for PhD-level Microeconomic Theory Fall 2023
- APEC 8001 - Dr. Paul Glewwe
- APEC 8002 - Dr. Rodney Smith
Teaching Assistant for PhD-level Econometrics Spring 2024
- APEC 8213 - Dr. Paul Glewwe
- APEC 8214 - Dr. Marc Bellemare
WORKING PAPERS
“Can Anti-Vaping Policies Curb Drinking Externalities? Evidence from E-Cigarette Taxation and Traffic Fatalities”, with Dhaval Dave, Yang Liang, Catherine Maclean, and Joseph Sabia. No. w30670. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022.
RECOGNITIONS
Teaching Assistant Award for Graduate Level Classes
University of Minnesota, Applied Economics 2023-2024
Graduate Fellowship
University of Minnesota, Applied Economics 2022
Presidential Graduate Research Fellowship
San Diego State University 2022
McCuen Endowed Economics Scholarship
San Diego State University 2020
Transfer Achievement Scholarship
Eastern Washington University 2013