Pavlo (Pasha) Buryi, Ph.D. Department Chair and Associate Professor of Economics
Biography
Dr. Pavlo Buryi earned his Ph.D. in Economics, along with a Masters degree and Bachelors degree, from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Prior to joining Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, he held faculty positions at the University of Tampa, and Northern Illinois University. His primary field of expertise is the Economics of Innovation and Technological Change.
Dr. Buryi’s research focuses on the importance of product R&D and the role of public support in promoting such R&D. He developed a microeconomic model of product R&D to provide a theoretical basis for optimal choices of private investment and matching public support, used in widely popular “matching grant” state programs. Moreover, by introducing international competition into the basic theoretical framework of the matching game, he considers public support for product R&D as an optional policy of import substitution. Finally, his research provides an optimal structure of public R&D support.
Publications
Buryi, P. and Donou-Adonsou, F. (2020). Revisiting the relationship between unexpected inflation and output in the presence of indexation. Journal of Financial Economic Policy (ABDC Journal Ranking: B, Scopus CiteScore - 0.73)
Buryi, P. and Lahiri, S. (2019a). Research and development and trade policies for product innovation in the presence of foreign competition. Economic Modelling (ABDC Journal Ranking: A, Scopus CiteScore - 2.38), 80:429 – 440
Sameem, S. and Buryi, P. (2019). Impact of unemployment on happiness in the United States. Applied Economics Letters (ABDC Journal Ranking: B; Scopus CiteScore - 0.77), 26(12):1049–1052
Hutchinson, T., Ahmed, I., and Buryi, P. (2017). Impact of income tax on happiness: evidence from the United States. Applied Economics Letters (ABDC Journal Ranking: B, Scopus CiteScore - 0.77), 24(18):1277–1279
Buryi, P. and Lahiri, S. (2017). Matching Public Support for Private Product-Innovating R&D: a Theoretical Analysis. Economics of Innovation and New Technology (ABDC Journal Ranking: B, Scopus CiteScore - 1.65), 26(4):295–310
Buryi, P. and Gilbert, S. (2014). Effects of College Education on Demonstrated Happiness in the United States. Applied Economics Letters (ABDC Journal Ranking: B, Scopus CiteScore - 0.77), 21(18):1253–1256
Selected Media Appearances
January 6, 2025: Quartz: Let's talk about that pesky debt ceiling
July 15, 2025: WGAL8: Central Pennsylvania housing market thrives with rising inventory, realtors hint towards balance
April 3, 2025: FOX43 News: Widespread effects of tariffs being felt in south-central Pa.
Mar. 6: 2025: FOX43 News: Beating egg-flation without scrambling your budget
Mar. 5, 2025: FOX43 News: ‘We are in trouble’ | Experts, leaders react to Trump tariffs | YouTube
Nov. 30, 2024: FOX43 News: Economists look at impact of Black Friday shopping
Jul. 28, 2023: FOX56: Is the cash in your wallet real? The reality of counterfeit money circulation
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA, May 2015.
M.Sc in Economics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA, May 2013.
B.A. in Economics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA December 2010.
