Aleksander Psurek

Graduate Research Assistant

Political Economy, Applied Econometrics, Experimental Economics

Aleksander Psurek is a Ph.D. candidate with interests in the political economy of organizations, the effects of and demands for regulation, and market structure as an institutional object. His work has employed both applied econometrics and lab experiments.

He is on the 2026-2027 academic job market. His job market paper, "Threats, Stakes, and Backlash: Evidence from the European Union on Economic Coercion within Organizations" investigates electoral behavior in Poland under varying exposure to an internal EU sanctioning regime using a quasi-experimental approach.

Selected Publications

"The Hole in the Doughnut: Formalizing and Testing a Key Model of Degrowth" with Ashruta Acharya and Vincent Geloso; Contemporary Economic Policy, (2026; v.44, i.3)

Education

BS Finance, BS Economics, BS Information Systems, University of Maryland, 2020.
Master of Quantitative Finance, University of Maryland, 2021.
MA, Economics, George Mason University, 2023.