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Profile of Bisrat Kinfemichael

Bisrat Kinfemichael

Chair; LEAF, School of Management

Associate Professor; , School of Management

Associate Professor; , School of Management

Education Credentials: Ph.D.

Expertise: Economics

Joined ºÚÁϵ¼º½: 2016

Bisrat Kinfemichael earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Southern Illinois University, and his M.A. and B.A. in Economics from Addis Ababa University. Prior to joining ºÚÁϵ¼º½, he taught various economics courses at Bradley University, Southern Illinois University, and Addis Ababa University. Kinfemichael’s non-academic experience includes working as a marketing researcher for Population Services International, a Washington, D.C.-based global health organization, as well as working for Coca-Cola Sabco, a multinational company.

  • Kinfemichael, Bisrat and Peter Harris. 2022. “Inflation, COVID-19, and Internal Auditor Responsibility.” Internal Auditing, July/August 2022, 1–6.
  • Daniel Bocanegra Diaz, Bisrat Kinfemichael and Frank T. Lorne. 2020. “COVID-19 Positivity Rate as a measure of the potency of the virus in Humans’ War against the virus.” Journal of Business and Social Science Review, 1 (10), 35–43.
  • Kinfemichael, Bisrat. 2019. “The rise of services and convergence in labor productivity among countries.” Applied Economics Letters, 26 (21), 1749–1755.
  • Kinfemichael, Bisrat and AKM Mahbub Morshed. 2019. “Unconditional Convergence of Labor Productivity in the Service Sector.” Journal of Macroeconomics, 59, 217–229.
  • Kinfemichael, Bisrat and AKM Mahbub Morshed. 2019. “Convergence of Labor Productivity Across the US States.” Economic Modelling, 76, 270–280.
  • Ke, Ping, J.K. Yun, and Bisrat Kinfemichael. 2018. “Cash Holding, Income Shifting and Tax.” Journal of Business and Accounting, 11 (1), 41–57.

  • Bernard Herald Co’s Outstanding Faculty Contribution to Industry Engagement Award, 2020
  • Distinguished School of Management Faculty Scholarship Award, New York Institute of Technology, 2019

  • ECON 101: Basic Economics
  • ECON 202: Principles of Economics I
  • ECON 204: Principles of Economics II
  • ECON 601: Managerial Economics for Decision Making
  • ECON 610: Macro Environment of Business
  • ECON 620: Microeconomic Industry Analysis

Contact Information

Email: bkinfemi@nyit.edu

Phone: 212.261.1658

Office: New York, NY