Grady Killeen

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gkilleen at berkeley dot edu

Biography

I am development economist. I primarily study topics related to industrial organization and firms. A second strand of my research studies the long-run effects of cash transfers.

I will be a postdoc at the Development Innovation Lab in 2026. I will join the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago as an Assistant Professor in 2027.  You can find my CV here. Click here for my research papers.

I received my Ph.D. in economics from UC Berkeley in 2026.

Interests

  • Economic Development
  • Industrial Organization
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, 2020-2026
     
    University of California, Berkeley
  • B.S. in Foreign Service, 2014-2018
    Georgetown University