Peter Jacobsen


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  • Associate Teaching Professor
  • Otto Fellow

Contact Info

Capitol Federal Hall, Room 4166
Lawrence

Biography

Peter Jacobsen is an associate teaching professor and Otto Fellow at the University of Kansas School of Business. He previously served as an assistant professor of economics and director of Business Graduate Programs at Ottawa University's Angell Snyder School of Business and was Gwartney Professor of Economic Education & Research at the Gwartney Institute.

He holds a doctorate in economics from George Mason University. Jacobsen's research sits at the intersection of entrepreneurship, development economics, and population economics, and has appeared in outlets including The Independent Review, Southern Economic Journal, and Review of Austrian Economics.

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, George Mason University, 2020
M.A. in Economics, George Mason University, 2018
B.S. in Economics, Southeast Missouri State University, 2016