Rate My Professor Michael Patrono

Patrono specializes in comparative economic systems and the ethics of economic systems. His scholarly output includes peer-reviewed articles such as "Perceptions of Undergraduate Students of Student-Regulated Online Courses" in the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration (Fall 2018, co-authored with Victor Wakeling, Murat Doral, and Patricia R. Robertson), "Chaebol and Korea's Industrial Finance" (2011, with Murat Doral), "US Energy Revolution: Effects on Global Oil Prices" (2015), "Community, Polity, and Economy: The Importance of Scale" (2000), "On the economics of tree farming and carbon storage" (1994), and "ARE NONPROFITS NATURAL? OR IS IT BETTER TO FEEL GOOD THAN TO DO GOOD?" (1994). He co-authored the textbook Contemporary Economic Issues with Timothy Mathews, now in its third edition and used in Kennesaw State University courses. Patrono has written numerous commentaries for the Bagwell Center for the Study of Markets and Economic Opportunity on topics including profit maximization versus social responsibility, the economics of retirement, minimum wage, wage gaps, labor market discrimination, and Romania's economic transition. He was awarded Professor of the Year by the Georgia Association of Economics and Finance, serving as its President from 2013 to 2014. He participates as a Faculty Fellow in the Financial Literacy Improvement Project and engages in outreach via podcasts and symposia.