Margaret PolskiMargaret Polski is a political economist and consultant with over twenty years experience leading transformation initiatives in business, government, and civic sectors. Her research interests include innovation, growth, and regulation.
Dr. Polski has a Ph.D. from Indiana University, an M.P.A. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a B.E.S. from the University of Minnesota. She is an Affiliate Fellow at the Center for Neuroeconomics at George Mason University School of Law and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Development Strategies at the School for Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.
Publications
Polski, Margaret M. 2008. Wired for Survival: Rational (and Irrational) Choices from the Gas Pump to Terrorism, FT Press.
Polski, Margaret M. 2005. The Institutional Economics of Biodiversity, Biological Materials, and Bioprospecting. Journal of Ecological Economics. April.
Polski, Margaret. 2003. The Invisible Hands of U.S. Banking Reform: Private Action and Public Guarantees. The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Polski, Margaret. 2001. ?Growth and Change in the New Economy: Opportunities and Challenges.? In Audretsch, D. and Welfens, P.J.J., Eds. The New Economy and Economic Growth in Europe and the U.S. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
The AICGS New Economy Study Group Team. 2002. ?The New Economy in Germany and the United States: Policy Challenges and Solutions. American Institute for Contemporary German Studies Economic Studies Working Paper 27. Washington, D.C.: AICGS.
Dongier, Philippe, Julie Van Domelan, Elinor Ostrom, Andrea Ryan, Wendy Wakeman, Anthony Bebbinton, Sabina Alire, Talib Esmail, and Margaret Polski. 2000. ?Community Driven Development.? In The Poverty Reduction Sourcebook, Chapter 9. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.
Gerrard, Christopher D. and Margaret Polski. 1998. Local Actions, Better Lives: Decentralizing Rural Infrastructure Services. The Economic Development Institute of the World Bank. Washington, D.C.
_____. 1998. Seizing the Opportunity, Meeting the Challenge: Institutional Reform for Sustainable Rural Infrastructure. The Economic Development Institute of the World Bank. Washington, D.C.
Working Papers
?The Institutional Economics of Exchanging Biological Materials and Biomedical Research.? Paper Prepared for the 9th Annual Conference of the International Society for New Institutional Economics Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. September 22-24, 2005
?The Economic Organization of Biomedical Research in the United States.? Paper prepared for the workshop held at the University Foundation, Brussels, Belgium, July 7-8th, 2005, on ?Exploring The Microbiological Commons: Contributions Of Bioinformatics And Intellectual Property Rights In Sharing Biological Information.?
?Beyond Clusters: Regional Economic Development.? Paper presented at Centre ATOM, University of Paris, Sorbonne, March 19, 2002.
?Measuring Transaction Costs and Institutional Change in the U.S. Commercial Banking Industry.? Institute for Development Strategies Discussion Paper ISSN 01-3. January, 2001.
?Sustaining Innovation and Growth in Research-Intensive Industries: Early Stage Finance Issues & Approaches.? Discussion paper prepared for the Board on Science, Engineering, Technology, and Economic Policy, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. August 2000.
?An Institutional Framework for Policy Analysis and Design.? With Elinor Ostrom. Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis Working Paper No. W98-27. June 15, 1999.
Consulting Engagements
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Strategic analysis and planning
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Assessments and problem solving to improve operating and economic development processes
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Project management
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Start-up and venture/alliance management
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Due diligence and post-acquisition assimilation
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Complex negotiations and dispute resolution
Contact Information
Email: mpolski@gmu.edu
Mobile: 646 342 6424
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